The 100 Book Q&A – Why I Wrote the Book

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The press kit for The 100: Building Blocks for Business Leadership has a Q&A with me on questions like why I wrote the book, how I started the firm, and advice for entrepreneurs and small business owners.  Below is the first in a series.

 

Why did you decide to write The 100?

The 100 started as a guide for my employees to share how we do things at Intertech. As I started writing, I realized the concepts applied to many organizations and not just my firm.  When I read a book, attend a conference, or read an article, I find myself earmarking the ideas that I want to implement. In The 100, my goal was to give readers something practical and actionable in each of the 100 sections. Hopefully, if the book hits home with a reader, their copy will have 100 earmarks.

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All Minnesota students should have access to computer-science education

floated_minnpost_logoMinnPost’s recent story on computer education at Chatfield Elementary in Belle Plaine (“The rise of coding: How one rural district is changing with the times“) was encouraging yet frustrating. The story described how all Chatfield second-graders are learning computer coding, with plans to make coding part of the curriculum for all Belle Plaine (K-12) students next year.

Read my article on MinnPost.

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Working with an IT Consulting Firm-Leaving the Client Better Off

Man-vs-machineAt the end of an engagement, we believe the customer should be stronger than when we started.

For example, on a recent engagement the improvements included a product platform used as a base for the organization’s different software products and a shift from managing projects using waterfall approach to Agile and Scrum

What’s interesting in the above example is neither was in the project’s original charter.

 

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