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		<title>Method_Considerations on resource management</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 20:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I posted online a series of articles, on various management issues- Crisis, Contract, Confidentiality, service, project.

The title of the series? "Method_" something (search for "Method_" on the front page of this blog).

This article presents a series of considerations- not as a summary, but as a collection of ideas.]]></description>
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		<title>Profiling and coaching a learning organization</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interesting issue- but as for the content, this post will be quite short (well, less than 1000 words).

Today I attended a seminar on the cooperation between South Africa (and, generally, Africa) and European Union on lasers.

I will publish my feed-back later this week- but, for the time being, it will be functional to something else that I had been drafting forever.]]></description>
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		<title>Change2010_00: pattern-based vs. systemic change</title>
		<link>http://www.robertolofaro.com/blog/2010/08/31/change2010-pattern-based-vs-systemic-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GettingAroundTheWorld.Net</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the first short article of a 7-article series on change, that I will post along the month of September.

The purpose is quite simple: share, through case studies and examples, an approach that I used in my prior activities joining technology and change, and focusing on the change itself.
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		<title>Maximizing costs, minimizing ROI</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GettingAroundTheWorld.Net</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The title of this article is both a provocation and a simple statement of facts.

It is funny to observe as something that was often the most critical issue with startups and growing SMEs is now visible in sensibly larger organizations.

The issue? The temptation of reducing risk by spreading too thin across multiple line of activities.

In theory, this could mean having multiple "fall-back" opportunities, should one or more of the alternatives fail to deliver the expected results.

In reality, this implies that you have multiple initiatives to coordinate- a tough call, made even more difficult to manage if you are within a competitive environment, where external issues could require a constant refocus.

In this article, taking the lead from the first public speech of the European President, a "what if" story on the application of the streamlining approach to the external relations of the EU 27.
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		<title>No Man&#8217;s Land</title>
		<link>http://www.robertolofaro.com/blog/2010/01/11/no-mans-land-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>roberto.lofaro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had the chance to observe organizations and communities since quite an early age, and something was really fascinating.

When organizations expand, often it is assumed that the "culture" of the original entity will spread to all its parts- as if the center were the heart, and the parts (branches, subsidiaries, etc) were limbs of the same body.

An anthropocentric view of organizational development.

In this article, a small framework to observe, analyze, and ensure that your organization complies with the same professional and ethical standards throughout.]]></description>
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		<title>GMN2009: Metascripting</title>
		<link>http://www.robertolofaro.com/blog/2009/05/21/gmn2009-metascripting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 18:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GettingAroundTheWorld.Net</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After scripting event-by-event, you will probably identify the need of some structure of reference.

So that each scripting is linked to a common, shared "way of scripting" that you adopt in your own organization (or for your 20-volume "novel").

But this scripting about scripting, or metascripting, represents the environment that defines, identify, and justify your activities.

When does it make sense to script? How does scripting link with the model that you built for your reality?

And, finally, how do you represent everything together, and evolve your models, including the scripting rules that are contained within the models?

This post is part of <a href="http://www.robertolofaro.com/blog/2009/05/07/gmn2009-genome-mind-mapping-neural-networks/">a series</a>, first published in May 2009.]]></description>
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		<title>GMN2009: Games</title>
		<link>http://www.robertolofaro.com/blog/2009/05/18/gmn2009-games/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 07:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GettingAroundTheWorld.Net</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You want your model to work in reality, and therefore you have to assume that others have their own models.

It is a game. Like playing chess. Or the usual "prisoner's dilemma".

From models, we will move to the interaction between models- and between different decision paths within a model.

A down-to-earth introduction to the game theory.

This post is part of <a href="http://www.robertolofaro.com/blog/2009/05/07/gmn2009-genome-mind-mapping-neural-networks/">a series</a>, first published in May 2009.]]></description>
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		<title>GMN2009: Reality</title>
		<link>http://www.robertolofaro.com/blog/2009/05/15/gmn2009-reality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 07:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GettingAroundTheWorld.Net</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you build a model of reality, you try to reduce complexity.

Reducing complexity means making choices- and reducing the risk of something unexpected affecting the results of your model.

Actually, it means also reducing the number of parameters- and, therefore, making any evolution in your world more predictable.

But reality is not necessarily limited by your definition: and managing the reality within a model requires more that planning beforehand for what you know, in terms of activities or risks.

You have also to identify what is the "normal" way in which your model will react to unexpected changes in the "reality" surrounding your model.

This post is part of <a href="http://www.robertolofaro.com/blog/2009/05/07/gmn2009-genome-mind-mapping-neural-networks/">a series</a>, first published in May 2009.]]></description>
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		<title>GMN2009: Risk</title>
		<link>http://www.robertolofaro.com/blog/2009/05/14/gmn2009-risk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 07:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GettingAroundTheWorld.Net</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you identify the "risks", what could affect the conditions that you assumed that could affect your execution of the plan, then you will end up monitoring that:
<ul>
<li>you are using the resources identified if, when, how planned</li>
<li>the risks you already decided to keep under control</li>
<li>whatever new happens around you that could affect your plan</li>
<li>last but not least: that the activity you planned for still makes sense</li>
</ul>

It is not just the journey that you have to keep in check; it is also the destination.

This post is part of <a href="http://www.robertolofaro.com/blog/2009/05/07/gmn2009-genome-mind-mapping-neural-networks/">a series</a>, first published in May 2009.]]></description>
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		<title>GMN2009: Progress</title>
		<link>http://www.robertolofaro.com/blog/2009/05/13/gmn2009-progress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 07:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.robertolofaro.com/blog/2009/05/13/gmn2009-progress/">GMN2009: PROGRESS</a>

You do not need to know just what you are supposed to do, but also where you are, and where you should be.

If you are a perfect project manager with all the certifications required: probably you should skip this section, as it could be depressingly simple.

But it is not just progress itself- is the measuring and definition of progress that matter.

This post is part of <a href="http://www.robertolofaro.com/blog/2009/05/07/gmn2009-genome-mind-mapping-neural-networks/">a series</a>, first published in May 2009.]]></description>
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