Monthly Archives for July 2012
On the same page
Singapore, 16th July 2012 For a project to be successful we all need to be on the same page, have our noses in the same direction. If that is not the case (often the situation when big ego’s push their … Continue reading
Quatorze Juillet!
Cherating, 14th July 2012 Today is “Quatorze Juillet”, July 14th, the French National Day and somehow I managed to end up in a typical French environment…Club Med Cherating. As it happened the last two days were spent on site with … Continue reading
Absentees are always wrong
Singapore, 12th July 2012 There is a saying that says “absentees are always wrong”. It is easy to blame those who cannot defend themselves, right? In one of our projects we feel that at times our (requested) presence in meetings … Continue reading
Arrogance
Kuala Lumpur, 11th July 2012 In KL today for a project kick off meeting. All the project team members are either from KL or Singapore as coordination is of great importance. This the time where you get to meet your … Continue reading
Lighting power budgets
Singapore, 10th July 2012 Today again I had to “climb in the pen” as we say in Dutch, to let of some steam as I had received one of those typical energy consultants directives telling me how much watts per … Continue reading
Patience
Singapore, 9th July 2012 I was trying to find quotes from Confucius about the virtue of patience, but when you search the internet you find so much rubbish that you don’t know any more which one is truly from Confucius … Continue reading
Le Tour
Singapore, 6th July 2012 With Le Tour de France cycling completing its first week (I am a big fan of it and just saw Peter Sagan win his 3rd stage!) I was just wondering if there are any parallels between competitive cycling … Continue reading
Project management
Jakarta, 5th July 2012 What better place to reflect on the day past then while waiting in the lounge for the flight back to Singapore. It has been a good day, good discussions and above all good decisions! Thanks to … Continue reading
Jakarta, coming of LED age
Jakarta, 4th July 2012 Today and tomorrow I will be in Jakarta attending meetings. For those who travel regularly around the region you pretty much know the flight routine. Up early, check in and relax in the lounge until departure … Continue reading
A day at the office
Singapore, 3rd July 2012 With travel looming tomorrow again I spent a good part of the day working on projects that needed my input in view of upcoming deadlines, though I still had to go out for a two meetings … Continue reading
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