Category Archives for lighting design practice
People skills
Singapore 23rd May 2013 We are about to embark on a long weekend in Singapore with tomorrow being a public holiday…don’t ask which one as I have lost track with my many travelling. I just know from the staff they’re … Continue reading
Tele meetings
Singapore 21st May 2013 More and more project teams resort to tele-conferencing. Over the last few months the amount of Tele-conferences, Webex and Skype internet meetings have gone through the roof. It looks like we nearly have them once a … Continue reading
Whistle blowing
Singapore 20h May 2013 Now here is an interesting and sensitive subject…whistleblowing! I have read about it, movies have been made around the subject, but so far I had not really encountered it in my daily line of work…until today. … Continue reading
The art of declining…
Singapore 17h May 2013 As much as proposing is an art (yesterday’s blog), declining is possibly an even greater art. Saying no is not as easy as it may seem. There are so many factors that can influence a decision, … Continue reading
The art of proposing
Singapore 16th May 2013 Back in my Singapore office after a good 2 weeks away…and not surprisingly I spent most of the day catching up with the team on project progress and other decisions that had to be made for … Continue reading
Light Talk malware attack
Perth 9th May 2013 Over the last few days many of my blog readers have reported that the host site for the blog is being blocked and reported as an “malware attack” page. I have checked with Via-Verlag who indeed … Continue reading
Local practice
Bali-Perth 3rd May 2013 I don’t think I have ever flown on my birthday before but I guess there is a first for everything. It is quite interesting to realise still how many firsts there are in your life. I … Continue reading
Travelling
Travelling is an integral part of our job and I don’t think that many people realise how intensive and tiring it can be. I am on my journey back from Hainan to Singapore after quite an intens week of meetings … Continue reading
Questions, questions…
Singapore 18th April 2013 Some project fee submission can be soooo time consuming! I blogged about RFP’s yesterday, today we had another one that needed me to sit in for nearly an hour to just go through the list of … Continue reading
Boomerang projects
Singapore 17th April 2013 As lighting designers we need projects to stay in the fray; to get projects we need to receive an invitation to quote for our services (an RFP, a request for proposal) and to receive an invitation … Continue reading
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