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Is becoming better at what you do bringing you any closer to what you want to be?
What do I want to be? What do I want to do? Where do I start and what's next?
How do I get there? What's the process? What tools can I use to help me?
Why would anyone want a Career?
One should formulate their own honest definition of success based on their own beliefs, values, wants, capabilities and capacity. A space we would like to live in. An internal perspective and a “reflected” perspective. The value of this space (of success) is subjective. The defined space of success is multidimensional: professional, spiritual, social, financial, and dimensions related to health, family, physical appearance, etc.
Use your Effective Intelligence: Your ability to use your natural and developed capabilities effectively in order to achieve "success".
Effective Intelligence is demonstrated by:
Defining (and continuously refining and evolving) your own honest definition of success.
Acknowledging the multidimensionality of success and the need for trade-offs and productive compromises.
Exhibiting productive self-awareness.
Understanding your constraints and capacity limitations.
Understanding the physics (laws) of the systems you interact with.
Defining a plan on how to achieve success (translate your honest definition of success into goals and actions).
Optimizing (continuously) your plan - finding your Personal Efficient Frontier.
Developing and aligning values, beliefs, mindsets, attitudes, capabilities and goals.
Managing effectively the dynamic nature of life.
Balancing the contribution of both goals and journey.
Learning from the challenges while enjoying the journey.
The more you achieve or the more capable you are, the more is expected from you.
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How to Develop your Career In Project Management - Strategies, Tactics and To...Nicos Kourounakis
How to Develop your Career In Project Management - Strategies, Tactics and Tools.
Is becoming better at what you do bringing you any closer to what you want to be?
What do I want to be? What do I want to do? Where do I start and what's next?
How do I get there? What's the process? What tools can I use to help me?
Why would anyone want a Career?
One should formulate their own honest definition of success based on their own beliefs, values, wants, capabilities and capacity. A space we would like to live in. An internal perspective and a “reflected” perspective. The value of this space (of success) is subjective. The defined space of success is multidimensional: professional, spiritual, social, financial, and dimensions related to health, family, physical appearance, etc.
Use your Effective Intelligence: Your ability to use your natural and developed capabilities effectively in order to achieve "success".
Effective Intelligence is demonstrated by:
Defining (and continuously refining and evolving) your own honest definition of success.
Acknowledging the multidimensionality of success and the need for trade-offs and productive compromises.
Exhibiting productive self-awareness.
Understanding your constraints and capacity limitations.
Understanding the physics (laws) of the systems you interact with.
Defining a plan on how to achieve success (translate your honest definition of success into goals and actions).
Optimizing (continuously) your plan - finding your Personal Efficient Frontier.
Developing and aligning values, beliefs, mindsets, attitudes, capabilities and goals.
Managing effectively the dynamic nature of life.
Balancing the contribution of both goals and journey.
Learning from the challenges while enjoying the journey.
The more you achieve or the more capable you are, the more is expected from you.
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Have you ever seen a Project Manager, that you would describe as someone having the magic touch? It would probably be someone that has demonstrated the ability to pull things off (even small things) that you don’t understand exactly how they were possible to achieve. Producing results repeatedly, acting both at the small and at the large, and resulting in small and larger achievements that come together in a mysterious almost magical way to contribute to (project) success.
However, there is nothing metaphysical about this magic touch, as it is nothing more than the result of the many small (seemingly insignificant) decisions and actions which allow the Project Manager to do the right things, at the right time, and for the right reasons and in line with the project management goals. Their actions are strategically prioritized, tactically pertinent, and aligned with lower and higher order goals which come together in synchronicity. In this presentation we will discuss the main characteristics, qualities and powers of a Project Manager with the Magic Touch (PMwMT).
Effective Intelligence (FI) and professional and ethical virtues will also be discussed as critical areas that enable project managers maintain balance and those necessary behaviours that enable them to manage projects with a bit of a “magic touch”.
Heres a talk on:
Human Genomic Variants – Chronic Disease and Cancer
Viruses – Zika
Bacteria – Food Borne Pathogens
Data Transfer and Storage
That I am giving in SF later today
I think this set is particularly good. Please feel free to repurpose them for any non-malicious purpose.
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Highlights:
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On December 7, 2009, in conjunction with event planning company Vok Dams, EASTWEST PR presented a proposal for an internal public relations strategy for Bayer CropScience in Beijing.
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https://www.reportscorner.com/reports/16265/Indian-In-Vitro-Diagnostics-Market-Opportunity-Analysis-2018/
Supply Chain Risk & Innovation is the new subscription publication from Innovation Forum. Bringing you insight, analysis and critical thinking on sustainable supply chain management.
This brochure lists a selection of our current subscribers, the key industries we cover, and information regarding our core audience. Also outlined are the benefits readers will receive with a subscription, and what to expect in the next couple of months.
2014 proved to be another good year for the global tissue and hygiene marketplace. While not without its risks and hiccups, the global market posted positive growth in volume and value terms in retail sales in 2014. Developing markets remained the key engines of growth. Current presentation provides a brief overview of the global and select regional performances in retail tissue and hygiene, with outlook for growth through 2019.
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Toy Safety – A Guide to the Latest Updates to ASTM F963QIMA
Safety regulations in the toy and children’s products industry are subject to frequent updates, to become more harmonized and reflect the latest new scientific data.
ASTM F963-11, the mandatory US standard for toy safety, has undergone significant revisions, with the new version, ASTM F963-16, due to become mandatory in April 2017. In our free webinar, we reviewed key updates to ASTM F963 to help you maintain compliance in your supply chain.
Why attend this webinar?
• Get a recap of ASTM F963 purpose and scope of application
• Learn about significant changes to Chemical, Microbiological, Physical, Electrical, Labeling, Instruction, and Producer Marking requirements
• Understand the purpose of changes from ASTM F963-11 to F963-16 and the steps you need to take to stay compliant
The presentation was delivered by our eyewear expert Candia Tse and cover such important points as:
• Classification of eyewear products for the purposes of compliance
• EU legislations regulating eyewear safety
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Will Consumer Awareness Put an End to Modern Slavery?QIMA
Slavery is not a thing of the past. Today there are an estimated 21 to 36 million slaves worldwide, 26% of whom are children.
There is a misconception that slaves are limited to the sex industry. 78% are not; they are in global supply chains contributing to cheaply priced goods.
This White Paper will give you insights on the real picture of modern slavery today and the growing momentum (and pressure) on global brands and retailers.
Este trimestre, el Barómetro de AsiaInspection se sumerge en el estado actual de las tareas de producción y comercio por todo el planeta, especialmente centrándose en América y China. Visita http://www.asiainspection.com si quiere saber más.
2. Hong Kong, July 10, 2014
AsiaInspection
a leading global provider of quality control services for businesses
importing from Asia, Africa, Southern Europe and Latin America,
today announces its 2014 Q2 Barometer, a quarterly synopsis
on outsourced manufacturing and the quality control services industry.
3. In Vietnam, textile & apparel exports increased
year-on-year between January and May, reaching $7.5 billion USD
However, recent protests due to political tensions with China
sent fear into supply chains
Vietnam Undeterred
by Rioting
18%
4. AI figures show May 2014 ordered inspections
to be 3.3 times higher than the previous one year average.
This is due to
increased concern from foreign buyers
to ensure their supply chain
and quality have not been disrupted.
5. In the first months of the year
apparel imports
from Vietnam into the US saw a
well ahead of rival China at 0.9%.
12.7%
increase
6. China Sees Largest
Industrial Disputes
in Living Memory
Chinese government stimulus efforts appear to have worked in Q2,
with manufacturing activity & output up nationwide.
This was during the same period that
over 40,000 workers
engaged in an industrial dispute.
7. Year over year, the largest growth in Asia was Cambodia
then Bangladesh & Vietnam : 73% each
India 63%
and China 10%
up 99%
8. In growth by industry category,
quarter over quarter across all regions,
food and food container inspections were
up 55%
9. TOXIC CHEMICALs RAMPANT:
5% OF ALL AZO DYE
LAB TESTS FAIL
When the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission screened for azo dyes in
imported clothing over 200,000 items were recalled.
AsiaInspection found
over 5%
of all azo dye lab tests in 2014 failed
10. Time and time again we see
outsourced manufactured products
putting consumers at risk.
The fact that 200,000+ products made it to store shelves
containing a known cancer causing carcinogen
shows the need for stricter controls and testing at the source.
This reflects the sheer scale at which
consumers are being placed at risk.
Sebastien Breteau, AsiaInspection CEO.
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11. The Sourcing Journal reported that while brands and retailers increasingly
place huge importance on information in their value chains,
specific information is often exceedingly hard to obtain.
of respondents said that they do not
have sufficient data
from within their supply chain.
50%
12. africa gains
momentum
Ordered inspection growth in Asia remained strong with 21% year over year growth.
This was surpassed by Africa with
31%
inspection growth
Interestingly, growth for inspections in Africa was led by Swaziland which
saw 50% growth in just the last quarter.
13. At the same time, Swaziland is losing benefits from the United States
under the African Growth
and Opportunity Act for its failure to make progress
towards internationally recognized workers’ rights.
14. india challenges china, becomes
world’s 2nd
largest
textiles exporter
India is rising as a regional power, taking up a new position as the
world’s 2nd
largest textiles exporter
with a global share of
5.2%
India’s Textiles Minister has projected the value of exports to reach
$50 billion USD
in the current fiscal year.
15. The growth is being largely driven
by its apparel manufacturing, for which
exports grew almost 25% in May.
Apparel export growth is being driven by non-traditional markets
such Latin America, Southern Africa, and East and West Asia.
Latin
America
Southern
Africa
East
Asia
West
Asia
16. bAngladesh inspection groups
raise tensions
North American and European inspection groups The Alliance and The Accord
are together inspecting 2,100 of Bangladesh’s 5,600 garment factories
which employ some
and account for 80% of the country’s exports.
4
million workers
17. AI data for 2014 shows that
for factories that underwent ethical audits,
27%
are at serious risk
59%
are not compliant
18. The groups are involved in a debate with stakeholders
over the process by which they shut non-compliant factories.
It’s feared that the disruptions
may contribute to slowing export growth,
with buyers turning to sources they deem more stable,
such as China, India and Vietnam.
19. While the groups exist to protect workers, there are practical issues at stake –
the protection of jobs and provision
of worker compensation
during extended shutdowns for repairs which are often ordered without notice.
So far
14 factories have been shut down
and 5 have had their operations limited.
20. Factory closures should only be undertaken if employees
are at immediate risk, and such scenarios are rare.
AI’s experience has shown that in the course of a properly executed audit program
many of the faults found can be fixed
with corrective action, training and education,
contributing to the long term economic value of the factory and country.
21. a leading global provider
of quality control services
that partners with international Brands, Retailers and Importers
to secure and manage their global supply chain.
about asiainspection
your eyes in the factory™
22. With unique web-based quality control management,
AI offers Product Inspection, Factory Audit
& Laboratory Testing services
for more than 3,000 clients worldwide.
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offering advice on your specific needs
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and protects your factory information
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