Let's Simplify

My last post(keeping it real simple) mentioned about simplicity.   Here is a great presentation on  simplicity by Alan Siegel featured on TED.com.  Small presentation, easy to understand and making a strong point.  You cannot handover a project implementation plan of 22000 pages and tell your operations team "Go implement this now".  It's not going to work.  It has to be simple, simple and in plain English.

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A Make Sure List For Every Meeting To Stay On Track

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