tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33571883948033467842012-02-16T12:22:24.967Zkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17348717923118022220noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357188394803346784.post-51943113357451444792009-10-28T21:38:00.000Z2009-10-28T21:38:48.033ZCut costs, cut costs... We have a 15% target at this client using Lean and we have only 8 weeks to do this. I am going to be busy on this one but this should be actually quite interesting and will change me a bit from my 10,000 feet strategy projects<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357188394803346784-5194311335745144479?l=mgt-consultant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17348717923118022220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357188394803346784.post-81274541590785343912009-10-26T08:05:00.001Z2009-10-26T08:09:22.620Z- Alarm clock at 530am... Wife is still fully asleep<div>- Get dressed, no time for coffee, cab is waiting outside...</div><div>- Get in the cab, try to sleep but Blackberry red light is flashing like crazy...</div><div>- Arrive at airport... Other business people and occasional tourists...</div><div>- Go through security (laptop out, shoes off, liquids in plastic bag...) </div><div>- Quickly go to the lounge to get a coffee and newspaper... </div><div>- Get in the plane (economy for flights less than 3 hours) at 655am... </div><div>- We're on !</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357188394803346784-8127454159078534391?l=mgt-consultant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17348717923118022220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3357188394803346784.post-6303216227845431952009-10-23T11:12:00.001+01:002009-10-23T17:14:48.573+01:00It's like the Russian Roulette... You never know where you might end up. If you haven't secured something, it usually happens like this: on the Friday, the staffing coordinator starts to put more pressure <div><br /></div><div>[Staffing coordinator] - "<i>So what have you decided? This project needs someone.. I know it's not your ideal project but there is not much else</i>"</div><div>[Consultant] - "<i>Yeah, I'm still looking at a couple of options but none have been confirmed. But this project you are mentioning, it is really confirmed?</i>"</div><div>[Staffing coordinator] - "<i>Oh yes, fully confirmed and actually they really like your profile. I think we need to confirm you as you have nothing else secured</i>"</div><div><br /></div><div>And there you go, that's how it's done... OK not always but it happens a few times like this to me. Actually, just learned this Friday afternoon that I will spend the next 2 months in some middle town in the middle of the UK trying to take a big chunk of cost out for our client... Good times ahead!</div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3357188394803346784-630321622784543195?l=mgt-consultant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17348717923118022220noreply@blogger.com0