I've started another Career!!!...

Ghostwriting!!!...

so far it doesn't pay that well...if you were interested...

Jorge Ferreira was tapped to do a presentation to the first-ever joint meeting of the New England Chapter of the PDA and the Boston Chapter of the ASQ...
The title of the talk was "The Extra Work that goes into a Facility when it is FDA Regulated..." or something like that...

Jorge has been very busy at work on an aseptic filling facility (his specialty, of course...) and didn't think he had time to fully prepare a presentation...and as usual, I'm always up for something different to do...

So I became Jorge's speechwriter...

I didn't make the presentation, but I hear it went very well...He's been invited to make another presentation on a different topic...

Maybe I can get a fee this time!!!...

Static versus Dynamic a la Tom Peters

I'm a big Tom Peters fan...started with "A Passion for Excellence..." a long time ago...recently read "Re-imagine..."

I'm a regular visitor to his site and, although I'm starting to have some concerns with the content and focus, read most of his stuff...

I have never personally seen Tom speak, but I do look at his event slides...
Eye-catching- if you think ugly is eye-catching...(I guess I'm trying to be polite...but let's try to focus (for once...) on content rather than format...) click thru some of the presentations and see what I mean...

Anywho...he has a slide about Static versus Dynamic...the implication is that, in Tom's world, Static is Bad,...and Dynamic is Good...which initially, I had no problem with...who wants to be considered "static" anyway...

Then I started looking at the qualities he had listed under each category...All of the stuff under Dynamic sounds great...no problem with any of that...see below

Dynamic/ Different

Dramatic Difference
Disruptive
Insanely Great (Quality++++)
Life- (Industry-) Changing Event
Game-changing
WOW!
Surprise
Delight
Breathtaking
Punctuated Equilibrium
Market Creation

We should all be striving every day to achieve every item listed under Static...the supposedly "Bad" category...see below

Static/ Imitative

Integrity
Quality
Excellence
Continuous Improvement
Superior Service (exceeds expectations)
Completely Satisfactory Transaction
Smooth Evolution
Market Share


If that is what it means to be "Static"...sign me up!!!

Leading...

when you lose...

from the Philly pharm Bio Blog...

Smarter Conversations

Smarter Conversations

I'll be adding some more links to H. Macleod's Gaping Void site

Team Memberships...

now available, or not...


From the Philly Pharm Bio Blog...

The "Integrated Design Solution"

I was preparing my remarks for a Client presentation the other day and found myself considering talking about "delivering an Integrated Design Solution..."

luckily I decided to go with a joke instead...

I know what I mean when I use this phrase...at least I think I do...
but...I don't think it communicates that well to others...

So...a few words about...

the "Integrated Design Solution"...insert blare of trumpets here...

more to come

Been Traveling...

I was out of town this week...

went to College Park to look at the University and take a tour...

we also went to Washington for a rather soggy visit to the Mall and the Air and Space Museum...

I'll try to get some pictures posted...


It was a dark and dreary night, I mean, day...