Guessing is not a strategy: How to build decision velocity with AI and real-time data
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Who’s Keeping America Safe? (Part 2 of 2)
Bob Weinstein is a journalist who covers technology, project management, the workplace and career development.
What did we learn from the September 11 Commission’s Report? It’s certainly not that New Yorkers are swell people deep down. The disturbing message is that after all this time, the mistakes and poor judgments made during 9/11 were never addressed by our government. And the nation remains “alarmingly” vulnerable to terrorist attacks.
How can lives be saved if we don’t have the tactical procedures, protocols and paradigms that can guide decision-makers?
PM Perspective: Lessons learned from mistakes are the foundation and essential elements of PMs’ accountability strategies. PMs should focus their teams and entire organizations on making learning a top priority.
Government is not supposed to play the denial game – not according to the history books we used to read in high school. Somewhere along the command chain, buck-passing has to stop. That’s when the search for the truth should begin.
But all we’re getting from government leaders is dialogue, excuses. Where does the proverbial buck stop? I thought it was the President’s office. Guess not. The only thing I didn’t hear a politician say “on the record” was that “It is not my job.” He probably muttered it under his breath instead.
If PMs make mistakes on projects, they correct them – or at least try to – immediately. Isn’t information gathered so it can be evaluated, so new rules and procedures can be developed and …
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