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'Twas the Night After Christmas…
Andy Jordan is President of Roffensian Consulting S.A., a Roatan, Honduras-based management consulting firm with a comprehensive project management practice. Andy always appreciates feedback and discussion on the issues raised in his articles and can be reached at [email protected]. Andy's new book Risk Management for Project Driven Organizations is now available.
Santa sat back in his arm chair, a single malt whiskey in his hand, and sighed contentedly. It had been another successful year of gift giving, countless millions of gifts all delivered successfully to the expectant children, and not one misdirected. All in all, it was a tremendous success, but of course there were a few lessons that could be learned--a few things to improve for next year. Santa needed to act upon them now, while it was still fresh in people’s (and elves’, and reindeers’) minds.
Act quickly--before it’s too late
The elves were likely partying hard on the other side of the grotto, and the reindeer were undoubtedly hock high in oats right now; Santa would let them relax and wind down from the hard work of Christmas night and all of the preparation work leading up to it. In the morning, though, he would get them together to discuss all of the areas that they could improve for next year.
He had a great team, they knew what they were doing, and they did it well, but Santa had learned over the years that the few minor items that cropped up needed to be addressed as soon after Christmas as possible. If things got left for too long then memories faded, the bad stuff would be remembered, but the causes would be forgotten, and that made it harder to identify the correct course of action to correct.
On the other hand, …
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