Posts by Terry

The tragedy from Paris was planned by people with no regard for human life. It was planned by terrorists whose personal values don’t support basic humanity.  A terrible tragedy. As humans, what do we all want more of? I have this saying I sometimes repeat to myself. “I wish you and I a life of safety, health, happiness and much to be grateful for” It’s a simple saying, but when I find myself getting irritated with co-workers or...

Enjoy the ride because your career will be a roller coaster. I sat with the psychologist asking him why I was stressed out after successfully speaking at a World Class Supply Chain Optimization and SAP Conference in Orlando. I expected doors to open, fantastic job offers and maybe even a throne made of gold to look down at my minions. I found it insufferable that I wasn’t being hailed as the next best thing since sliced bread. Then...

I have an attitude problem. I once had a user accuse me of having an attitude problem. I was new to the company and was introducing myself to purchasing. I had already data mined (using MD04 – my favorite SAP Supply Chain monitor) and seen that a user was placing their SAP POs late. During my introduction I told a story about how a senior VP at my previous company would have to explain to multi-million dollar clients why we were late...

I was asked to provide preliminary consulting to help out with the Navy’s Inventory Management Challenges and SAP. The US Navy has a multi – billion dollar supply chain that needs to be war ready at all times. Military is never an easy client, as some of my suggestions ended being unacceptable to the pentagon. That’s right. The pentagon. So what did the US Naval Command take away and use? We discussed the following topics;...

When I took a Dale Carnegie course on public speaking we had to give 3 small speeches a night. There was a formula to follow, but there were no note cards or Power Point slides, just your memory and the formula to make it more compelling. If that was not fear inducing enough, during one class we had to re-enact old television commercials and perform like crazy cheetahs or baboons. It was embarrassing and humiliating at the same time....