Tag: Management

  • Motivational Monday: Focused Organization of Boundary Surveying Monuments

    In this week’s Motivational Monday episode, I discuss using a more focused, and list based organization, of the boundary monuments called-for, found or not found. Watch the Motivational Monday Video: Focused Organization of Boundary Surveying Monuments

  • Motivational Monday: Don’t Forget To Have Fun! Bonus Video

    Motivational Monday: Don’t Forget To Have Fun! Bonus Video

    Here’s the bonus video for Associate & Premium Members, which builds on the last video: Motivational Monday: Don’t Forget To Have Fun! You can watch the Motivational Monday video in that post. In this week’s Motivational Monday episode, I move away from the nose-to-the-grindstone topics of late, and discuss how we need to make sure we’re having some…

  • Motivational Monday: Don’t Forget To Have Fun!

    Motivational Monday: Don’t Forget To Have Fun!

    In this week’s Motivational Monday episode, I move away from the nose-to-the-grindstone topics of late, and discuss how we need to make sure we’re having some fun, too! Really, what are we accomplishing with greater productivity and profitability if those endeavors do not improve our lives? Watch the Motivational Monday Video: Don’t Forget To Have Fun!

  • Geo-Knowledge Workers Needed for Land Surveying and Geomatics Success

    Geo-Knowledge Workers Needed for Land Surveying and Geomatics Success

    A Knowledge Workers Main Capital is Knowledge Wikipedia begins defining a Knowledge Worker as: “Knowledge workers are workers whose main capital is knowledge“. Is knowledge your main capital? The term “knowledge worker”  was first used by Peter Drucker in the late 1950’s to describe post-industrial employees working primarily with, or developing, information and knowledge. Put more simply, a knowledge worker uses their head more…

  • Google Maps Coordinate Workforce Management Tool

    Google Maps Coordinate Workforce Management Tool

    Google Maps Coordinate Helps The Right People Get The Right Jobs Done Faster! The above statement, taken from the below Youtube video’s description, highlights the potential of Google Maps Coordinate. I’ve investigated many work process, job management and scheduling software products, but by integrating location and real-time mapping into project management and scheduling, Google Maps…

  • Land Surveying 911: Should I Pay For AutoCAD Civil 3D Training Or Try To Learn It On My Own?

    Land Surveying 911: Should I Pay For AutoCAD Civil 3D Training Or Try To Learn It On My Own?

    In this Land Surveying 911 series article, some names have been changed to protect the inquisitive. Submit your Land Surveying 911 request using the form at the end of this article. Steven, who owns a professional land surveying company struggling with switching over to AutoCAD Civil 3D from AutoCAD Land Desktop, submitted the following Land…

  • Land Surveying 911: Which Land Surveyors Should I Layoff And Which Should I Keep?

    Land Surveying 911: Which Land Surveyors Should I Layoff And Which Should I Keep?

    In this Land Surveying 911 series article, some names have been changed to protect the inquisitive. Submit your Land Surveying 911 request using the form at the end of this article. Dan, the survey manager of a struggling professional land surveying and civil engineering firm, submitted the following Land Surveying 911 question. Land Surveying 911: Which…

  • Autodesk Introduces Cloud-based Product Lifecycle Management

    Autodesk Introduces Cloud-based Product Lifecycle Management

    Autodesk Introduces Cloud-based Product Lifecycle Management New PLM Offering Unveiled at Autodesk University 2011 Autodesk University 2011 LAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) today previewed a new solution designed to transform how manufacturers manage the entire lifecycle of a product–from its conception, through design and manufacture, partner and supplier management, procurement, quality, compliance, service and…

  • Professional Land Surveyor News-Docupoint Releases DrawingSearcher Version 2011

    Docupoint Releases DrawingSearcher Version 2011 Las Vegas – Docupoint™ announced at Autodesk University in Vegas the availability of the NEWEST release of DrawingSearcher™ – Version 2011, the “Google®-like Search Engine for AutoCAD®”.   DrawingSearcher 2011 is compatible with AutoCAD 2011 and all prior versions of AutoCAD.  Also included in the new release are enhanced Administrator Tools, maintaining DrawingSearcher’s reputation as…

  • Sometimes It’s Time To Clean The Works

    Week in review, the good, the bad, and the ugly. This past week was, for me, both productive and frustrating all at the same time. While I accomplished a lot of what I set out to do, by weeks end not everything on my To Do List got done. In fact, a few of the…

  • 5 Saturday Tips for a More Productive Next Week

    Here are a few tips to help you succeed in having a more productive next week. Question: Why Saturday? Answer: Why not? No seriously now; because the best way to execute success is to plan for success. The day really isn’t important, so let’s call it “End of the Week” Tips for a More Productive…

  • Professional Land Surveyor News: Pöyry Awarded EUR 2.1 Million Surveying Project for Pumped Storage Hydropower Plant in Switzerland

    Professional Land Surveyor News: Pöyry Awarded EUR 2.1 million Surveying Project for Pumped Storage Hydropower Plant in Switzerland Pöyry, a global consulting and engineering company dedicated to balanced sustainability, has been awarded the owner’s surveying contract for the new Linth-Limmern pumped storage hydropower plant by Axpo, Switzerland. With services comprising all geodetic surveying tasks during the…

  • Professional Land Surveyor News: Trimble Acquires LET Systems to Expand its Utilities Solutions for Smart Grid Outage and Incident Management

    Trimble Acquires LET Systems to Expand its Utilities Solutions for Smart Grid Outage and Incident Management SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 5, 2010 — Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today it has acquired privately-held LET Systems based in Cork, Ireland. LET Systems is an internationally recognized leader in incident and outage management system (OMS) solutions for utilities. The…

  • The Halo Effect: … and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers

    The Halo Effect: … and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly This tart takedown of fashionable management theories is a refreshing antidote to the glut of simplistic books about achieving high performance. Rosenzweig, a veteran business manager turned professor, argues that most popular business ideas are no more…

  • Professional Land Surveying Business – 5 Steps to Get More Work

    In these tough economic times new work is harder and harder to come by. While cost cutting is so very important, you shouldn’t cut back too much on your marketing efforts, if you can afford it. Some of the following strategies to get more work, however, cost very little and can be implemented quickly. Call…