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Post UTECH Speech

francis — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:00:39 +0000

For anyone following up from the speech given last week at the UTECH conference “Transforming Business and Management for Growth and Development,” there are a couple of papers available via email.

To receive the paper submitted to the conference, send email to fwc-lcacase@aweber.com.

To receive an introduction to Lights!Camera!Action!, send email to fwc-lcaintro@aweber.com.

The programme from the conference can be found here:http://www.utech.edu.jm/soba_busconf/Programme.htm

A Trinidadian Jamaican Chamber of Commerce

francis — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:00:51 +0000

In this blog entry, I talk about the need for a Trinidadian Jamaican Chamber of Commerce, with one located in Port of Spain and the other in Kingston.

Today happens to be Trinidadian Independence Day, so the timing for this idea seems to be just about right.

April to June Blog Topics

francis — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 12:00:16 +0000

The following are the headlines from my business blog , Chronicles from a Caribbean Cubicle.

The Power of Writing
Mastery and the Plateau
More on Loving “Work”
More Evidence of Friction Points
The Thwarting of the Creative Class
Worker Attitudes in Jamaica
Service Standards — no more
The Customer-Supplier Fallacy
An Opportunity for Greatness
Consultant’s Prices part 2
Top Class Caribbean Service for Every Class
I Don’t Care
The Dual Income Profession
CSME — Is It for Real?
A Speech Covered in the HRMATT newsetter
A Man I Know Who Followed His Heart
Doing The Work
Books I’m Reading Now – -April
An Excerpt from Tantie
Doing What is Loved
Beating Our Backs to Stop the New Plague

February – March Blogs

francis — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 12:00:49 +0000

I have been quite active in my blog: Chronicles from a Caribbean Cubicle

Here are the topics of the entries from the past few months.
February
Digicel Woes in Trinidad
Management, Caribbean Style
An Article that Resonates
Using Video to See the Man in the Mirror
Going Wiki
“Being Positive” — A Recipe for Failure
On Caribbean Acquisitions
CAP: An Early Surprise
CAP: Talent Development
The EMyth and the myths it dispels
Critical Thinking vs. Faithful Following
CAP: A search for Expertise
CAP: A Difference in Perspective
CAP: A Sense of Regret
CAP: Planning for a Culture
CAP: Having a Powerful Dialogue
He Who Writes, Defines

March
Waiting and the Customer Experience
Why EVERY Serious Business Should Blog
Delivering a Custom Experience
Starting a New Conversation

Not to be outdone, my Moving Back to Jamaica blog has been getting more attention ( I think) or at least more comments, and has been cross-linked and referred to in a couple of interesting places.

Acquisition Project Analysis Now Available Online

francis — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 12:00:48 +0000

Folks,

I’ve been sharing some of the major Caribbean Acquisition Project (CAP) findings in the Framework Consulting blog, which you can reach from this site by clicking on ”Blog” from the home page.

On a personal note, a journalist recently included a mention of my “Moving Back to Jamaica” blog in the Skywritings magazine, which is Air Jamaica’s inflight magazine. The excerpt can be viewed at http://francismove.blogspot.com

December – January Blog Topics

francis — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 12:00:06 +0000

The topics that were addressed in December to January on the company blog, http://blog.fwconsulting.com:

On Authentic Leadership
On Asking Better Questions
On Winning Hearts and Minds
Abundance
Living the Good Life
Small Market Marketing

November 2005 Blogs

francis — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 12:00:21 +0000

In November, between plane trips and airports, I found the time to comment on the following topics in my blog – Chronicles from a Caribbean Cubicle:

Books I’m “Reading” Now – a summary of the different media I’m consuming at the moment

Thankfully It’s Only a “Number One” Bank – a tongue in cheek look at a customer service snafu at RBTT Bank

Meeting Kwame – it was fun to finally run into someone in person that I had developed a professional internet relationship with over several years

On Transitioning to Work in Jamaica – what a course to culturally prepare an expat executive might look like

Who You Are – my intelligent guess as to who might reading my blogs instead of their expense accounts!

Caribbean Time and Jamaica Time – why rushing to get more stuff done might be a waste of time

CSME — Offense or Defense – Why CSME is sounding too much like protectionism, and too little like the opportunity it is