Once upon a time at Autodesk University I delivered a popular CAD Manager track session called People Skills. I think it is safe to say that us techy types often tend to have people and management issues. We tend to want people to behave like software or man-made objects and then they don’t and won’t.
I’m a storyteller. I don’t do standup…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Aug 22, 2019
Tags video, survey point, point group, people skills, learn, point, Style Management, Project Management, heuristics, QAQC
To try and make cents out of Civil 3D is no easy task. The Civil 3D diva is a big beast with lots of moving parts and pieces. The numerous methods of usage, optional workflows, and many diverse nuances of the entire Civil 3D tools package are an overwhelming and never-ending story. A new Civil 3D 2020 is almost upon us. If you use Civil 3D, you already know that. You live it.
Everyone works…
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Well-practiced Change Management is a fact of life for the successful business or organization.
If we employ software to do our work, we tend to see Change Management as technology focused. Software vendors and their marketing departments love and foster this perspective. The mantra in the marketplace is pervasive and persuasive. That perspective produces…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
May 22, 2018
Tags implementation, change, change management, Civil 3D 2019, Jump Kit, CAD Standards, people skills
Someone recently complained to me that their current budget didn’t allow for the training of new employees and staff training for latest AutoCAD Civil 3D release upgrades. Trust me, even if you do have the budget, it is never enough. Skilled, professional Civil 3D folk are hard to find. All the trends say that this human resource problem will only get worse. When skilled people…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Mar 29, 2018
Tags training, Civil 3D, management, people skills, Layer Standards, spreadsheet, CAD Standards, AddOn, Update
This weekend the staff from my old Autodesk Reseller company got together for a company reunion. What? Sure. Some groups of work friends get together a couple of times a year, but a few decided to put together a bigger deal. The event’s not quite annual, but almost. But on Father’s Day weekend?
Is that Appropriate?
They said, “You betcha.”
Please…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jun 22, 2015
Tags people skills, people