Sea Stories by "Nick"

On this blog I have started telling the sea stories I accumulated during 20 years in the United States Navy.  There, I was known as "Nick."  You can go to the blog by clicking on the link immediately above and view all the sea stories published thus far, or you can click on a link below read a particular sea story. Enjoy.

• The Importance of Sea Stories
• Aye-Aye, Sir: The Limits of Authority
• Gunner Mintz: Lucked Out Again
• The Division and Coordination of Labor
• Willy's Story: A Sea Story about 'Running Room'
• Out of Uniform: In Which I Meet Up with Steve Canyon
• The Computer is Down
• Friends in High Places
• Some Conflict Resolution Magic
• Sex and the Single Sailor
• Gaming the System
• Have 'em Put their Names on It - A Story about Recognition

• Four Problem Solving Tips - 1: Focus on the Solved State (21 Apr 2009)
• Four Problem Solving Tips - 2: Be Clear about ALL Your Objectives (27 Apr 2009)
• Four Problem Solving Tips - 3: View Problem Solving as a "Cover the Bases" Activity (29 Apr 2009)
• Four Problem Solving Tips - 4: Draw Pictures of the Problem (4 May 2009)
• Making Decisions Like Benjamin Franklin (11 Aug 2009)
• Understanding Your Company's Performance Architecture (17 Aug 2009)
• The Urgent Should Displace the Important (20 Aug 2009)
• What Do Shooting Down Enemy Airplanes and Solving Business Problems Have in Common? (4 Sep 2009)
• What Do Shooting Down Enemy Airplanes and Solving Business Problems Have in Common? (9 Sep 2009)
• Five Ways Leaders Screw Up their Change Initiatives (15 Sep 2009)
• Strategy IS Execution: Don't Shoot Yourself in the Foot (22 Sep 2009)
• From Start Up to Shut Down: The Rise and Fall of an Organization (28 Sep 2009)
• Corporate Culture: A Case of Monkey-See, Monkey Do? (12 Oct 2009)
• Getting from Losses to Commitments: The Change Acceptance Cycle (16 Oct 2009)
• Lessons in Bad Management: Felix the Flying Frog (5 Nov 2009)
• Three Kinds of Strategy (30 Nov 2009)
• Fit and Fitness: The Yin and Yang of Organizational Sustainability (7 Dec 2009)
• How Visual Aids Facilitate Strategic Planning (14 Dec 2009)
• A Strategic Planning Tool: The Goals Grid (12 Jan 2010)
• Strategic Planning for the Strategically Impaired (4 Feb 2010)
• Fitting Your Management Practices to the Kind of Work being Managed (19 Mar 2010)
• Thinking about Strategic Planning (26 Mar 2010)
• The Many Roles Visuals Play in Solving Business Problems (12 Apr 2010)

• A Seat at the Table: The Trainer's Dilemma (Training Journal: 21 July 2010)
• A Case of Diminishing Returns? (Training Journal 27 September 2010)
• Why Trainers Don't Get No Respect (Training Journal 3 November 2010)
• Task vs Skill Training (Training Journal 14 January 2011)
• Training Needs Assessment 101 (Training Journal 1 February 2011)
• The ROI of Training: Is It A Quixotic Quest? (Training Journal 14 March 2011)
• What Really is Communication (Training Journal 30 March 2011)
• Leveraging the Kirkpatrick Model (Training Journal 21 April 2011)

Note:  "A Seat at the Table" also appeared in Learning Solutions Magazine on 23 Aug 2010.