Velocity is a “vector”, a term mathematicians and engineers use to denote both magnitude AND direction. Moving at high magnitude (i.e. fast) is useless if we are going in the wrong direction, as anyone who has ever heard “make a U-turn” from the polite, synthetic voice of the GPS receiver while driving can attest to. Conversely, moving in the right direction but at a slow pace is likely a strategy for being passed by in our modern, frenetic, and highly competitive environment. Aligning magnitude and direction consistently is the key to productivity and increased satisfaction in our work and busy lives.
So what is High-Velocity Productivity and how do you achieve it? At the PMI-MN Central Outreach event, we’ll look at three horizons of work:
• Personal workflow mastery – the fundamentals of individual productivity
• The “Rules in Use” for interpersonal workflow and their impact on team productivity
• How Theory of Constraints principles drive improvements in organizational productivity
If you’re a knowledge professional who thinks for a living and seeks better guidance, navigation, and control of your work, you won’t want to miss this PMI-MN Chapter Dinner with our guest, Adam Cherrill, PfMP, as he shares his own experiences, combat tactics, and battle scars from lessons learned along his never-ending journey towards High-Velocity Productivity.
Adam Cherrill is the president of Cherrill Consulting Group (CCG). CCG applies systems thinking, processes, and tools to solve clients’ toughest business intelligence, strategy, capture, and execution challenges. Adam launched CCG in February 2017 following a twenty-year distinguished career with U.S. defense firms Raytheon Missile Systems and ATK Armament Systems. His leadership experience is rooted in the U.S. aerospace & defense industry’s prime contract life cycle of strategy, business, and technology development, capture/proposal management, and project/program/portfolio execution, both domestically and internationally. Adam is a certified Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP), the apex credential offered by the Project Management Institute (PMI). He currently serves as the Director of Finance for the Minnesota Chapter of PMI (PMI-MN).
