First of all start with keeping blood flowing in the body and thus your brain. Exercise is not only good for your health but it also makes you smarter. Think of it also as a form of mental nourishment, from just as your body requires food for energy your brain is replenished with oxygen carried by your blood. So as we exercise every muscle and cell in our body, including those between our ears, get invigirated.
According to Gretchen Reynolds ‘exercise does more to bolster thinking than
thinking (alone) does’ The reason for that is possibly that if we just sit and
think without external stimuli then we get into what is termed as tunnel mental
vision, very much like the tunnel vision DMV warns us about if we constantly
stare at one specific point of the road when we drive. Regular exercise is a
mental foundation as it allows us to reach outside the fixed-framework of
technology. Don’t get into a tunnel vision in BI methodologies from the past as
they have resulted in less than 50% success. Get outside the standard framework
and get scientific.
A. Think
Strategy not tactical solutions: The first step in BI projects is to think
what kind of reports would uses expect five years from now and what are the
business goals. Align this with what your technology partners have in mind for
the next five years and start your decisions based on this first foundational.
Short-term BI thinks of deploying specific reports long term we need to enhance
decisions.
B. Start with
a Foundation of Methodology:
At the heart of all modern projects is methodology. If you construct anything
there is a set methodology. Global methodologies ensure that when US companies
construct anything across the planet the steel, design, concrete, coatings,
architecture all are in accordance to global standards and processes. BI is no
different.
C. Use
Scientific Checklists: even
the most experienced pilots use them. Astronauts, engineers, builders,
construction workers, and all logical workers desiring perfection use
checklists. Pilots don’t us this to remind them how to fly they use them for
things that have been forgotten in the past. A checklist is a scientific method
of avoiding failures. Use BI Staged checklists to ensure you have not missed
anything. It starts with all the phases of a BI Project and a lot of sub-phases
too.
And don’t forget to
exercise. Exercise also makes brain cells more efficient. It is now
discovered that exercise also creates new brain cells, as due new encounters and lessons. These new cells should empower you to challenge
technocratic dogmas just because they exist, like the one stating that the brain does not create any new cells. Challenge them and exercise your
mind too. Each time you learn a new skill new brain cells are created. They
only activate when you use these new skills, the more you use these new skills
the stronger the cells get wired. While new ideas create new wires, exercise
makes these cells more nimble. With exercise your brain will more readily wire
many new cells into a neural network thus enhancing cognitive capabilities.
So take a thirty minute walk every day. If you have a dog, like I do, you can use the dog
to assist save your head, your work and possibly your life.
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