Like we don't have enough stuff online already...

To all whom all these presents come, greetings...

So I figured that Chelsea and I need a place to post our common stuff. Our pictures, our thoughts...we are married now so we share money, share the dog, share the bed. Why not share our online space.

I just got back from the APEG BC AGM in Kelowna. There were some interesting speakers and sessions. They were mainly geared towards project management in a setting where there are specific people selected for a specific project and thats all they work on until its done. Very different from our way of working where we can work on a million different projects every day. I find if very difficult to bounce around from project to project as it comes across my desk. Every time you need to stop and totally change your thinking, you have to dump out all the info from the last job and fill back up with the new job. Mentally taxing.

There was alot of talk about the different Generations in the work place. Baby Boomers just work work work then they die. Generation X are the rebels, they take life first and work second and Generation Y( or the Millennials) have grown up with technology around them and want to be challenged all the time in the work place. There was some talk on how to deal with each generation of worker.

Baby Boomer - Wants Respect, They will help you when asked, They should avoid giving ''advice'' or telling old war stories when trying to pass along knowledge, one job/employer for life
Generation X - I kind of forget about this one....but something about don't ask them to come in on weekends unless there is a reward, maybe 3-4 employers per lifetime
Generation Y - More confortable with electronic communication, will probably change jobs/get fired/etc. from 12 to 15 jobs over a life time (what are you gonna do...fire me?) More flighty, needs to constantly be given increasing challenges every few months to stay interested.

I might put myself in between Gen X and Y. Not sure what that means for me but I can defintly tell the researchers do did this stuff that they are right, I would agree with their conclusions.

Stuff to do:
Organize Goal setting exercises for Office
Discuss Electronic Plan Signatures for wells not yet submitted to SG
Set goals for home
Fold Laundry
Walk the Dog
Remember to Blog again sometime
Call Family. :)