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0907 - Summary/Objective
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090801 - Follow up ref SDS 7 529F, ref SDS 5 TS4K.
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090803 - Submitted letter to Gary saying...
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090805 -    1.  Subject: Covey's Ideas on Good Management
090806 -        Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 16:45:57 -0800
090807 -        From: Rod Welch
090808 -        To: "Johnson, Garold L."
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090820 -    2.  Gary,
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090823 -    3.  About 2 or 3 weeks ago, Millie got me out to a Mall for
090824 -        something, and while strolling along we came across an outfit
090825 -        with the name "Franklin Covey Management Technologies," or
090826 -        something like that.
090828 -         ..
090829 -    4.  I was reminded of your analysis on 031113 showing advances
090830 -        Franklin and Covey have made in the practice of management,
090831 -        ref SDS 5 TS4K, including comments from inspirational tapes you
090832 -        related having heard recently, as set out in your SDS record on
090833 -        031109, ref SDS 4 1170, that supplement professional events top
090834 -        executives attend to learn the latest thinking and trends on
090835 -        good practices.
090836 -
090837 -            [On 040412 Gary develops more ideas on applying David
090838 -            Allen's ideas on good management. ref SDS 8 0001
090840 -             ..
090841 -            [On 050531 David Lobel notifies of new weblog for
090842 -            supporting Covey's ideas in 7 Habits... ref SDS 9 3M5N
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090845 -    5.  Millie and I browsed through the store and observed Covey's
090846 -        books.  There were Franklin Covey tapes for sale, and a wide
090847 -        variety of technologies.  An attendant explained these devices
090848 -        are called "PDAs" and "tablet PCs," or something like that.
090849 -        These were very efficient looking devices from Microsoft, Palm
090850 -        Pilot, Apple and others.  Millie was impressed by powerful
090851 -        systems for listing contacts with addresses, phone numbers and
090852 -        birthdays.  She noted this would be a big help so people don't
090853 -        have to start a new address book every time a new contact is
090854 -        added, and doesn't fit in the right order, so before long
090855 -        things are all messed up.
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090860 -        Covey Does Not Support Journal Sharpen Saw
090861 -        SDS Uniquely Supports Seek First to Understand
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090863 -    6.  The attendant showed how Franklin's ideas for listing action
090864 -        items and other tasks are all available at the touch of a key,
090865 -        because the new devices empower people to accomplish the 7
090866 -        habits of successful people.  The attendant went on to explain
090867 -        that the only habit not supported by Franklin Covey technology
090868 -        is keeping a daily journal, which Covey calls "sharpening the
090869 -        saw," reviewed on 921205. ref SDS 1 2231  The attendant further
090870 -        related how research discovered that developing technology for
090871 -        keeping an effective diary is hard to engineer, so Franklin and
090872 -        Covey decided this habit of good management applied by people
090873 -        like Caesar, Napoleon, Washington, Jefferson, Monroe, Lincoln,
090874 -        Getty, is more of a suggestion.
090875 -
090876 -            [On 050531 David Lobel notifies of new weblog for
090877 -            supporting Covey's ideas in 7 Habits... ref SDS 9 3M5N
090879 -         ..
090880 -        What sealed the deal on eliminating the requirement for
090881 -        capturing the record, similar to Sean O'Keefe's report on why
090882 -        NASA experiences continual failure, reported on 030826.
090883 -        ref SDS 3 8K4G, was solid market research showing most people
090884 -        don't care about history.  It is faster and easier to go by
090885 -        what people remember and what everybody is saying at the time,
090886 -        so writing everything down, like sharpening a saw, is boring
090887 -        and unnecessary overkill.  For customers who feel they need to
090888 -        be sharp and want accurate understanding, the Franklin Covey
090889 -        store sells a variety of paper pads, pencils and pens.  The
090890 -        attendant said they are in the back of the store, and offered
090891 -        to include them at no extra charge for purchasing a "his and
090892 -        her" set of PDAs.
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090895 -    7.  For an extra $10, Franklin Covey sells a pencil or pen with
090896 -        Covey's signature and some inspirational words that say "Seek
090897 -        first to understand!!" hopefully, before making that phone call
090898 -        using the contact listed in the PDA.  Franklin/Covey's support
090899 -        for literacy aligns with Plato's Dialogs on Phaedrus citing
090900 -        alphabet technology as man's greatest invention, reviewed on
090901 -        991209. ref SDS 2 3416
090903 -         ..
090904 -    8.  Customers are, also, given a referral slip for a $20 discount
090905 -        to local stores that sell filing cabinets and folders to
090906 -        organize anything written down.  Millie felt this would be a
090907 -        big help for lawyers.  Recently on 031211, a case study showed
090908 -        how the nation's highest paid and finest lawyers use powerful
090909 -        intelligence systems to organize the record for timely
090910 -        retrieval that saves clients time and money. ref SDS 6 5B5H
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090913 -    9.  Franklin Covey stores that hopefully make money selling
090914 -        technology to support important parts of good management is a
090915 -        wonderful step on transformation from information to a culture
090916 -        of knowledge.  Wondering if you have seen any of these stores
090917 -        down your way, and if they all approach things the way we found
090918 -        here in Concord, CA.
090919 -
090920 -            [On 050531 David Lobel notifies of new weblog for
090921 -            supporting Covey's ideas in 7 Habits... ref SDS 9 3M5N
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090924 -   10.  Thanks.
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090927 -   11.  Rod
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