Don Taylor is the recipient of the PDAC’s 2018 Thayer Lindsley Award, for the 2014 discovery of the Taylor lead-zinc-silver deposit in Arizona. Don is the Chief Operating Officer of Arizona Mining (TSX:AZ). I’ve had the pleasure to work with […]
Will the Uber business model eventually come to mining? It may already be here. We were recently contacted by an “Expert Network” to set up and manage project procurement for a large mining project in a remote location. Expert Networks […]
Imagine you have a mentor who just turned 60 years old who has had similar experiences as you thus far in your career. This mentor has been in your industry for the last 30 years, worked on many projects and […]
We are always prospecting for ideas to improve our project work and I was pleasantly surprised to discover a diamond in the rough with this book, Who: the A Method for Hiring, written by Geoff Smart and Randy Street. Project […]
Oscar Wilde struck a very rich vein and found a gold mine for pundits when he wrote “We really have everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language”. I have worked for British firms for nearly two decades […]
Leading by example is one of the most positive ways to influence people and is the reason I avoid conversations about New Year’s resolutions. I just “get on with it”, appreciating when others do too. There are a number of […]
Last week’s posting on Effective Change Management was well received and I would like to extend sincere thanks for all the positive comments. That article feels like it was only scratching the surface of some abysmal problems in the mining […]
We don’t have to dig very deep to remember the axiom we learn as children, “Be careful what you ask for” which is applicable to so many things in life. I have a book on my reading list called, The […]
As a young miner, there was a meme going around my company that we needed to demonstrate to management that we were “in control and capable”. That little catchphrase has been buried in the back of my mind throughout my […]
Mining companies are considering creative ways to save money in these tough times. While Target Cost Contracts may sound like a tempting alternative, they are anything but easy if the fundamentals are not followed. These contracts can go horribly wrong […]
