books… True communication is the response you get 7 Dec 2014 "True communication is the response you get. This phrase might need some explanation in order to make complete sense. It is based on the idea that no communication attempt initiated…
books… Plan Some of Your Work, Work that Plan 22 Nov 201422 Nov 2014 The adaptive, flexible approach....views projects as dynamic, unstable, and hard-to-predict processes. It assumes that changes will take place during project execution - changes in the environment, the business, the markets,…
books… Mental Models 21 Sep 201421 Sep 2014 Do you control your mental models, or, do your mental models control you? If you are not aware that you have a choice of how to look at a situation…
Business Acumen… Is Good Strategy also Good Project Management? 16 Sep 2014 Picture This: You’re in the middle of a constantly changing terrain - where your resources, external influences and even the tactical objectives can change overnight. Your objective: to navigate through a valley…
books… Always Think Bigger, In Both Time and Space 5 Sep 2014 Always think bigger doesn't mean you can solve your problem by imagining you are bigger than you actually are. However, the stuckness you experience as obstacle and conflict is often…
books… AUTO: Around, Under, Through, or Over 22 Aug 2014 "I use the acronym AUTO as my guide and motivator. When confronted with a life challenge or rotten banana, I think AUTO: Around, Under, Through or Over. Any way your…
books… Book Review: From Projects to Programs, a Program Manager’s Journey 19 Aug 201419 Aug 2014 Can you define Program Management? How different is it from Project Management? What does a Program Manager ‘do’ if they are not managing the projects in their program? Those are…
Agile… PMXPO 2014: Worth Another Look 12 May 2014 For PMs with little free time and no money for conferences, online conferences on Project Management have started to spring up. PMXPO is one of the conferences taking advantage of the online…
Branding… Shisso: Where are we going in 2014? 5 Jan 2014 On Feb 12, 2009, I started my blog with a post titled: “Under Construction”. This is what I wrote: To my under construction blog. My goal is to write about…
Business Acumen… Avoid Email Recall: Or Five Suggestions to Cope with Email as a PM 12 Sep 2013 In spite of Microsoft's best efforts, I've never seen Outlook successfully recall a message. Once out there - you lose control of the message and how it's read. To avoid…
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