Agile… Book Review: Commitment 28 Jul 20135 Aug 2013 Feeling trapped by your circumstances? You might be looking at some of your options as commitments. In Commitment, Olav Maasen and Chris Matts write that deferring a decision until the…
Business Acumen… Positive Putty 3 Mar 20124 Mar 2012 When I came back from Christmas Holidays...I was given a silver, round container with blue lettering on the lid which read: Positive Putty: Squeeze and Achieve. Our PMO Director had given…
Branding… Chop Wood, Carry Water: Getting Work Done 25 Feb 2012 Now that the day's over with, I can get some work done! - Some unknown person The moment I heard those words come out of my mouth I realized how upside…
books… PMP Renewal Time: Random Thoughts 29 Jan 2012 There are weeks that I hate being a project manager. On those weeks my job seems to be an endless round of... Jumping through bureaucratic hoops 'Playing Telephone' Managing myself…
Business Acumen… Jan 2012: Bug on A Windshield 22 Jan 2012 It's 2012. I really cannot believe it's 2012. And we are now three weeks into January of 2012. If you’re new here, on the third week of every month, I…
Business Acumen… Blockheads Wanted: PMBOK as Guideline or Rulebook? 14 Jan 2012 The world is formed from the void, like utensils from a block of wood. The Master knows the utensils, yet keeps to the block: thus she can use all things.…
Business Acumen… A New Year…What are you Pursuing? 7 Jan 2012 African Proverb Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a cheetah wakes…
books… Book Review: Secrets to Mastering the WBS in Real-World Projects 25 Sep 201025 Sep 2010 What we think we know, versus what is, can result in some of our biggest problems. We make assumptions and decisions without understanding the larger picture. Given that weakness, tools that…
Branding… Sept 2010: Bug on a Windshield 18 Sep 2010 Greetings. I am back from Japan, recovering from Jet Lag and trying to get back into the swing of things. This week happens to be the third week in September,…
Branding… OPP: Other People’s Problems – An Antidote to Burnout? 28 Aug 2010 Burnt out? Buried under your action item list? Wondering why you ever became a project manager? That's when you need to look beyond your situation and read about other people’s…
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