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…
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…
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…
Branding… The Power of Three Early Lessons 21 Aug 201019 Aug 2022 Was your week like mine? Competing deadlinesMultiple projects using the same resourcesToo many action itemsToo many unanswered questionsProcess that could be betterTools that have you pulling your hair Throughout the…
books… August 2010: Bug on a Windshield 14 Aug 201014 Aug 2010 It’s the third week of the month again. If you’re new here, the third week of every month, I pull together all the links that I’ve run into since last…
books… Book Review: Immunity to Change 7 Aug 201010 Aug 2010 When trying to make a change in your life: Are you flooring the gas.... with your foot on the brake? If this describes you, then this is probably not the…
Business Value… The Portable Project Manager 31 Jul 2010 Portable Flexible Useful in various fields I’ve heard all of these phrases used about Project Management skills. The proposition is that if a seasoned Project Manager parachutes into a construction…
career… You Know You’re a Fundamentalist when… 24 Jul 201024 Jul 2010 Fundamentalism: strict adherence to any set of basic ideas or principles: the fundamentalism of the extreme conservatives. While I am very much into best practices, principles and PMBOKisms, I would…
Business Value… How to Improve Your Virtual Meetings 10 Jul 2010 Life is full of situations that you can’t control. As a project manager this galls me on a regular basis, but I’ve learned to minimize the irritation by trying to…
Business Acumen… Unwritten Rules of Virtual Team Meetings (That no one ever really follows) 26 Jun 2010 We’ve come a long way from tribal living. We no longer talk to faces around nightly campfires. Today we listen to voices piped into our ears while sitting in air…
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