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…
Agile… Questions For a Better Lessons Learned Meeting 18 Jul 2013 Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes. -Oscar Wilde I love Post Mortems. At the end of every project, I have a strong urge to figure out what…
Business Value… Get Thankful 2 Jul 20132 Jul 2013 Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone G.B. Stern Some of us, you know who you are, have a bad habit of not expressing our gratitude to others. Sometimes…
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…
books… Book Review: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome 5 Feb 20125 Feb 2012 Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is more important than the judgment we pass on ourselves. ~Nathaniel Branden Without Judge Without Jury We hand down judgments on ourselves…
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.…
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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