Branding… Are you Ready to Create Value with Your Stakeholders? 18 May 201518 May 2015 How you view your projects is really a matter of perspective. What frame are you looking at your projects through? Is it constructive? Does is make it easier for the…
Agenda… Three Steps to Improved Meeting Facilitation 4 May 20154 May 2015 How much time do you spend in meetings? I estimate that most of my working hours are spent in some form of meeting - whether in a One-on-One discussion or…
books… The Ant and the Elephant: Quotes Worth Considering 20 Apr 201520 Apr 2015 After re-reading The Ant and the Elephant last week to write the review, I found some quotes from the book that shook me up and made me think. These quotes are another…
Business Acumen… Communicating to Internal Teams 30 Mar 201530 Mar 2015 Which is the best answer for "How do team members find out what's happening on your project?" A. At the Watercooler B. On the Sharepoint Site C. Osmosis D. Project…
books… Watch How You Talk To Yourself 23 Mar 201523 Mar 2015 We can be our own worst enemy at times. Whether we say the words out loud or not, we are always talking to ourselves. Just as guard rails can prevent…
books… Introducing Change: Three Ways to Engage Your Stakeholders 2 Mar 20152 Mar 2015 "I don't need to tell you that now, more than ever, we need sideways thinkers like you. We need more dents in the status quo, more disruptions of business-as-usual and…
Business Acumen… Are We Building Widgets or Reducing Costs? Using Benefits to Drive our Project Focus 8 Feb 20158 Feb 2015 As Project Managers we communicate daily to Customers, Salespeople and Senior Management. We could be using the PMI-approved words and concepts, but our focus may be frustrating our audience. To effectively…
Agile… Book Review: Personal Kanban 25 Jan 2015 "Like Traffic, work does not fit. Work flows." - Personal Kanban Do you ever look up at the end of the day and wonder 1) Where the day went? 2)…
Agile… Course Corrections: PM Acceptance of Change 18 Jan 201518 Jan 2015 "Course corrections are not project management failures, nor do they suggest a loss of control - quite the opposite in fact. Rigid plans with fixed definitions of success limit our…
career… Leaving the Walled Garden: Going Android 30 Dec 201431 Dec 2014 In the end, my decision to try an Android phone was more a reaction against the IPhone 5. In the fandom wars between Android and the IPhone, I have always…
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