books… Book Review: Triggers: Creating Behavior that Lasts 20 Aug 201520 Aug 2015 "If there's one 'disease' that I'm trying to cure in this book, it revolves around our total misapprehension of our environment. We think we are in sync with our environment,…
project management Quote: How Does Your Environment Impact Your Project? 17 Aug 201517 Aug 2015 "If we think about our environment at all, we probably regard it as an expansive macrosphere that is defined by the major influences on our behavior - our family, our…
books… What Kind of Discussion Type Are You? 4 Aug 20154 Aug 2015 "Every person, every system, every product, every idea has faults. In the best-case scenario, an awareness of this fact can lead to a determined pursuit of perfection. But in many…
Agile… A Rose By Any Other Name: Project Manager, Scrum Master? Flow Manager? 21 Jun 201521 Jun 2015 I love Pastries. So it stands to reason that I really like Bakeries. Several years ago, I used to frequent a German bakery that sold authentic German pastries. I had to…
books… Book Review: Meetings Matter 7 Jun 20157 Jun 2015 It is unusual when blurbs on book covers capture the truth about a book. I tend to read the blurbs with a large scoopful of salt. For all I care,…
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… 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…
books… Book Review: Teamwork is an Individual Skill 15 Dec 20144 Aug 2017 Teamwork Is an Individual Skill. The book title itself seems to turn our usual assumptions about teamwork upside down. And true to its title, the book tries to give its…
Business Value… Fighting Groupthink: How To Stop Conformity From Paralyzing Your Risk Management 8 Nov 20148 Nov 2014 "Over time, we learn to associate these two ideas: on the one hand, being in a crowd, and on the other, relinquishing responsibility. Crowd. Lack of responsibility. Crowd. Someone else…
books… Managing Your Emotions: In the Middle of a Tough Conflict 29 Oct 201429 Oct 2014 To beat a tough conflict, you need to quickly shift to a much bigger and higher state of mind than the conflict itself. The secret is to immediately think of…
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