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…
Communication Management… Complicated or Complex? Classifying Projects 19 Oct 201419 Oct 2014 Complicated or Complex How would you define them? Several years ago I would have thought they were nearly the same thing. Apparently, they are slightly different. In a recent…
books… Dealing with Uncertainty 7 Oct 2014 Project management used to be about driving out uncertainty. You nailed down all the deliverables at the outset and fine-tuned your specs so implementation could be as routine as possible.…
Disaster management… From the News: Using Resilient Risk Management to Fight the Ebola Epidemic 30 Sep 2014 How do you address risks that are uncertain in impact and outcome? The PMBOK Risk management process attempts to identify specific mitigation responses to pre-determined scenarios. Risks with unknown impacts can't…
Learning… Staying Motivated: Keeping Your Focus on Daily Quality 31 Aug 2014 Quality. The term itself seems to lend itself to all the wrong images and connotations. It seems to give off an ‘eat your broccoli’, ‘floss your teeth’ kind of feeling.…
books… A Project is an Act of Creation 13 Aug 2014 A project is an act of creation, whether it simply repeats a product that has been made before or boldly attempts something novel.... The process of creating involves both originality…
Business Value… Meeting Manners: 3 Project Management Hacks 18 Jul 2014 I’m always searching for new hacks for Project Management. This past week I ran across two from different sources: one from Inc magazine, another from SPAM. Since three really is…
Communication Management… Give Yourself the Gift of Patience 26 Jun 2014 Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear? - Tao Te Ching Last Saturday I had plans to…
Communication Management… Critical Customer Requirements or Understanding Remy 12 Jun 201412 Jun 2014 Remy-chan is my one-eared white fluffy cat.* He’s lived with me for over 10 years. Keeping Remy happy and giving him a quality environment is very simple: Feed him cat…
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