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…
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…
books… Mental Models 21 Sep 201421 Sep 2014 Do you control your mental models, or, do your mental models control you? If you are not aware that you have a choice of how to look at a situation…
books… Always Think Bigger, In Both Time and Space 5 Sep 2014 Always think bigger doesn't mean you can solve your problem by imagining you are bigger than you actually are. However, the stuckness you experience as obstacle and conflict is often…
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… AUTO: Around, Under, Through, or Over 22 Aug 2014 "I use the acronym AUTO as my guide and motivator. When confronted with a life challenge or rotten banana, I think AUTO: Around, Under, Through or Over. Any way your…
books… Book Review: From Projects to Programs, a Program Manager’s Journey 19 Aug 201419 Aug 2014 Can you define Program Management? How different is it from Project Management? What does a Program Manager ‘do’ if they are not managing the projects in their program? Those are…
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…
books… Manage Conflict Through Discovery? 2 Aug 2014 There’s more than one way to skin a cat. This is a very old saying essentially meaning there is more than one way to get to your goal. Most people…
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…
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