Pay it Forward
I recently had the opportunity to speak to an audience of PMO leaders. The event is designed to support PMO […]
Organizational Leadership
A Century of Scientific Management
Did you know Project Management is having a birthday? Well, sort of a birthday. It was 100 years ago, in
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Tune and Trust Your Intuitions
As you learn about project management, one critical thing to absorb is to trust your sense about situations. This may
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Watch Out of the Corner of Your Ear
A lot goes on around me as I’m working on any project and I’ve learned is to pay attention to
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Relationship Trumps Everything
I’ve learned a lot about project management as a result of the trainings and schooling I’ve had. But one thing
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Stakeholder Management Tools
Nope. There’s just no way around it. You are going to have to work with people. Even if you are
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Twins – Double Your Efficiency, Double Your Fun
If I ever hear “Well – could you make a baby in one month with nine mothers?” again – I
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Effective risk management starts with experience.
We can study about risk management. We can take classes on steps for risk assessments. We can learn about using probability and impact to prioritize our hazard lists. But it’s experience that streamlines our risk assessment process. With experience we can quickly list only the relevant risks. Its experience that automatically eliminates the low probability and low impact items. The unnecessary items become invisible and therefore free time to focus on the more important items.
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Japan Tragedy – Rapid Change
This is the final post in my series exploring post-quake Japan. While I’ve enjoyed many aspects of working with Japanese
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Japan Tragedy – Impossible Becomes Possible
Here’s another article in this series where I squeeze meaning out of seemingly purposeless tragedy. When I landed in Tokyo
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Managing Projects in Large vs. Small Organizations
I’ve managed projects in F100 companies and in small companies. There are positives and negatives in both but sometimes I
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