Working From Home Tips From A 17-Year Veteran Of Doing It
Posted on23 Mar 2020
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The coronavirus has exposed more people to working from home. Many are rookies. Many only have a day-or-two-a-week experience. Others only have... Read More
Tips For Successful Innovation Teams From Acclaimed Black Hole Imaging Team
Posted on13 May 2019
Tagsteam building, consensus, bias, black holes, confirmation bias, project management, collaboration, decision-making process, dissent, innovation
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Taking pictures rely upon objects reflecting light, any light. A black hole swallows light. So, how does one get a picture if... Read More
How To Get Someone To Stop Thinking And Just Do What You Say
Posted on30 Oct 2017
TagsIKEA, process, project management, rules, thinking process, Thoughts, software, recipes, recipe analogy
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It might seem strange to talk about how to get someone to stop thinking. Yet, it happens quite a bit in the... Read More
4 Key Change Management Planning Tools
Posted on25 Jul 2016
Tagschange management, planning, process management, project management, tools, training, internal communications
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Change management planning tools complement analytical tools for change management and strategic change management tools. The change management consultant and process use... Read More
Working with Detail Oriented Personality Type
Posted on10 Aug 2015
TagsTalent, organizational culture, details, follow up, prioritization, project management, team building, emotional triggers, Kim Kozak
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Building corporate culture often means meshing many different personalities. Many firms have need for employees with a detail oriented personality type. Working... Read More
Driving Change Begins Here Now
Posted on18 May 2015
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Driving change is hard. There are many change management strategies. How a change management plan differs from normal management and project plans... Read More
Introverts and Extroverts Working Together
Posted on19 Jan 2015
Tagsbrainstorming, energy, extrovert, innovation, introvert, money, Personality, project management, value, extroverts and introverts, Introverts and Extroverts (Series)
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How do we get introverts and extroverts working together? Researchers often share how to identify them. Few share how to lead them.... Read More
Why Problems Occur (Alert #4): Known over Unknown
Posted on15 Jul 2013
Tagsillusion, Iraq, knowledge, perspective, prevention, project management, unknown, warfare, Why Problems Occur Series, Donald Rumsfeld
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The fourth alert I heed as a warning problems might occur is when the known prevails over the unknown. I first experienced... Read More
Clausewitz’s Friction and Project Management
Posted on20 Dec 2012
Tagsbudgets, deadlines, Donald Reinertsen, Stefan Thomke, friction, On War, Clausewitz, The Economist, project management, process, planning, management, Harvard Business Review, body analogy
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A reader requested more clarification and examples of Clausewitz’s friction in business. Project Management is excellent for this because of its detailed... Read More
Change Management – Tactic #3: Break Into Small, Simple Steps
The Hot Spotters, by Atul Gawande in the January 24, 2011 issue of The New Yorker spoke primarily to minimizing medical costs... Read More
