Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.
– Edward Everett Hale, American author, historian, and Unitarian minister
As project managers, we often tend to think and act like we own the projects we manage. … Read the rest ...
“You can’t connect the dots looking forward;
you can only connect them looking backwards.”
– Steve Jobs
Have you ever had an Aha! moment? You know, that eureka realization when a seemingly brilliant idea occurs to you out of the … Read the rest ...
How does stuff happen? Who decides that a specific problem or challenge needs attention? Who identifies it as a problem in the first place? Who decides what direction to take to solve the problem? Who guides the effort through a … Read the rest ...
“I knew that if I failed I wouldn’t regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying.” – Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon
These days, new stuff is introduced every minute of every … Read the rest ...
Most projects start out blissfully don’t they? They have their sponsors, their charters, their teams. The scope looks reasonable. The plan looks doable. The budget appears manageable. The sponsors seem committed and energized. The team has the right number and … Read the rest ...
“The IT organization can’t drive or lead a digital transformation. It has to come from the business and the business strategy, because they’re fundamental to how a company or an organization evolves.”
– Michael Dell
Founder and CEO of Dell … Read the rest ...
“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which one has overcome.”
– Booker T. Washington, American educator, author and advisor to presidents and a dominant leader … Read the rest ...
“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory, tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.”
—Sun Tsu, Ancient Chinese Military strategist
As a project or change manager, the more information you have about a planned change, the … Read the rest ...
“If you can dream it, you can do it.”
Wouldn’t it be nice to be your own boss? To be able to make your own decisions, plan your day and your future without answering to someone else?
It’s … Read the rest ...
“The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence – it is to act with yesterday’s logic.
– Peter Drucker
I expect most of us are viewing the COVID-19 second wave with some trepidation. When and how will … Read the rest ...