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“Keep in Touch”

Posted January 30, 2021 Alan Zucker2 CommentsPosted in Agile, Leadership, Project Management

I called an old colleague just to say “hello” and see how he was doing.  We have worked together at different companies over the past […]

A Personal Retrospective

Posted January 1, 2021January 1, 2021 Alan Zucker1 CommentPosted in Agile, Leadership, Project Management

This year was like living through a 500-year storm.   COVID has infected 1 in 20 Americans, and 1 in 1,000 have died of the disease.  […]

Work = Life Priorities

Posted November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 Alan ZuckerLeave a commentPosted in Leadership

Balancing our work and home lives is a challenge that nearly everyone faces.  I was a single parent for many years and managed large teams and […]

Business Agility: Getting Started

Posted November 2, 2020November 2, 2020 Alan ZuckerLeave a commentPosted in Agile, Leadership

Agile is now part of the general business lexicon.  On the news, non-technology leaders keep mentioning the need to be “agile” or “pivot.”  Even leaders […]

Advanced Stakeholder Modeling

Posted October 3, 2020November 23, 2020 Alan ZuckerLeave a commentPosted in Leadership, Project Management

You may be a businessman or some high-degree thief They may call you doctor, or they may call you chief, But you have to serve somebody… […]

Considering How We Think

Posted August 31, 2020 Alan ZuckerLeave a commentPosted in Agile, Blog Categories, Leadership, Project Management

We are living in interesting times. All countries are struggling to control the COVID-19 pandemic.  Societies are challenging their histories of racial and social injustice.  […]

Create Value: Map the Value Stream

Posted July 30, 2020July 30, 2020 Alan ZuckerLeave a commentPosted in Agile

“If you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing.”  W. Edwards Deming Our work and home lives our bounded by standard operating procedures and process—and […]

Making Complex Decision

Posted July 1, 2020July 1, 2020 Alan Zucker1 CommentPosted in Agile, Leadership, Project Management

“…when faced with a difficult question, we often answer an easier one instead, usually without noticing the substitution.”  Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow In the midst […]

Feedback: The Right Way

Posted May 31, 2020June 10, 2020 Alan Zucker1 CommentPosted in Agile, Leadership, Project Management

Feedback is a critical and valuable management tool.  For managers, it is the engine of continuous improvement.   For employees, it is the gift of valuable […]

Be Productive by Focusing on Value

Posted April 29, 2020April 30, 2020 Alan ZuckerLeave a commentPosted in Agile, Leadership, Project Management

Productivity is defined as our ability to create value.  Traditionally manufacturers and farmers became more productive by adding resources—people and machines—to the process.  Knowledge workers […]

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