Project Tools: Which to Choose?
There are many tools to help project teams manage their work, collaborate, and track performance. The number of options is overwhelming—Capterra has published over 900-project […]
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Let’s Keep in Touch
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
“…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
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 […]