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Road Trippin’ Organizational Change: The Journey

Posted May 1, 2019August 26, 2019 Alan Zucker2 CommentsPosted in Agile, Leadership, Project Management

Organizational change and transformation efforts are often challenging.  Most fail to meet their planned objectives with 30% failing outright.  In last month’s article, ”Road Trippin’ […]

Road Trippin’ Organizational Change: The Beginning

Posted March 31, 2019June 10, 2020 Alan Zucker4 CommentsPosted in Agile, Leadership, Project Management

Most organizational change efforts do not succeed.  They fail to achieve the desired results.  They are disruptive and sometimes leave the company worse-off. An oft-cited […]

The Daily Stand-Up Meeting: Best Practice

Posted March 1, 2019March 2, 2019 Alan Zucker4 CommentsPosted in Agile, Leadership, Project Management

Lean and Agile organizations have harnessed the power of the stand-up meeting as a valuable process tool. The stand-up is an efficient and effective way to […]

Kanban 101: Improving How We Work

Posted January 6, 2019January 6, 2019 Alan Zucker5 CommentsPosted in Agile, Project Management

Kanban is a versatile and powerful tool to help you manage your work. It can be used to track personal projects, complex operations and large programs; for […]

Create a Learning Environment:  Profit from Your Mistakes

Posted December 2, 2018December 2, 2018 Alan Zucker8 CommentsPosted in Agile, Leadership, Project Management

“All good lessons come at a cost.  Try to learn them inexpensively.” Howard Zucker When I made a mistake as a child, my father would […]

Improving Communications with DISC

Posted November 26, 2018January 21, 2021 Alan Zucker2 CommentsPosted in Interviews, Leadership, Project Management

“Improving Communications with DISC,” George Washington University’s Masters of Project Management Program Webinar, October 30, 2018. Communications theory tells us that communications are about the […]

Forming a Team? Plan for Success

Posted November 1, 2018July 22, 2020 Alan Zucker6 CommentsPosted in Agile, Leadership, Project Management

Remember the last time you joined a new team or organization.  What was it like?  Was it awkward?  Did you make decisions easily?  Were expectations […]

Conducting a Successful Brainstorming Meeting

Posted October 4, 2018October 4, 2018 Alan Zucker8 CommentsPosted in Agile, Leadership, Project Management

Well facilitated brainstorming sessions are amazing.  A creative, sharing atmosphere is built. Numerous ideas are generated.  Participants feel productive, valued, and are enthusiastic.  By contrast, […]

An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure

Posted August 2, 2018 Alan ZuckerLeave a commentPosted in Project Management

Ben Franklin was a an American founding father, inventor, diplomat, and philosopher.  He also wrote Poor Richard’s Almanac which contained information for farmers and timeless adages.  […]

Value of Visual Inspection

Posted July 10, 2018July 10, 2018 Alan ZuckerLeave a commentPosted in Project Management

Recently, my wife and I took a trip.  We were at the airport.  Our flight was delayed.  She was sitting with her back to the […]

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