The Cure After Diagnosing a Bad Project Manager
Project managers need to be great traffic cops, coordinators, and problem solvers. When they do their jobs right, they make everyone around them more effective. But when they’re bad — ouch. They can...
View ArticleProject Management Lessons from Meditation
Plenty of prominent technologists, from the late Steve Jobs to Salesforce.com chief Marc Benioff, have found great benefits in meditation. Whether these creative businesspeople pursue meditation as a...
View ArticleMind Mapping for the Project Manager
As a project manager, you probably live in charts: Gantt charts, Kanban walls, shared calendars, process diagrams, org charts, and so on. Each is useful in its own way for capturing what’s going on in...
View ArticleThe Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and Project Management
I’m an ENTP — what are you? If you’re familiar with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality assessment, you know exactly what I mean, and you’re likely to respond with “I’m an INFJ” or one...
View ArticleThe Top 14 Project Managers to Follow on Twitter
Twitter is a haven for active online conversation around project management and managing projects, but you have to follow the right kinds of accounts — and thus interact with the right people — if you...
View Article4 Things You Should Never Reduce in a Lean Environment
Cut the Fat, Not The Muscle from Your Lean Environment Many organizations embrace lean methodology (also known simply as “lean”), a systemic approach to streamlining production, to make operations more...
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