Project Management
- Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:12:07 +0000: An Ice Skating Track And Opportunities To Start Conversations.
Yes, we have snow. Like almost everybody else. The neighbors created an ice-skating track by flooding a small field. The ice is not perfect. But … it’s just perfect. People get together. The field of frozen water is just a good excuse to get out and have some fun. It’s not that if there isn’t …Bas de Baar helps people find ways to enjoy the diversity of human interaction in their organizations so that they can get out of their own way and achieve their goals. - An Ice Skating Track And Opportunities To Start Conversations. is a post from: Project Shrink.
- Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:49:55 +0000: The Project Story Circle. Talking About Transitions.
“Once a photograph of the earth, taken from the outside is available, a new idea as powerful as any in history will be let loose.” – Sir Fred Hoyle in 1948. What do you draw when you are visualizing a project on a whiteboard? I draw an arrow from left to right that represents a …Bas de Baar helps people find ways to enjoy the diversity of human interaction in their organizations so that they can get out of their own way and achieve their goals. - The Project Story Circle. Talking About Transitions. is a post from: Project Shrink.
- Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:43:06 +0000: Dropping Pebbles. Facilitating Sensemaking.
When I enter a room to facilitate a two hour workshop, eyebrows are raised. I look like my old aunt that packed for a weekend to visit relatives. Two large suitcases full of clothing. Just in case. You never know what the weather might turn out to be. Or if we decide to go to …Bas de Baar helps people find ways to enjoy the diversity of human interaction in their organizations so that they can get out of their own way and achieve their goals. - Dropping Pebbles. Facilitating Sensemaking. is a post from: Project Shrink.
- Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:11:48 +0000: Sensemaking: Turning What We Know Into What Must Be.
When Columbus set out to discover America, he didn’t have a map that had America on it. That was the whole point of discovering it. Centuries ago people were sailing the world with incomplete maps. Some knew that the earth was a sphere. A globe. A ball. A round thing. Some maps were created representing …Bas de Baar helps people find ways to enjoy the diversity of human interaction in their organizations so that they can get out of their own way and achieve their goals. - Sensemaking: Turning What We Know Into What Must Be. is a post from: Project Shrink.
- Sun, 01 Jan 2012 06:47:07 +0000: Embarking The Beagle. Hello 2012.
Twelve years ago some of my colleagues celebrated New Years Eve in the office. The world of IT was braising itself for The Millennium Bug. I was partying like it was 1999. Actually it was. I spent half of the first hour of 2000 stuck in an elevator. Not because of a software bug, but …Bas de Baar helps people find ways to enjoy the diversity of human interaction in their organizations so that they can get out of their own way and achieve their goals. - Embarking The Beagle. Hello 2012. is a post from: Project Shrink.
- Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:45:45 +0000: Book review: Off Balance
Matthew Kelly found out he had cancer aged 35 and started re-evaluating what was really important. Off Balance is the result. It’s a book about work-life balance, but it’s not the normal time management stuff. Kelly frowns on the modern-day culture of individualism, hedonism and minimalism. He proposes instead that you strive to become the [...] Related posts:- Book review: How to Manage in a Flat World Arrgh! The world is flat after all – the ancient philosophers were right! I don’t know how I’ll cope! Actually, this book isn’t about coping...
- Book Review: The Cure for the Common Project The full title of this book is The Cure for the Common Project: Five Core Themes That Transform Project Managers into Leaders. The book’s cover...
- Book review: Management of Portfolios This new book is part of the stable of Best Management Practices guides from the OGC. Sitting alongside PRINCE2 and MSP, Management of Portfolios (MoP)...
- Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:33:54 +0000: Advising Upwards: Interview with Dr Lynda Bourne
Today I’m interviewing Dr Lynda Bourne, author of Advising Upwards: A Framework for Understanding and Engaging Senior Management Stakeholders (Gower, 2011). Lynda is CEO of Stakeholder Management Pty Ltd, a training and consultancy firm based in Australia. Lynda, your book is about helping project managers communicate better with executive stakeholders. Let’s start at the beginning. [...] No related posts. - Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:28:00 +0000: Behind the scenes at Project Management in the Collaborative Age
For those of you who would prefer to read rather than watch the video, here’s the transcript: Elizabeth Harrin: I’ve come to Victoria in London and I am looking for the Microsoft offices. I’m going to be chairing a round table discussion there today about project management in the collaborative age, and the things that [...] No related posts. - Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:06:50 +0000: Are project managers pompous and manipulative?
Business Life magazine – the one shoved in the seat pockets on British Airways flights – has a column in this month talking about project managers. It’s the light relief, ‘Business Lifer’ column at the back, written by an anonymous ‘executive globetrotter’. During January, Business Lifer has been recruiting as well as considering his own [...] Related posts:- Project managers on Twitter Who are the project managers on Twitter? This video was shot at the PMI Global Congress North America, where I met some of the project...
- Event: Social Media for Project Managers I’ll be presenting to the APM’s Women in Project Management SIG on 10 June, and you are invited. We’ll be talking about how project managers...
- Book Review: Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers Firstly, a big SORRY to Anthony Mersino. Anthony sent me his book at the end of last year and it has taken me forever to...
- Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:24:34 +0000: Carnival of Project Management #38
Welcome to the January/February 2012 edition of the Carnival of Project Management. The Carnival is a round up of the best project management articles (according to me) over the last two months. Brad Egeland presents Watch Out for Warning Signs posted at Project Management Tips, saying, “Four warning signs that things may not be going [...] Related posts:- Carnival of project management #1 Welcome to the August 14, 2006 edition of carnival of project management, a round-up of PM articles on other blogs. Pawel Brodzinski presents When Everything...
- Carnival of project management #3 How is it possible to ladder a pair of fishnet tights? They already have holes in. Fishnets are, for the second autumn in a row,...
- Carnival of Project Management #23 Welcome to the October/November, 2008 edition of the Carnival of Project Management. Over 90 entries, most of which were dross, so I have sorted out...
