“The more parts there are, the more things to go wrong,” my Dad muttered, as he slid out from underneath his ’57 Chevy.  It was the same exact metallic salmon color as the one he had before that, down to the plastic-covered bench seats. Actually, every Sunday afternoon, I think he’d just find something on [...]

Just saying you have an open door doesn’t make it so. How do you get your people to tell you what you may not even know to ask?

Web’s Best 50 Free Downloads – Features – PC Authority “…top 50 downloads – from apps that are measured in kilobytes to the Google Pack’s 200MB – all of which are guaranteed performers. We’ve covered a wide range of applications, including everything from browser add-ons, security software, music packages right through to Photoshop alternatives.” Further [...]

The PMI in 2008 finished overhauling its  four standards (PMBOK, Program, Portfolio, and OPM3).  I took the key thrusts, and referred to the 2002 Koskela and Howell critique for context.  Below are the five positive standouts: 1. Candor on the need for continuing work to make PMI-BOK more relevant and actually used. 2. Five-point criteria [...]

“…(Finkelstein et al.’s: Think Again) itself, unfortunately , does not seem to come up with great new ideas ….and in fact the people who made-off (sorry, couldn’t resist) with Other People’s Money were, in fact, too effective in making their decisions and ingenious with their execution…

…If (a) the sensory signal patterns have not roused the front-line emotional guards, and (b) the brain decides there’s time for a more deliberate analysis, then the patterns are sent up to the rational PFC (prefrontal cortex) tecchie upstairs, which keeps a library of models of cool logic, abstracted from knowledge and experience…

Decisions, Execution and Deliverables This series targets three topics (decision making, strategic execution, and project management).  You will also find links to thinkers, books, tools and other resources. Looking at the recent years’ book releases, we see a shifting from rigidly closed decision and management models, to open-ended approaches and analytical tools. Why?  Information now [...]