Q & A on Project Management #2

In the a blog post early this week, Interview Questions and Answers on Project Management, I listed several questions that I have been asked on project management. I thought I would finish up the week with the rest of questions from the interview. Hope you enjoy! What part of this project most appeals to you? Read More …

Questions & Answers on Project Management

A set of questions I was recently asked that I thought might shed some light on how I think and what I do:  What is your experience in project management, especially for startups?  In some respect, everything is a project. In startups that I have worked we have spent most of our time on finding Read More …

In Command, but Out Of Control

Malcolm Gladwell in his book,Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking  quoted this passage and attributed to Management Guru Kevin Kelly. In this first part of the video series by Abhilash Nambiar, Lt. General Paul Van Riper talks about how his 40+ years in the marines shaped his views of how some of the most Read More …

Handling Impossible Projects

Michael Dobson (@sidewisethinker), author of Project: Impossible – How the Great Leaders of History Identified, Solved and Accomplished the Seemingly Impossible – and How You Can Too! was my guest last week in the podcast, How do you Handle an Impossible Project? This is a transcription of the podcast. Download or view the PDF: Handling Impossible Projects Read More …

Handle an Impossible Project?

Michael Dobson (@sidewisethinker), author of Project: Impossible – How the Great Leaders of History Identified, Solved and Accomplished the Seemingly Impossible – and How You Can Too! said in the podcast: Well, to be honest one of the things, if it hasn’t happened in your career yet, I’m saying this to the audience. I’m sure Read More …

Kranz Dictum: Miracle behind Apollo 13

Have you ever been part of an impossible project? Next week’s Business901 podcast guest is Michael Dobson, author of Project: Impossible – How the Great Leaders of History Identified, Solved and Accomplished the Seemingly Impossible – and How You Can Too!. The book was a fun read for me and so was the podcast. Michael Read More …