Conversations in Project Planning

Alan Mossman of The Change Business trained as an architect and worked for many years in management and organization development. He only returned to construction in 2000 building on his knowledge and understanding of collaboration, systems thinking, quality and lean. I asked Alan about the promised conversation cycle. Related Podcast and transcription: A Lean Project Read More …

Project Managing Flash-Mobs

The Optimization Triangle: leadership, project management, and individual learning is how Lou Russell  views the type of  work she does at Russell Martin & Associates.  I enjoy her project management books (I own 3 of them) and her Accelerated Learning Workbook (yes, I have that one) and recommend them. She recently sent me a leadership Read More …

A Project Charter, You Gotta Be Kidding Me

I was thrilled to have Lou Russell  of RMA Associates as my guest next week on the podcast.  She is a project management guru who cut her teeth in Accelerated Learning. In fact, she wrote the book,The Accelerated Learning Fieldbook: Making the Instructional Process Fast, Flexible, and Fun. Tune in to find the connection. An Read More …

What Type of Individual Manages A Project Better

I asked MICHAEL SINGER DOBSON, a marketing executive, project management consultant and nationally-known speaker; “In all your experiences, is there a certain type of individual that manages a project better? To me there always seem that if you get the right guy heading the project, it gets done.” Michel has been a staff member of the Read More …

Need to Change a Behavior Consider The Machine Project

AM+A has more than 30  years as a leading firm in user-interface development (planning, research, design, implementation, evaluation, documentation, and training) for Web, mobile, vehicle, and desktop applications in consumer and professional products/services. Aaron Marcus lectures around the world on critical issues, best practices, and future trends in user-interface design. AM+A serves the mobile, vehicle, Read More …

Project Management: Competing for Someone’s Time

Bob Lewis, president of IT Catalysts and author of Bare Bones Project Management: What you can’t not do and Bare Bones Change Management: What you shouldn’t not do was part of a discussion with me on project and change management. An excerpt from the discussion is below.  Joe:  People think that to manage a project Read More …