Configuration Management Tales #2

Kim Robertson is the author of over 100 discipline specific training packages, 3 fiction books and articles for CM Trends and various other trade publications from industrial arts to Configuration Management. His latest collaboration Configuration Management: Theory, Practice, and Application is available for pre-order on Amazon.com. Contact Kim through LinkedIn or Kim.Robertsonatvaluetransformdotcom. His interests in Read More …

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 …

A Salute to PPD

To some, Dota 2 is just a video game. To Peter “PPD” Dager, it’s a career. Watch as PPD prepares for the biggest video game tournament to ever take place, The International 4: a 10 million dollar gaming tournament in Seattle where the best Dota 2 teams in the world compete for the largest e-sports Read More …

How Difficult is Decision Modeling?

An Excerpt from the podcast, Decision Modeling with James Taylor (Podcast and Transcription): Joe:  How difficult is it to get started? Do you need someone trained to use the process and do you need software? James:  So the first thing is, how difficult is it? Well, just like any modeling technique, the approach we use Read More …

Can Qi Gong Help You Innovate?

In this weeks podcast Michael Gelb explains the power of Qi Gong and how it relates to innovation and creativity. You can find out more n Michael’s new book: Creativity On Demand: How to Ignite and Sustain the Fire of Genius. An excerpt from tomorrows podcast: Joe: One of your first books was the Alexander Read More …

A Philosophers Notes Take on Gelb’s Book on How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci

How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci by Michael Gelb. In this Philosophers Notes TV episode, Brian explore some Big Ideas from Michael Gelb’s great book, “How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day“–including one of the most transformative journal exercises you will ever do! Michael Gelb is my guest next Read More …