Disobedient Talk

Remorse is lasting. It is the culmination of an emotional journey that begins with apprehension, then fear, emptiness, and ultimately remorse. This emotional pathway is launched in several ways, including: Taking an action you believe is unproductive or detrimental Standing on the sidelines and watching…

It’s rare to find an environment where there isn’t pressure to deliver early. To respond, little shortcuts are often taken. Slap in some code without comments, skip some testing scripts, or install a bit of code that doesn’t quite fit into the overall design of…

Businessman and author Philip Crosby said, “Slowness to change usually means fear of the new.” I’d add something to this: people also fear letting go of the old, especially if they believe that doing so will result in a loss of power or prestige. Identifying…

AI provides tremendous opportunities to expand capabilities and gain efficiency. But there’s a significant downside. We risk outsourcing thinking to AI, creating sub-optimal solutions, and hurting our reputations. Here are indicators that you are outsourcing thinking to AI: What you produce using AI doesn’t contain…

An effective agile project starts with sound requirements gathering. Integrating AI can also make it more productive. Let’s look at approaches you can take to collect requirements with assistance from AI. First, you can use AI to give you a set of initial requirements by…

Bond University, located on the Gold Coast of Australia, presented me with an interesting challenge. Create a course to help project managers lead complex projects and take advantage of ever-increasing AI capabilities…while having students engage in the course online, and also providing the chance to…

Project problems are lurking that evade even the best risk management planners. Typically, these are items external to the project or are within the project but kept secret. Here is a review of the most common items to consider adding to your risk management plans….

Nelson Mandela said, “People respond in accordance to how you relate to them.” Increasing the extent stakeholders relate to you is essential to winning over and managing stakeholder expectations. An effective way to do this is to determine the type of stakeholder they are —…

If you aren’t careful, managing a project can feel like being in an office chair, spinning around, and not getting much done. To avoid this dizzying exercise, a PM needs to prioritize their work. You need to ensure that you are tackling the most essential…

Ineffective response strategies are a frequent shortcoming of risk management plans. Project managers often make common mistakes when deriving risk response actions, resulting in inadequate strategies. Here are some of the most common mistakes and what can be done to replace and enhance those response…

Working hard on project management is only part of the battle. Ensuring you engage appropriate change management is required to make that hard work count and allow organizational changes to stick. Here are elements of a sound organizational change management strategy: Develop a robust education…

Project management is a relationship business. Solid relationships, built upon strong communication planning, and execution, elevate how others see you as a leader. Here’s how: It shows you’re in control of your project. Clear, regular communication sends a powerful message: you know what’s happening and…