It’s been a year since I gave this talk at Likeminds, so I thought it was about time I published my notes! Enjoy, ponder or comment. This is part I. I’ll sum up and add by 2011 thoughts in the very next post… You can watch the video right here. Image by kind permission of [...]
Read 'Why the “We” Generation “Knows” Different' >>You’ve made plans, got people on board and kicked off your project.. but as the focus turns to delivery, how do you keep the momentum going? We’ve found that much of the trick of successful project management is helping people to make clear commitments, which are visible to the entire team, and then doing everything [...]
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I’ve come across two very different approaches to making plans over the years (OK it’s more than two, but I’m trying to keep it straightforward)… The first approach is where someone locks themselves in a darkened room with some ‘gantt chart software’… they think about the sequence of tasks; they phone people up and say [...]
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This is a stressful time for many of our UK friends, who have had to complete a self-assessment tax return. Here are a few tips to make it easier next time around, which probably apply to many things. It is all to easy to leave big things with a deadline until the last minute, and then [...]
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I’m down at Likeminds this week, so I thought I’d follow up on the word cloud Jim shared yesterday with a cloud of the afternoon’s twitter discussions about Likeminds. A slight bit of self-interest, as I did my keynote in the afternoon ;) -but there were some great conversations and exchanges of ideas. Last week [...]
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