As mentioned here and here, I presented a paper titled “Project Management and the Stockholm Syndrome” at the 2nd Annual University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) Project Management Symposium yesterday (Monday August 18). The presentation was well attended and it looked like people were actually interested…at least they didn’t leave If I had the [...]
UTD Project Management Symposium
August 18, 2008 By 4 Comments
Just a reminder…the 2nd Annual University of Texas Project Management Symposium is today and tomorrow (August 18 & 19). Yours truly will be presenting at 4:40 today….the topic will be “Project Management and the Stockholm Syndrome”. I hope to be able to link to my paper and presentation after the symposium. Related articles by Zemanta [...]
Webinar: Charles Green on How to Build Trust
August 16, 2008 By 4 Comments
Charles Green is giving a live webinar on How to Build Trust in Sales Conversations on Thursday August 21. The webinar looks like a good one…as is most of Charles’ stuff. A quick summary of the topic: Understanding how to create trust in a sales conversation is a great source of freedom; trust doesn’t take [...]
Linus Torvalds on Managing Software Projects
August 11, 2008 By 3 Comments
CIO.com has an interview with Linus Torvalds that I’d just had to share…very interesting commentary from Linus on managing software projects. In the article, Linus provides five ‘tips’ for managing projects…they are: Find people you can trust. Be trustworthy yourself. Be honest—sometimes painfully honest. You also have to let the others get their say in. [...]
My reading list
August 8, 2008 By 11 Comments
Instead of a book review like the last two Fridays, I wanted to throw my current reading list up and get any comments and/or recommendations for other books. Currently reading: The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge. I read this a long time ago…just picked up the revised edition. The Fifth Displince Fieldbook by Peter Senge, [...]
Great Customer Service: Portfoliositez.com
August 7, 2008 By 5 Comments
Perhaps you’ve read my rant on Blu Domain…maybe you haven’t. If not, feel free to click over and read it here. Well…today I’m going to praise PortfolioSitez, a Blu Domain competitor. In our search for a web host for my wife’s photography business, a moment to keep photography, we ran across quite a few services. [...]
Results over Process
August 5, 2008 By 9 Comments
Timothy Johnson takes a swipe at methodologies in his post titled “Worshipping the Hammer“. To be more accurate, he takes a swipe at those people who focus on process & methodology over results. Timothy asks the following questions: Are you spending more time arguing about process than you are about outcomes? Are you posturing and [...]
a sense of urgency
August 1, 2008 By 13 Comments
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Outsmart!
July 25, 2008 By 1 Comment
Jim Champy’s new book titled “Outsmart!: How to Do What Your Competitors Can’t” is an interesting book. It’s short and easy to read…and full of some very interesting stories about building competitive advantage. For those that don’t know, Jim Champy is the author of classics like “Reengineering the Corporation” and “Reengineering Management” and is the [...]
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