When Columbus set out to discover America, he didn’t have a map that had America on it. That was the whole point of discovering it. Centuries ago people were sailing the world with incomplete maps. Some knew that the earth was a sphere. A globe. A ball. A round thing. Some maps were created representing …
Plan a wedding and you will be surprised how big your family is. Of course your old aunts should be invited. And if you invite your old aunts, you cannot leave out all the cousins from your old aunties side. And those cousins will bring their partner. And their kids. For sure. You will be …
How do yo know you are part of a group? And how do you know who are the other group members? This seems like an obvious question. “Well. When you are assigned to the group.” “By looking at the organizational chart.” Really? That’s it? Forget formal declarations about authority, responsibility and who will pay your …
One of the essential conversations within projects is The Talk About Decisions. This is where you sit down with your sponsor and say: “Listen, son. We need to make decisions. Choices. Have to make them. Hear me?!” Or something more appropriate. Before you grasp for your “10 Dimensional Decision Grid From Techno Heaven“, take a …
Our tour guide sat in front of the bus. Every day for the duration of our trip through Eastern Turkey. That bus was our home for a month. If have been in plenty of buses before. And there wasn’t anything special this time. Except. The tour guide drew maps on the windows. She would tell …