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The first thing I do when I visit a large foreign city is … take a Hop-on-hop-off bus. Easy and convenient way to get a guided tour through a new place. So, I wondered, why not do this for the web?
Stop 1: Business Analysts Survey And Free Framework Poster
The guys over at Aotea Studios are working on a requirements management tool and need some feedback from business analysts in the field. Please all BAs out there, hop on over and take the very short survey on required features. To thank people for sharing their opinions, there is a free poster (BA Framework) for downloading.
Stop 2: Soccer And Leadership
So yes, I am all fired up about the current World Cup (yeah, soccer!). Bill Lang is also a big soccer fan. Him being Australian I am guessing he’s cheering for the Socceroos. Bill mailed me a while ago about an interesting podcast interview he did. Oh, it’s about leadership.
“with leadership consultant and executive coach Bill Lang, author of Scores on the Board: The 5-Part System for Building Skills, Teams & Businesses. Based on research Lang conducted while a Fulbright Scholar at Harvard Business School, Scores on the Board uses the engaging story of a struggling Under-11s soccer team to illustrate how managers can better apply themselves and their employees to improve performance and stimulate productivity in the workplace.”
Stop 3: Great Blogs I Recently Discovered
Some interesting Project Management blogs I recently started to follow:
Ah Ha Moments (or almost) by Luis Seabra Coelho
The Passionate Project Manager by Elisabeth Bucci
Glad you’re enjoying the World Cup. Just don’t come to Johannesburg and expect to find a hop-on-hop-off bus – that’s a Euro practice you won’t find here.
But you can hire a minibus to take you around
Minibus (airco?) sounds even better!
Oh yes, love the world cup. Do you get some taste of the atmosphere?
I get lessons from the world cup. Italy and France came first and second in the previous world cup; they came last of their preliminary groups in the current world cup. Why they came last? Because players played for themselves and not their teams. Why they played individually? To show individual talents? Why? To be priced higher and make more money on the transfer market. There are still more whys! The world cup provides great lessons on teams and leadership. This is my true excitement.