When a lot of people use the same solution successfully to a common problem, we give it a label “best practice”. This is sometimes a good thing. What we learn doesn’t go to waste. However. Practices perceived as best practices become worst practices under changing environments. Assumptions on how things work under certain conditions can …
“We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals. We know now that it is bad economics.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt Don’t you just love Kiva. Without having an idea about the internals of the organization, in my opinion, their contribution to society is awesome. And it’s not just this micro-lending organization that is …
There are not many books available that cover the topic of when to apply an agile or plan driven method. In my opinion the selection of when to apply a certain technique or process component remains the most difficult area of Project Management. I only know of two books that cover this in detail, my …
I love looking at situations through different glasses to get several perceptions. I love reading and thinking about human behavior. And I adore authors that take on a multidisciplinary approach. So I must be ecstatic when all three are combined. I am. In Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads to Another Philip Ball explains to …
With a title like that, I just had to read it. An answer to an ultimate question. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. Wouldn’t you like to know why some ancient societies are extinct, while others are still full alive? It also might shed some light on why projects fail or succeed. Society …