This week I posted “Freestyling. The Art Of Bootstrapping Culture.” on Gantthead.com: “I have wrecked my brain on how to create project cultures. Cultures are the rules how things are done within a group. Rituals, rules of engagements, language and visual clues that identify this specific group. A culture can be awesome. It can that …
Sometimes problems in our teams occur. Sometimes our natural tendency is to increase our grip, be more present, making sure everyone is there and knows what to do. Communicate to the max, even if it is just through the “two cans with the string” of virtual communication. We’ll talk to people, again and again.
This is a difficult one. I seem to have two conflicting opinions. Yesterday Derek Huether explained in a great post how he relates agile approaches in terms of the PMBOK to get acceptance from stakeholders: “I would propose that you make sure you can communicate with stakeholders in a language they understand. If you start …
In case you’re really, really wondering where the quote “Don’t look at me …” is coming from … I’m shy. You got to love Tom Peters. This management Uber-Guru is passionate when it comes to the topic of leadership, organizations and, of course, management. The co-author of the 80s-classic “In Search Of Excellence” published a …
The only way I know to get such a complex task done in a short period of time under these circumstances is by means of culture.