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 …
A project can have its own culture. I am all in favor of that. Providing a common understanding, shared beliefs and having a culture ensures the group stays together in rough times and communicates effectively. I even encourage you to cultivate a fun group culture by means of metaphors. But the notion of culture and …
How to use social media successfully in projects, is described in the Harvard Business Review article: “Can Absence Make A Team Grow Stronger”. The article is from 2004, and they are not mentioning “social media”, they discuss “virtual workspaces”. But the two concepts are strikingly similar. The article describes three rules to create successful virtual …