How do you perceive your team? No really. I mean it. If you have to create a metaphor about you and your team, what would it be? Misunderstood Genius? You’ll be better off doing stuff yourself. Ah, in the old days… let me tell you about them ol’ days… Mother Hen? Making sure the chicks …
Cliche alert. To a guy with a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Or, perhaps more appropriate: to a shrink every problem is psychological. I view projects as a set of social interactions. And because we all define problems, solutions and things in general from our belief system, I see most project events in terms …
What would happen if your project raised the Pirate Flag? What would happen if you let the external auditor “walk the plank”? What would happen if every night you raid the cafeteria and stole all the snacks? My guess is, you’ll get fired. But it will also clearly differentiate your project team from the larger …
Times are hectic. It seems that old laws are not valid anymore. Things. Have. Changed. If the “old ways” have brought us into trouble, perhaps we should step outside of our little boxes, and have a fresh perspective on our projects. I hope to spark some creative ideas by pointing you to these past articles …
In his book “Blink” Malcolm Gladwell popularized the term “thin-slicing”. “… our ability to gauge what is really important from a very narrow period of experience. In other words, spontaneous decisions are often as good as—or even better than—carefully planned and considered ones.” (Wikipedia) This “thin slice of reality” is a pattern of all things …