Should A Project Manager Have A Duck?

If you are convinced communication in projects is essential, if you believe motivated people are good for a project, if you think that being able to “see” someone else’s point of view improves respect and communication, if you have a feeling that there must be something useful for you in “other” approaches and techniques… photo …

Personal Branding – Episode 34 Project Shrink Podcast

In episode 34 of The Project Shrink Dave Garrett (Gantthead.com) is talking about personal branding. He’s discussing how to demonstrate/prove your specific expertise online in a way that people will link to it as a reference point. You can click here if the episode isn’t displayed below. This recording is the final part of a …

Be Careful With Social Media: Words Of Caution

In episode 33 of The Project Shrink Chalyce Nollsh (PM Bistro) is talking about the flip side of social media; some words of caution when using new media as a Project Manager. In this presentation, recorded at the PMI Global Congress in Orlando, she discusses the following topics: New Media Never Sleeps Without Business Value, …

Why You Should Know What You’re About

“Know thyself” – Temple of Apollo at Delphi “I thought this was a blog about Project Management… uhm … Project Leadership?” Thanks for bringing that up. Yes it is. In my view a project is nothing more than a bunch of people interacting together to achieve a certain goal. And it’s the role of the …

The Real Project Shrink.

It’s weird when people know you from your blog. Conversations get strange. You’ve never met a person, yet you think you know them. You associate them with the agile crowd, the lean posse, the social media gurus or any other label in existence. And presto, you have a whole set of assumptions about your conversation …