“As time has become a rare commodity do we find the time to wait for the stages of teams to mature?” That’s a comment by my friend Ali when I discussed The Gathering. When you don’t know the organization, don’t know the team members, perhaps use digital communication, and have a very short amount of …
People cluster together. We form groups for economic and social reasons. What if we could use our natural tendency for social clustering as a way to drive teams? What if we could create conditions that would attract “the right people”? What if those “right people” would “trust” all other member in the group, just because …
This post is part of a series called “Solving The Project Communication Problem“ The purpose of communication (to engage in the act of information exchange) is the fulfillment of one’s physical or emotional needs. If you are tired, you start asking around for a cheap hotel. The effectiveness of the communication is determined by the …
We are working with people from all over the world. Globalization goes together together with an increase in transparency of reputations. The Internet introduced deadly transparency. The flattened and connected world makes sure reputations spread faster than you can say “Slartibartfast”. With an increase in geographical and cultural distance the aspect of “trust” becomes all …
In this episode of “The Project Shrink” I am talking to Jerry Manas. Jerry is an organizational architect and author of two books: “Napoleon on Project Management” and “Managing The Gray Areas”. We are talking about the “gray areas”. Managing projects is all about finding balances, finding the right touch for the right occasion. Jerry …