Archive for the ‘Leadership’ Category
Sunday, May 25th, 2008
If you work in IT or on IT projects, you probably have faced impatient users. They never seem to understand why IT moves so slowly. Here’s some hints as to why they’re so unhappy:
Let’s say the business writes up a project proposal. They research their business process, identify key problems ...
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Monday, May 5th, 2008
I ran across a great article a while back from the Guardian newspaper called "How to do business like the Mafia". The article outlines business lessons that can be learned from the reign of Sicilian Mafia boss Bernado Provenzano. The points break down thusly, along with my thoughts on what a project manager or ...
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Sunday, May 4th, 2008
Have you ever taken your car to a mechanic and found the mechanic to be in a horrible mood? Did you feel uncomfortable driving your car later, worried that he was too unhappy to do his job well?
Just as you don’t want a car fixed by a disgruntled mechanic, your ...
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