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The way we were. Throughout my career, I always seem to find myself in business process review and implementation. As I am very comfortable questioning…well…everything, I end up …er…helping people let go of the “way we used to do things”. It’s hard work. Mainly because people really love their paradigms. Here are some of the [...]  June 13th, 2011 | Tags: business processes, change management, paradigms, resisting change, turkey dinner | Category: Peeves | Leave a comment  Save a tree, share instead!In a recent survey of 1400 CEOs and CIOs, more than 54% confirmed that they block social media sites from their employees’ computers. In other words, the majority of companies do not trust their employees to manage their time and their productivity: an archaic, patronizing and insulting notion. We are not children, we are adults. If my 14-year-old can manage her social media time, then why can’t employees? [...] October 3rd, 2010 | Tags: blocking social media sites, Facebook, O Sole Mio, social media, You Tube videos | Category: Peeves | Leave a comment Save a tree, share instead!As the winter TV season comes to an end, I find myself saying goodbye to some long-running TV series. Without a question, my favourite was Lost, which, in my humble opinion was the greatest series ever to air on network television. But then, I am one of those strange people that enjoys a TV [...] June 3rd, 2010 | Tags: information sharing, knowledge management, leadership, Lost, project definition, project management information system, status report, TV | Category: Peeves, What is... | 2 comments Save a tree, share instead!“So, what kind of project manager are you?” I got asked this question the other day. Given that it was another project manager asking me, I decided to have some fun with the answer. As the contents of my daughters' closets prove, there are many kinds of Converse shoes. There is however, only one [...] April 23rd, 2010 | Tags: what is | Category: Peeves, What is... | One comment Save a tree, share instead!As I mention in my first post, for some reason, many people seem to have this misconception that project management is this complicated, dorky discipline where we issue piles of excel spreadsheets, network diagrams and Gantt charts. Now where did a silly idea like that come from? (Yes, my tongue was firmly in my cheek [...] March 30th, 2010 | Tags: food, PMBOK, processes, turkey dinner | Category: Peeves | 2 comments Save a tree, share instead!Is my list an illusion, just like this painted metro train? Here are 10 things I never hear often enough (uh, almost never) but wish I did: From the Engineering Manager who assigns key people to projects: “Yes, Steve is available to work on your project. He can start today. Is that okay for [...] |
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