I attended a (very good) conference this week, and a debate sprang to life regarding “the good enough revolution”. Critical voices were heard. I felt that there were a few misunderstandings circulating in the debate, possibly due to the mix of marketing people and software people. They don’t necessarily read the same books, or live [...]

I touched upon this in an earlier post. But I thought it was worth repeating from a team perspective. If you’re on my team a very quick outline of some sort of expectations management statement could read: I expect you to speak up when something is wrong. I expect you to speak up whenever you [...]

Those of us who take an interest in cross-cultural learning, and who holds an interest in leading-, coaching- and managing operations- and people in a cross cultural context, should of course jump at any chance to add some applicable cross-cultural skills and understanding to our repertoire. For this reason we turn to Anders Lindqvist, former [...]

When I research different approaches to leadership and organization I feel very drawn to professions where the wanted outcome is not cash, as in the world of business, but saved lives. While business people play around with other peoples’ money, there’s real people out there, getting real work done. Work that matters. For this reason [...]

So you’ve got project lead on this. What’s your goal? Finishing X, Y and Z within stipulated budgets and time frames? Please say no. What are you, a robot? In my mind your goal is to deliver the best product or service possible, your goal is to advice your client on how he or she [...]

There is much talk in the Project Management community about the Standish report that tells us that IT projects fail miserably just about all the time. Responses from my peers appear either apologetic (Sorry, we suck), or angry (No, YOU suck). Someone appears to be sucking here, but no one seems to attack the underlying [...]