Ever have a green lights only sort of day? You know, the ones when the schedule is light, solutions abound, and everything seems to fall into place. Everyone should be so lucky as to have one of those every so often. More often than not, especially in the midst of...
For the last few years, I’ve been adding all sorts of wildflowers and shrubs to the woods where I live. I like the math of gardening; sorting out who grows well together, who supports who, and who blooms when. I’m not a great gardener, but I love the math. Coupled...
Have you ever walked into a meeting and known, almost instantly, that there was a disturbance in the force? It’s hard to put your finger on, but it’s there. The sense that something is different than it was yesterday. And, if you’ve been around for a while, the...
This week, I was feeling like I didn’t have much to say. And rather than post something just for the sake of posting, I thought I’d simply stay quiet. And then the lightbulb went on. Simply stay quiet. It’s a relatively simple action that is wildly underused in our...
If the thought of collaboration induces eye rolls, exhausted sighs, and unapologetic grumbling within your team, it may be time for a reset. Despite knowing that working together helps us to leverage each other’s strengths for a larger good, the mere mention of group...
People and project management go together like running uphill and Keith Moon. You probably had a different pairing for the end of that sentence, but I promise that one will make sense in a minute. My best ideas about people and project management have come from being...