Getting Things Done
Or, content cannot exist without a context. Mmm, I see you frown and wonder what I am going on about now. Let me explain. Why motivational gurus confuse me Motivational gurus often pose the question "What would you do if money or other limitations were not a factor?"
Stream of Consciousness
In recent weeks I've realized that inspiration is a bizar animal. It will often approach under constrained conditions. Imagine having all the tools in the world at your disposal. You will focus, but most likely on the tools and not on the content you wanted to produce. Imagine
risk management
Introduction We 've established in the prior two parts of this series of posts that current EWRM practices may lead to situations in which the original and ultimately responsible parties, the process owners, become disenfranchised and no longer own the responsibility of managing risks to their objectives, although this
Stream of Consciousness
Perform or else Each start of a school year I am surprised about the enormous pressure we dare put on our children. Such an amount of requirements we put on their shoulders. And if they fail to live up to our high expectations, we send them for assessment and evaluation,
Stream of Consciousness
"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist" - The Usual Suspects Hijacking and repurposing a concept The iconic 1995 thriller "The Usual Suspects" is in essence about the imaginary creation of a super villain the police go chasing
Stream of Consciousness
I wrote this article a couple of weeks ago for BTC's blog. It deals with the essential role project management, especially the PRINCE2 methodology, will play in the future development of BTC. I hope you enjoy!
risk management
EWRM, the all encompassing solution In the late 1990's, EWRM or Enterprise Wide Risk Management held a promise for a lot of organizations. No longer would issues be dealt with in isolation. The same or comparable problems would no longer be solved multiple times in different manners, leading
Stream of Consciousness
There has been one writer/blogger/consultant active in the risk management space I've been following and reading for years. His name is Matthew Leitch. You can find more information about him on his Linked-In page. Early risk management research I remember the early days of risk
Stream of Consciousness
I adapted the color scheme of the blog and the entire exploring the black box website. For those unfamiliar with this scheme, it comes courtesy of an amazing designer named Ethan Schoonover. His solarized scheme, of which I am using the light version, is beautiful. In addition, it makes sense
opinion
Watching a TEDx talk I was watching this TEDx video a couple of months ago, when I suddenly was halted by a very profound statement by the presenter. Rodney Mullen talked about context shapes content. As a world champion skateboarder, he is in an excellent position to comment on that.
constraints
There are quite a few bad projects out there I've seen quite a few projects in my career. Some were executed well, but most of them failed to achieve the initial objectives and were subject to course corrections along the way. Examining them more closely, I noticed that
risk management
Introduction Here's an often heard remark in organizations: we want risk management, but we cannot or will not yet make the full required effort. Well, if that is the starting position, the best thing the person charged with the project of implementing risk management can do is hand