I just completed reading Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs.
The book chronicles the life of Steve Jobs and his impact of various industries including: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
How do great leaders inspire action? According to Simon Sinek, it starts not by asking What or How, but by asking Why.
Monday, July 04, 2011
I was saddened to learn about the recent death of Eli Goldratt.
Goldratt was a prolific writer, having written two of my favorite management novels, The Goal and Critical Chain. Both of these novels described Goldratt's Theory of Constraints (TOC) management philosophy.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
As a consultant in the software industry, I am always looking out for best practices, to help my clients put in place what is needed to build better software products.
A colleague of mine recently shared some best practices adopted by the Software Program Managers Network (or SPMN).
Thursday, December 30, 2010
I recently attended a webinar entitled, "Stop Playing Games! Overcoming Politics on Projects" facilitated by Rick Morris, author of Stop Playing Games! A Project Manager's Guide to Successfully Navigating Organizational Politics.
Rick asserts that "project fail because of context, not content" (a concept he learned from reading Radical Project Management, by Rob Thomsett).