Been nudged lately? (Are you sure???)
I got a D in English when I was a sophomore in high school. I don’t remember who my teacher […]
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Creativity
Keeping an external job offer alive
It’s usually bad news when your job offer is put on hold. Sometimes the offer disappears. So what strategies can you employ to make sure you keep that offer alive even if the employer has to suspend plans for bringing you on board?
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Keeping an internal job offer alive
It’s usually bad news when your job offer is put on hold. Sometimes the offer disappears. So what strategies can you employ to make sure you keep that offer alive even if the employer has to suspend plans for bringing you on board?
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The life of a hero – Doug Engelbart 1930 – 2013
MENLO PARK, Calif.—July 3, 2013—Computing visionary Douglas C. Engelbart, Ph.D, passed away peacefully at his home in Atherton, California on
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Project Management at 30 Below — the AGO project cycle, Part 3
So what are the lessons learned that project managers can take for a project like this? When I asked Andy
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Project Management at 30 Below — the AGO project cycle, Part 2
Once the planning and preparation are complete, getting to an Automatic Geophysical Observatory (AGO) site can seem like a project
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Project Management at 30 Below — the AGO project cycle, Part 1
Early December. Andy woke to bright sunshine and a light snowfall… inside his tent. The sun had been up already
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What if two product managers disagree on something and can only agree to disagree?
I received the below great question a few days after my Art of War for Product Managers and High-Performing Professionals.
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How to do things that scare us.
There are things in our professional careers that naturally scare us, but are required for advancement and continued growth. We are normally afraid of places we haven’t been before, things we haven’t tried before or subject matter that we know nothing about. If fear is a sign that we are pushing our envelop, then conquering that fear is a sign of real personal and professional growth.
So, how do we gather enough courage to take that next step?
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Do one scary thing a day.
This week we will take a short-cut into slapping ourselves back on the path. We won’t spend time investigating why and what took us off our course. Instead, we will jump into action with the idea of “doing one scary thing a day” to help keep up moving forward at a faster pace.
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Think Failure to Succeed
“Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of
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