Recently Justine Timberlake toured the talk-show circuit to promote his new 20/20 Experience (part 1) CD. I don’t know much about Justine Timberlake, but have learned a few things since he started his promotion tour that should be incorporated in everyone’s professional plans.
Constantly Re-inventing oneself is one way to way to stay relevant. Read More »
With clients expecting orders to be turned around faster than in the past, how can a small business speed up their operations?
How to speed up operations and deliveries. Read More »
I recently received the following question: How do companies prevent remote workers from feeling “left out”? I’m not a fan
How do companies prevent remote workers from feeling “left out”? Read More »
Have this ever happened to you? You get a great performance review; they are very pleased with your work; they say they would like to give you a raise — BUT, due to budget problems, it is not possible at that time. What do you do to succeed?
5 Ways to Get That Raise Read More »
No one on software teams believes in waterfall any longer. That’s what The 2013 Study of Product Team Performance revealed.
Agile: Not a Magic Pill Read More »
4 weeks after I had completed his taxes for him, I asked this friend-first-removed if he had received his refund yet. He confessed that he has the forms signed, but he has not mailed them in yet.
“Well — you know you can’t get your money, until you mail the forms in….”
It’s the same in life and work. It’s more difficult to get what you really want if you don’t explicitly ask for it and then follow-through with your plan.
You can’t get your money, unless you ask for it Read More »
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?
Keeping an external job offer alive Read More »
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?
Keeping an internal job offer alive Read More »
Given virtually no one on product teams believes in waterfall – even those using waterfall (see my last post on
The most convincing reason to change from waterfall to agile Read More »
So what are the lessons learned that project managers can take for a project like this? When I asked Andy
Project Management at 30 Below — the AGO project cycle, Part 3 Read More »
Once the planning and preparation are complete, getting to an Automatic Geophysical Observatory (AGO) site can seem like a project
Project Management at 30 Below — the AGO project cycle, Part 2 Read More »