Virtualization. It’s no longer a question of do you work virtually, but how much of your day is spent working with others with whom you have little or no face time. Frankly, this can appeal to our less-industrious selves. How often, when we could take the opportunity for face-to-face communications, do we resort to something […]
The ability to influence others is a requisite skill for any project professional. It sure would be handy to be able to march around and dictate that people do this or that, but the fact is, when team members tell us “You’re not the boss of me,” more often than not, they’re right. Unfortunately, influencing
Watermark Learning was founded in 1992. Besides our founding, a lot was going on that year. Here are some noted firsts and other happenings in October of 1992. On October 12, the giant radio telescope at Arecibo, Puerto Rico, began to search for alien life, sending out signals seeking other occupied planets in space. The
Controlling projects is a good thing. Controlling people is not. What does it mean to control projects, not people, and when have you crossed the threshold from controlling the project to micromanaging the people? When you start telling people how to do their jobs instead of focusing on the results they create is usually an
Watermark Learning was founded in 1992. Besides our founding, a lot was going on that year. Here are some noted firsts and other happenings in September of 1992. Dr. Mae Jemison became the first African American woman to travel into space aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on September 12, 1992. It is also the first flight
When I ask project managers what a baseline is and why it’s important, they tell me that it is an approved starting point against which project performance is measured. They are right, of course. But when I ask them if they use baselines, as often as not, I find that baselining is a fundamental project
Watermark Learning was founded in 1992. Besides our founding, a lot was going on that year. Here are some noted firsts and other happenings in July of 1992. Researchers David Jewitt, of the University of Hawaii; and Jane Luu, of the University of California at Berkeley, report the discovery of a very faint object with
The Olympics are a fascinating phenomenon. Why does watching athletes, whose names we don’t recognize, compete in sports we know nothing about become absolutely riveting? Synchronized diving – seriously? Would you even turn on the TV for that if it weren’t the Olympics? Even if it were the only thing on? Then I got to
Oh the joys of a summer vacation…and the agony of going back to work. For many, it’s the email in-box that we dread returning to most. After a week of vacation, how many unread emails do you expect in your in-box? 100? 500? 1000? I believe that somewhere in the not-too-distant future is a world free
It’s been a few weeks since Elizabeth and I visited New Zealand, with a July 4 holiday in the middle. I’m finally getting a chance to finish my blog about the second half of our trip. After having business meetings with Equinox, our New Zealand partner, and doing presentations to two groups, it was time
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