Technological disruptions mean that change is an imperative.
Our societal notions of what managing looks like are pretty messed up. Despite decades of research, we persist in the notion that “strong…
How just 16 Hours of Coaching Transformed a Deep Specialist
Why your projects struggle and often disappoint. The way you manage projects is probably broken, though you may not know it. There’s a big lie embedded in our traditional view of project management, one that creates excessive optimism….
Even today, most organizations struggle with becoming “more agile.” Paradoxically, the way people often manage makes Good Agile less…
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What Agile taught us about the effective leadership of knowledge-worker organizations
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Knowledgeworker organizations have a lot in common with the NFL. Both businesses aim to make the most of the talent.
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Does having an account person or project manager make for better information to the team? Or a better relationship?
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Peter Drucker is famous for pointing out how much better managers could manage if they only used numbers. His message to you: “…if you…
Unmanaged Book
Feel like your business is borderline crazy, with people flying back and forth, priorities changing, work never done well enough, and…
Agencies
Part of what's so enticing about the agency business is its inherent mayhem. Chaos sounds bad, but for agencies it's unavoidable, even essential. How we deal with it largely determines how strong the agency is. Chaos comes because each assignment is different, demands come in…
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And can true leadership save it?