It can be amazing to look at a picture, hear some music or see a film and wonder at how people get their ideas AND do something with them.
Time to Resist ‘Resistance to Change’?
You’ve probably heard the advice that the first step in solving a problem is to define it clearly. But therein lies a risk: the way you define a problem may limit where you look for a solution. A classic example of this comes from architecture: ask someone to design a door and that’s what [...]
How to get your creativity out: wonderful insights and experiences from John Cleese
Since the 1960′s John Cleese has produced a stream of comedy classics. Here’s someone who can DO “being creative”. In this video he shares what he’s learned about how to access and use our creativity. A gem.
If only life and work was this simple!
I love model-making as a way of understanding a problem – exploring it’s constituents, trying different perspectives – and rehearsing possible solutions. But a model is only: 1 | noun | a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process 2 | noun | a type of product 3 | noun | a person who [...]
Get a fresh perspective: Zoom in and out
Fantastic film demonstrates how zooming in and out from a scene changes one’s understanding. This is one of the fastest and most dramatic ways of solving problems: change perspective to see around apparent blocks, get new insights and, maybe as importantly, change how you feel about a problem.
Working with integrity – an interview with Adrian Cadbury
via The Friend | Working with integrity – an interview with Adrian Cadbury.
Developing International Teams
This article is about how to develop effective international teams. Rather than telling ‘war stories’ about cultural differences and drawing superficial generalisations, the article focuses on practical management issues that need to be considered when assembling and controlling the team, including organisational matters, values, standards and norms, team selection, and training.
Why don’t you give yourself a break?
August seems an apt time to introduce one of the most useful wild cards in the ‘Getting Projects Done’ toolkit. Some years ago I was involved in a major project that had serious complications, and I was amazed when the director in charge suddenly took the afternoon off and went to the cinema. But, when [...]
Too much reorganisation: misguided, displacement activity, or worse?
We trained hard . . . but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.Petronius
- “Rework” co-author David Heinemeier Hansson on the theme of simplicity
- Software that helps get projects done
- ‘The biggest drain on momentum and brainpower in change efforts today is obsession with the project plan’.
- Working with integrity – an interview with Adrian Cadbury
- What are ‘sustainable communities’, and how to create them?
Publications
Thinking Outside The Box
Creating Space for Organizational Change
Generative Project Management
Developing International Teams
