Be careful who you wish for...

A group -- no matter how well formed -- of managers and sales people nodding agreement to requirements should not make you feel safe.

Fill the gap

Projects fill gaps between organizational goals and current status. If not, question why.

Change yourself and change the world

The ability to change yourself is precursor to effectively changing others.

Do it all yourself... or be a leader.

Those who must do everything themselves never become great leaders.

Influence or control?

Influencing is not "controlling."

Social Studies

Innovation, transformation, and change are fundamentally social.

Changing

To change, we must overcome peoples fear of losing status, power, control, security, and comfort in newness.

Is it a plan... or a schedule?

A schedule is not a plan but a plan always has a schedule.

So... it's been a while

So... it's been a while. One of the "features" of blogging, I suppose. Perhaps one of the traps. The ability or need to walk away sometimes. Need, in this case.

I've been *doing* a lot of project management over the past several months. And program management. And portfolio management. As the "Senior" in the Enterprise Program Management Office for a smaller organization, the hats change constantly. Sometimes so fast they rip your hair out.

So, I focused on hat changes and left the blog idle for a few months.

That is changing.

More to come.

---woody