One of the most overlooked general project leadership skills is not planning, estimating, risk management, or reporting. It is learning how to say “no!” That may sound simple, but nearly everyone, including myself excel as this. The Theme Most project requests come from well-intentioned people and in a scattered fashion. Nobody wakes up intending to […]
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Twelve Days, Three New Parks, and Bucket List Checkmarks
There’s a special kind of thrill in visiting a park I’ve never stepped foot in before. No nostalgia clouding my judgment… just research, passion, anticipation, and time for exploration. There are no childhood memories tugging at my sleeve or maybe ruining my time at the new park. I have plenty of preconceived notions about what […]
Project Recovery: What to Do When the Project Is Off the Rails
No project leader wants to start off a project expecting it to go off the rails. I know I for sure do not want any project to fall behind schedule, exceed its budget, miss delivery milestones, or not meet stakeholder needs. Yet if one has managed projects long enough, one will eventually face a project […]
My Bucket List Has Had Many Iterations
Most people think of a bucket list as a static document, thrown on paper so it is not forgotten. Many thing of it as a collection of hopes, wishes, and dreams scribbled down and then occasionally revisited to mark things off. Mine has never been like that solid or perfectly defined. My bucket list has […]
A Royal Flush of Thrills: Imagining a Card-Themed Amusement Park
One of the things I’ve always enjoyed about amusement parks is when a group of rides shares a cohesive naming theme. It gives a park its own identity and makes the lineup more memorable. I’ve written before about parks with cohesively named rides and even imagined entire parks built around specific concepts. So naturally, I […]