A Personal Retrospective
3 years 12 weeks agoThis year was like living through a 500-year storm. COVID has infected 1 in 20 Americans, and 1 in 1,000 have died of the disease. Nearly 15 million people are still out of work. Thirty-three million have been remote
Visualizing Risk
3 years 16 weeks agoMark is boarding a plane and heard one passenger in front remarked in jest that the chance of the aircraft reaching its destination is 50%.
Work = Life Priorities
3 years 16 weeks agoBalancing our work and home lives is a challenge that nearly everyone faces. I was a single parent for many years and managed large teams and projects in Fortune 100 companies. It was not always easy.
Recently, I was talking to an old friend and former colleague. When we worked together, she did not have children. She remarked at how
Business Agility: Getting Started
3 years 21 weeks agoAgile is now part of the general business lexicon. On the news, non-technology leaders keep mentioning the need to be “agile” or “pivot.” Even leaders of traditional industries, like football, use the terminology to describe their approach to their complex business problems.
Agile is not magic, nor is it hard to learn. This article shares two foundational
HAPPY THANKSGIVING 2020 CANADA AND EVERYONE! STAY STRONG ALWAYS!
3 years 24 weeks agoAdvanced Stakeholder Modeling
3 years 25 weeks ago
No matter your role, you are accountable to someone. As we ascend the organizational ladder, stakeholder management becomes an increasingly more critical skill.
Stakeholder management is the ongoing process of identifying, evaluating, and engaging the people who are critical to our success. Stakeholders are broadly defined as anyone
Budgeting Continuous Improvements and Process Estimating
3 years 26 weeks ago1. Problem or Opportunity Statement
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3 years 26 weeks agoConsidering How We Think
3 years 29 weeks agoWe are living in interesting times. All countries are struggling to control the COVID-19 pandemic. Societies are challenging their histories of racial and social injustice. Fundamental beliefs are being scrutinized. Considering how we think and understanding our cognitive biases will be essential as we adjust to this “new normal.”
What we