Giving Credit Where Credit is Due

by | Aug 31, 2011 | Current Events

In the 2008 movie Flash of Genius, Greg Kinnear portrays an American inventor by the name of Robert Kearns.  Kearns is best known for taking on the Ford company for infringing on his patent for the intermittent windshield wipper.  Kearns’ struggle for many years...

People Management in Project Management

by | Aug 30, 2011 | PM Practice

Project managers are not like “people managers” in that they don’t usually have to worry about human resources related issues. The temporary nature of projects means that once a team member completes his/her work or once the project is concluded,...

Success and Complexity

by | Aug 29, 2011 | PM Practice

I read an article recently about the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane which passed certification allowing the company to build for commercial use.  The new passenger jet is intended to revolutionize air travel in many ways.  Whether it is the travel experience itself...

Ideas and Delivery

by | Aug 28, 2011 | Management Trends

One operating assumption that strikes me about the knowledge economy is that the “idea” is king. Whether we operate in startup ventures or enterprise organizations we guard our ideas in the same manner that a country guards it’s gold. We build a Fort...

Acting as Educated Clients

by | Aug 27, 2011 | Management Trends

Many years ago I injured my knee while playing basketball. On that day I decided to drive to the hospital to get my knee checked to determine if the injury was serious or one that simply needed time to heal. The emergency room doctors took a look at my swollen knee...