When money is tight, it’s still important to do new work, but it’s doubly important not to waste it. There are a number of models to increase the probability of success of new work. One well known approach is the VC model where multiple projects are run in parallel. The......
If you think something can’t be done, it won’t get done. And if you think it may be possible, or is possible, it may get done. Those are the rules. If an expert says it will work, it will work. If they say it won’t work, it might. Experts can......
Urgency is important, but it’s not everything. It creates focus, but washes out the radical fringe. It’s easy to measure, but easy to measure doesn’t mean it’s the best thing to work on. In the heat of the moment urgency is king. Frantic project managers take shortcuts to meet a......
There’s a huge amount of energy required to help an organization do new work. At every turn the antibodies of the organization reject new ideas. And it’s no surprise. The organization was created to do more of what it did last time. Once there’s success the organization forms structures to......
The past has past, never to come again. But if you tell yourself old stories the past is still with you. If you hold onto your past it colors what you see, shapes what you think and silently governs what you do. Not skillful, not helpful. Old stories are old......
If the work is new, there is no best practice. When you read the best books you’ll understand what worked in situations that are different than yours. When you read the case studies you’ll understand how one company succeeded in a way that won’t work in yours. The best practices......
If you believe the work is meaningful, best effort flows from every pore. If you believe in yourself, positivity carries the day. If you believe the work will take twelve weeks, you won’t get it done in a day-and-a-half. If you believe in yourself, when big problems find you, you......
One of the biggest mistakes I know is to get too little done by trying to do too much. In high school we got too comfortable with partial credit. Start the problem the right way, make a few little mistakes and don’t actually finish the problem – 50% credit. With......
There always far more tasks than there is time. Same for vacations and laundry. And that’s why it’s important to learn when-and how-to say no. No isn’t a cop-out. No is ownership of the reality we can’t do everything. The opposite of no isn’t maybe; the opposite of no is......
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