Earned Value Management Revisited: The unknown past and future of this useful technique

Earned Value Management Revisited: The unknown past and future of this useful technique

Reading some of the posts I have been writing recently, it has dawned on me that it has been a while since I’ve posted articles…

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Measurable Soft Skills: Don’t get all mushy over soft skills!

Measurable Soft Skills: Don’t get all mushy over soft skills!

I wrote about this topic before and it is quite fashionable these days for business leaders, industry pundits, executive coaches, management consultants and generally anyone…

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Featured Speaker at PMI-LA Culver City Dinner Meeting - May 8, 2014 - The Hero's Journey

Featured Speaker at PMI-LA Culver City Dinner Meeting – May 8, 2014 – The Hero’s Journey

Featured Speaker for May 8th, 2014 – Don Kim, PMP, CSM, PMI-ACP Presentation Topic – The Hero’s Journey: An immodest proposal for a radically new project management framework epistemology…

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Speaking at PMI-LA San Fernando Valley Meeting - April 15, 2014 - Where love, online dating, and corporate politics intersect

Speaking at PMI-LA San Fernando Valley Meeting – April 15, 2014 – Where love, online dating, and corporate politics intersect

Presenter and Discussion Leader: Don Kim Topic: Where love, online dating, and corporate politics intersect:  What I learned on my path towards becoming an independent…

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Why tools, techniques and processes are the drug of choice for project managers

Why tools, techniques and processes are the drug of choice for project managers

The provocativeness of my title is influenced by one of Karl Marx’s most famous paraphrase that “religion… is the opium of the masses.”  But it…

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Whatsapp $19B deal implies "What Projects"?

Whatsapp $19B deal implies “What Projects”?

I think many of us are familiar with the recent $19B acquisition of Whatsapp by Facebook.  I do think it has much of the hallmarks…

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Escape from cubicle life: Career seminar for PMI-LA on April 5, 2014

Escape from cubicle life: Career seminar for PMI-LA on April 5, 2014

I’m excited to be facilitating a career seminar and workshop on what I feel is one of the most important topics of our times, which…

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#PMFlashBlog - Project Management Around the World - Los Angeles, California - USA

#PMFlashBlog – Project Management Around the World – Los Angeles, California – USA

I was honored to be invited to a 2nd round of flash blogging with my fellow PM bloggers, but the dunce that I am, I…

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The employment model in the US may be shattered beyond repair

The employment model in the US may be shattered beyond repair

This article from “The Economist” outlined some pretty troubling news.  It seems the employment model (full-time salaried employment with benefits) may be shattered beyond repair:…

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When schooling interferes with your education

When schooling interferes with your education

When the subject of educational institutions comes up, I have a tendency to get very passionate about it.  The reason for this is that I…

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