Death by Cubicle: Is project management still too obsessed with old economy ideas?

Death by Cubicle: Is project management still too obsessed with old economy ideas?

It was with some vindication during my regular reading “The Economist”, when I happened on an article in the August 8th article by Buttonwood titled,…

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Manage well, deliver anywhere: Building a cross-industry and project-based career platform

Manage well, deliver anywhere: Building a cross-industry and project-based career platform

You will always be in the spotlight when you are managing a project really well and conversely, when you are managing it disastrously.  It is…

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The Intrapreneur's Paradox: Told to fail, but fail to be told

The Intrapreneur’s Paradox: Told to fail, but fail to be told

There’s this new word that has permeated the American corporate zeitgeist lately and it’s the idea of the Intrapreneur, which can be defined as “a person…

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Get a job or work the the portfolio of projects?

Get a job or work the the portfolio of projects?

Of all the management gurus, with the exception Peter Drucker, I consider Charles Handy to be one of last of the breed of management gurus…

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Half of project managers will be independent workers by 2020!

Half of project managers will be independent workers by 2020!

In the May issue of PMI’s PM Network magazine, there seems to be an indication that at least half of the American workforce who call…

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The PM in perpetual career transition

The PM in perpetual career transition

I previously wrote about the importance of being able to sell as a core competency of the project manager.  Some recent news about the prolonged jobless…

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Like it or not, project managers are in sales

Like it or not, project managers are in sales

Daniel Pink is one of my favorite general business authors that’s in the same league as a Malcolm Gladwell, Seth Godin and others who use…

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The future of you: Projectpreneurship

The future of you: Projectpreneurship

I’ve written quite a bit on this site about the synergies between project management and entrepreneurship with what I like to call “projectpreneurship“.  With the…

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Free Market PM: Freelancing trends

Free Market PM: Freelancing trends

I was directed to this detailed report on the current state of freelancing by the International Freelancers Academy.  As Daniel Pink, author of Free Agent Nation:…

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Free Market PM: Getting your termination notice the day your hired!

Free Market PM: Getting your termination notice the day your hired!

I was lead to this revealing article from John Goodpasture’s blog about the new “Advanced Technology and Projects” group at Motorola Mobility which was acquired by…

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