In 2007 I wrote an article for NASA's ASK magazine about millennials and project management. They have successfully migrated their content to the web. I think many of the points in this article remain very relevant to current project management challenges and opportunities. The Next-Generation Workforce and Project Management The workplace is changing in ways not due entirely … [Read more...] about The Next-Generation Workforce and Project Management – NASA Ask
Scenario Planning
Happy New Year: Strategic Thinking in Review
Happy New Year from Serious Insights! Strategic Thinking in Review Here are the top 10 2014 insights from SeriousInsights.net: What is an Information Worker? Welcome to the Serendipity Economy Scenario Planning: Getting to the Matrix How to write a good scenario planning focal question? Five Flappy Bird Addictions That Will Make You a Better Manager Why … [Read more...] about Happy New Year: Strategic Thinking in Review
Visual recording: ‘How You Think About the Future is Dangerous’
A really fun visual capture of my recent talk, "How Your Think About the Future is Dangerous" at re.comm 14 in Austria. Thank you to trendsketcher.de/Anna Luise Sulimma for the great work! … [Read more...] about Visual recording: ‘How You Think About the Future is Dangerous’
HBR – CIOs: Scenario Planning Can Save Your Job
It’s the rare CIO who applies scenario planning to the business of IT. Yet, in a function driven by innovation and the uncertainties surrounding the application and implication of future technologies, not using scenarios is tantamount to management malpractice. Scenarios can help IT organizations create more resilient plans, practice for business climate changes, and better … [Read more...] about HBR – CIOs: Scenario Planning Can Save Your Job
Scenario Planning: Getting to the Matrix
The creation of the matrix is the most intellectually challenging analysis that takes place during a scenario planning project, and also the intuitive. Because of this dual nature, it is also the most difficult to teach because the process uses and combination of implicit and tacit knowledge. This blog post intends to make the implicit knowledge explicit, while identifying the … [Read more...] about Scenario Planning: Getting to the Matrix