Project Management According To Patti Chan
I was really excited to interview Patti Chan about her experience as a project manager, mostly because of all her interests outside of work, including her love for cooking and organizing Ignite San...
View ArticleForget Management, Let Customers Run Your Company
One of the things I’ve noticed from working with developers and designers recently, is that they have no problem going to outside sources for help. If a developer is stuck on solving a bug that he...
View ArticleWhy Tweets Need To Replace Cover Letters
University of Iowa Tippie School of Management is now accepting tweets answering the question ”what makes you an exceptional Tippie MBA candidate and full-time MBA hire? Creativity encouraged!” instead...
View ArticleWhat You Can Learn About Management From The Blind Side
I recently re-watched the movie The Blind Side, based on a true story of a rich white woman, Leigh Anne Tuohy, took in an inner city kid Michael Oher to her own home and changed his life – he became an...
View ArticleIt’s Ok To Do Nothing
As more and more people get smartphones and other smart pocket-size devices, activities such as walking, standing in line, and even driving have suddenly turned into opportunities to tweet, facebook,...
View ArticleWhat Tetris Can Teach You About Agile Project Management
Yes, you read that right! Tetris can teach you a lot about agile project management. How, you ask? Just think about it. In Tetris, just like in project management, you are given limited resources...
View ArticleCEO Of Box Aaron Levie On A Mission To Make Enterprise Software Cool Again
Within the last two weeks, Box.net CEO Aaron Levie has been rocking the typical Silicon Valley start-up scene (typically focused on consumer-based products such as Facebook, Twitter, and Angry Birds)...
View ArticleWhy It Feels Wrong To Work For A Big Corporation
As I was checking Hacker News today, I stumbled upon Paul Graham’s very insightful article You Weren’t Meant to Have A Boss along with Rands In Repose’s article Bored People Quit. I never felt right...
View Article5 Reasons You Should Skip Due Dates
If there was a universal symbol that all project managers worship, it would be the calendar. When is everything due? That is the obsession. As a project manager, it is a no brainer to assign due dates...
View ArticleWhat You Can Learn From Podio Customer Service
The biggest problem with signing up for a new project management software comes from not knowing what to do or even where to start. Podio solves this problem with an impecable customer service trick...
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