New video: How progress happens
The folks at the Tools of Change conference posted a video of my talk this week on How Progress…
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Thursday linkfest
Video viewing stats are inflated. There’s evidence few people watch more than a few seconds of video, even though…
(Seattle) Free training for unemployed tech workers
The good folks at Bellevue’s Construx software have a special offer for folks in the tech-sector recently laid off.…
Wednesday linkfest
Review of idea generation / innovation management software. It’s more of a listing than a review, but it’s the…
Why do designers fail? Interview w/Adaptive Path
Last year I gave a talk at UIE 13 on some research I’ve done into why designers fail. I’ll…
No secrets: new project management blog
I get lots of thanks and kudos for pmclinic, a discussion list about real issues managers face, despite the…
Good advice from top bloggers
My favorite books on start-ups and entrepreneurship is Founders at Work by Jessica Livingston. It’s simply a collection of…
Lose your job? Get a free book
Been thinking much about what I can do in the face of all that’s going on in the economy…
Failure: the secret to success (Honda & race cars)
Nice little video on failure and its role in success. It’s vaguely an advertisement for Honda, but its very…
New essay: How to be a free thinker
Are you free? I know I’m not. That’s why I write essays about being free, to freely show how…
Top five things *not* to do when fired
I’ve quit several jobs in my life, I’ve been re-orged into stupid positions I didn’t like, but I’ve never…
What virtual seminar do you want me to do?
The folks at User Interface Engineering UIE have been great partners and I’ve done work for them at a…
Upcoming travel: SF, NYC, Toronto, Chicago
I’ve got a nearly full calendar of speaking engagements this year – so far I’m recession resilient. We’ll see…
Microsoft layoffs: thoughts
The big news in this corner of the world are the layoff announcement at Microsoft. Steve Ballmer’s email drops…
Success factors for program managers
In response to my post on the lost cult of PM at Microsoft, Charlie Owen’s was kind enough to…
Top ten reasons managers become assholes
In response to angry comments about the large number of mean or incompetent people in management circles, here’s the…
The real work of writing
I’ve had a lousy January. I hope yours has been better than mine. Recently I’ve rediscovered, during a week…
The lost cult of Microsoft program managers
Some of you know I worked at Microsoft years ago (’94-’03) as what they call a program manager. In…
Therapy and innovation hype!
Thanks to Tiff Fehr, I found this Insightful post over at Chris Fahey’s graphpaper.com about innovation hype and the…
Dr. Seuss, wicked constraints, and creative thinking
One interesting theme in the research I’ve done on creative thinking is the role constraints play in fueling creativity. Many…