Starting Today: Berkun Book Club / Making Things Happen
One of my most popular books, Making Things Happen, was published 10 years ago. Originally titled The Art of…
Category: Making things happen
Did you read Making Things Happen? Anniversary soon
Nearly 10 years ago, on May 2 2005, I published my first book, originally titled The Art of Project…
How to make smart project decisions: the checklist
Yesterday I was working on a complex project and found myself stuck. I was out of time and had…
When In Doubt, Make a List
The most helpful action when feeling overwhelmed is to make a list. Lists do many good things for our…
Making Things Happen: Kindle edition news
I’ve heard a handful of reports of issues with the Kindle edition of Making Things Happen. I talked to…
How to Make Things Happen
This is an excerpt from Making Things Happen, the classic bestselling book on leading project teams, decision making and everything…
What To Do When Things Go Wrong
[This is an excerpt from Making Things Happen, the bestselling book on leading project teams] There are 8 steps: 1.…
An open letter to Amazon.com
(Update 1/13: Problem fixed – thanks to everyone who forwarded, helped and empathized) Greetings people of Amazon.com: We’ve gotten…
Everything is a project (even this post)
When I meet people at a party and they ask what I do, I tell them I write books.…
Microsoft and Making things happen
One common criticism, often mild, I hear about my book Making Things happen is it’s a Microsoft flavored book.…
My books are now on Kindle
Thanks to the fine folks at O’Reilly Media, both of my books are now available on Kindle: Making Things…
Program Managers vs. Interaction designers
Recently Joel on Software posted about how to be a program manager and he lists UI design as one…
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…
How to keep meetings short: 5 insightful tricks to try
In the never ending pile of meeting tips, here are 5 five more: Split discussions from meetings. A meeting…
New video: How to make things happen
When Making things happen came out in March, I did a few talks here and there to help promote…
How not to set goals: Steve Ballmer, a case study
Recently Steve Ballmer’s FY ’09 Strategy email was leaked. Out of curiosity I read the thing – and it…
Did you review art of project management on amazon?
One of the frustrating results of renaming a book is the listing on amazon.com for Making things happen doesn’t…
Free copy of Making things happen
O’Reilly just kicked off some PR for the release of Making things happen with a write-up on their blog…
Now in stock: Making things happen
Since my book the art of project management went out of print, I bet your world has been gray.…
Art of project management for $139!
Not sure how to explain it, but while the book has been out of print, it appears to be…