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Starting Today: Berkun Book Club / Making Things Happen

Posted on March 9, 2015September 19, 2016 in Making things happenby Scott Berkun

One of my most popular books, Making Things Happen, was published 10 years ago. Originally titled The Art of…

Did you read Making Things Happen? Anniversary soon

Posted on September 3, 2014October 9, 2014 in Making things happenby Scott Berkun

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

Posted on July 23, 2013May 23, 2014 in Making things happen, Managementby Scott Berkun

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

Posted on June 12, 2013February 24, 2021 in Making things happen, Managementby Scott Berkun

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

Posted on March 20, 2013 in Making things happenby Scott Berkun

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

Posted on April 16, 2012May 31, 2016 in Making things happen, Managementby Scott Berkun

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

Posted on April 10, 2012February 16, 2021 in Making things happenby Scott Berkun

[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

Posted on January 10, 2011 in Making things happenby Scott Berkun

(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)

Posted on December 23, 2009January 7, 2019 in Making things happen, Managementby Scott Berkun

When I meet people at a party and they ask what I do, I tell them I write books.…

Microsoft and Making things happen

Posted on September 15, 2009September 3, 2014 in Making things happen, Microsoftby Scott Berkun

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

Posted on April 24, 2009 in Books, Making things happen, Myths of Innovationby Scott Berkun

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

Posted on March 12, 2009 in design, Making things happen, Management, Microsoftby Scott Berkun

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

Posted on January 27, 2009 in Making things happenby Scott Berkun

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

Posted on December 15, 2008January 29, 2015 in Making things happen, Managementby Scott Berkun

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

Posted on September 30, 2008 in design, Making things happen, Management, Microsoftby Scott Berkun

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

Posted on August 12, 2008 in Making things happen, Management, Microsoft, Uncategorizedby Scott Berkun

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?

Posted on May 22, 2008 in art of project management, Making things happenby Scott Berkun

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

Posted on April 10, 2008 in Making things happenby Scott Berkun

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

Posted on March 31, 2008February 20, 2016 in art of project management, Books, Making things happenby Scott Berkun

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!

Posted on March 14, 2008 in art of project management, Making things happenby Scott Berkun

Not sure how to explain it, but while the book has been out of print, it appears to be…

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