What Microsoft gets for $2 billion
As a follow up to my post on Microsoft and Creative Destruction, it’s worth looking at this chart (from…
Category: Management
Should Americans get more vacation?
In a series of posts, called readers choice, I write on whatever topics people submit and vote for.If you…
Why Job Interviews are Flawed
Why does anyone believe they are good at interviewing people? If you ask experienced managers you’ll often her a…
How to Stop Overcommunication
Spolsky’s latest piece is about Brook’s law, and how adding people to projects can make them worse. For those…
How to create great work environments
(Note: In a series of posts, now called readers choice, I’ll write about whatever people submit and vote for.…
Why do big companies suck?
Many small companies aren’t that good and medium ones too. The real question then is why, if at all, do…
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.…
Should I become a project manager? (Mailbag)
A recent email from the mailbag echoes other email collecting dust in the mailbag, so I figured I’d beat…
An open letter to the micromanaged
Robby Slaughter has a nice response to my open letter to micromanagers – and it’s called an open letter…
An open letter to micromanagers
Dear Micromanager: Owners of thoroughbreds never stop their horses mid-race, every ten seconds, to remind the horse and jockey…
Magic numbers of project management
No matter where I go, or what industry I’m talking to, if I ask enough questions of people who…
CBS wants your PM hero story
A journalist for BNET, part of CBS Interactive, is looking for a great short story on dealing with things…
The Netflix Inc. guide to culture (Analysis)
Making the rounds this week is this slidedeck apparently put together by Netflix upper management about their culture. There…
McConnell’s 10 deadly sins of estimation
Hi there. I’m now back from my ramble through Scandinavia. If you were at my seminar in Milwaukee (we…
Management lessons from Gears of War 2
Recently I’ve been playing tons of Gears Of War 2 for XBOX 360, because of it’s fantastic HORDE mode.…
How to let go: a lesson from NASA
Everybody likes to criticize NASA for various reasons. There’s the budget problems, various $100 million blunders, and of course…
Why ugly teams win
Note: This is an excerpt from the book Beautiful Teams (3/09), a collection of essays on teamwork. I’ve been criticized for…
Project management for beginners
Interesting thread going on Slashdot about PM for beginners. Making things happen gets a nice mention. Surprising number of…
Top ten reasons managers become great
As a positive counterpoint to my list of why managers become assholes, and as a counterbalance to my tendency…
Things not to say – “We don’t have time”
One phrase I can’t stand is “We don’t have time”. We all get the same amount of time every…