Projects and Systems Podcast

An important, but embarrassing lesson I learned about leadership from my blender.

What we can learn from cheetahs about how we set up and optimize our projects and systems.

We don't realize we're drifting, but we are. Today, we talk about how we compensate for that while out surfing and how it applies to business.

We continue our podcast mini-series, on location, from San Diego. This time, we look at a behavior from antelopes that represents some of the first principles of risk management.

Today I talk about a lesson I learned from our San Diego Zoo Safari Park tour guide about giraffes and what parallel that has to being a project manager.

Today I draw an analogy between monitoring the effectiveness of a cardio workout and how we monitor the health and performance of our projects.

Today we discuss how making an investment in getting some key activities done up front enhances the quality of

I describe an important lesson I learned from Alistair Cockburn, one of the "founding fathers" of the Agile Manifesto and movement, that still sticks with me today.

In today's episode I talk about how leaders serve as batteries for their teams, the effect that can have on the leader, and how she/he needs to find ways to replenish and recharge.

Today we talk about a hard lesson I learned about time slotting, how it applies to business, and we end by showing how this applies to Dr. Goldratt's insight around management time and attention.