“No one was sorry when he died”
These 7 words are haunting. In the world’s best-selling book, this short sentence is a sobering summary of a failed leader’s life. King Jehoram was a horrible leader. He was a tyrannical, self-absorbed loser who inspired fear and distrust. And, when he died, no one was sorry. On the contrary, you get the feeling that [...]
Mystery
On a hiking expedition yesterday, my wife and I came across several mounds of rocks; one of them pictured here. Archaelogical investigations by the University of Georgia state that these rock “cairns” are a mystery. They are frequently clustered on the southeast slopes of hills throughout the Appalachian and Piedmont areas of Georgia. They are believed [...]
Project Management Around the World
The best part of my job (by far) is getting to interact with some of the smartest, most resourceful people in the world. Working with project and program managers exposes you to the people who make the world go around. Last week I was in Manhattan with the NYC PMI chapter for their Professional Development [...]
Push Push Push
What is this team looking at so intensely? They are cheering on their rugby team at North Georgia College and State University during a scrum. This was my first live experience at a rugby game as I watched my nephew participate last Saturday. The regular rugby play was interrupted; one method to restart play is with a [...]
New #1 PMP Exam Resource?
Periodically I get sales data from Nielsen (affiliated with Nielsen Ratings). Velociteach tracks all reported retail sales of every PMP Exam resource we know about (and there are quite a few). It’s mostly a boring practice, with the same general trends taking place, and the same few books taking up the lion’s share of the [...]
Specialization and the Project Manager
A few years ago, I ran across this quote: “A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze [...]
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