by Wes Balakian | Jan 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
Pretending to Know More than You Actually Do For the most part, project managers today possess an understanding of technology rather than a command of technology yet persist in trying to make technical decisions on the project. This usually infuriates line managers to...
by Wes Balakian | Dec 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
Too Much Detail Inexperienced project managers tend to become enamored with work breakdown structures (WBS). One newly appointed project manager asked me to review his WBS for an IT project. The thirty-day project had 340 work packages and some of the work packages...
by Gail Stout Perry | Oct 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
Innovation Isn’t Mysterious I was so excited – I could not believe that one of my professional students had agreed to show me around his workplace. You see, he was part of a skunkworks operation for a well-known technology company. I was giddy with anticipation. What...
by Gail Stout Perry | Oct 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
KPIs Are Essential (But Know Your Audience) I wanted to sink into the conference room floor. I was so embarrassed and was convinced that I must have just asked the stupidest question in the world. To this day, I cringe at the memory of standing there, in front of the...
by Gail Stout Perry | Oct 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
Change Management Matters The producer, her face pale, rushed up to me when the cameras stopped rolling and said, “You shouldn’t say that!” I was being interviewed for a segment on Bloomberg and was wracking my brain to remember what kind of word bomb I may have...
by Gail Stout Perry | Sep 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
I was asked to speak to a group of new college graduates and to share a few things that I wish I’d known earlier in my business career. What would have helped me to avoid major mistakes or to do a better job earlier on? This is part of a series of 4 blogs in which I...
