Volkswagen’s greed and myopia is just the tip of the iceberg
Volkswagen has shown how greedy and myopic traditional management in corporations is: short-term projects (shareholder interests, EBIT) are more important (or, shall we say the only thing that really matters to them) than delighting customers and our environment. Volkswagen management claims that they will resolve…
Let Happiness Turn Your Project Around
Ever wondered what could turn around your struggling project, or shape a project that it tells a story and convinces others just be hearing about the project? Well, there could be a simple remedy. And that is to link happiness to your project. – Ok,…
How much do you want to invest in your WOW project?
It was a long wait. Weeks, no, months. Then, finally she won the long sought opportunity to work on a mega project. A project that not only was long in duration but also involved lots of people and stakeholders. What a challenge! And what a…
Book Review: A Guide to Project Recovery
Projects become more prevalent. Not surprisingly the art of project management becomes more popular. Unfortunately this does not imply that the more projects there are the more successful they are. As a matter of fact a significant percentage of projects fail or do not yield…
Project Management Zen: Project Success Requires Project Failure
If project success is the opposite of project failure, what does failure mean? How do you define it? What does it encompass and how do you feel about it? – These are not fake questions. They are serious and they are meant to be answered. …
Ignore your environment – or how to set up your project for failure
We all know that we live in an interdependent world. This is common sense. And yet again the proverb that common sense is not common practice holds true. Recently I observed a project which was headed by an expert in his field. He knew the…