“I can’t believe they think that’s a good decision.” Have you been in that situation—when your senior management makes a decision that, from your perspective, makes no sense? Most people have countless examples come to mind. One situation, in particular, turned out to be a significant teachable moment for me. I was leading a team... Continue Reading →
An Insidious Cause of Poor Project Decisions
According to Professor Michael Roberto, author of Know What You Don’t Know, one of the skills to uncover potential problems in business and on projects is to "Hunt for Patterns." Roberto fleshes this out, detailing how some problems stem from using faulty analogies. Intuition depends on "our ability to draw appropriate analogies"--a connecting the dots... Continue Reading →
