by Mike Edwards | Dec 9, 2014 | Agile, Project Management, The Leadership Gift
For more than 10 years of my career I worked hard at being the best Project/Program Manager ever. I could bring a team together and work with them to devise the best plan ever. We would start by defining the scope of our project, then evolve this to our work breakdown...
by Mike Edwards | Sep 11, 2013 | Behaviour, People, Project Management
After 9/11 George W. Bush told the media he saw the first of the twin towers being hit by an airplane live on TV. The truth is the video of the first crash didn’t emerge until almost 12 hours later. Hillary Clinton recalls a visit to Bosnia in which she was...
by Mike Edwards | Sep 4, 2013 | Agile, Behaviour, Lean, Project Management
Soldiers willingly go to dangerous places like Afghanistan to make the world a better place … Why? While all of us are running from a burning building, firefighters run towards the building … Why? Life guards go into dangerous waters to help people...
by Mike Edwards | Aug 20, 2013 | Agile, Lean, Project Management
In June we went on a trip to Newfoundland. From our home it’s about a 24 hour drive to the ferry then several hours to our first stop on the other side. The morning of our departure I realized I had not ensured we had enough money in our bank account to cover...
by Mike Edwards | Aug 4, 2013 | Agile, Customer, People, Project Management
Recently I was helping a team who has been struggling for a while. They seem to lack focus, direction, priorities and worse yet I believe they feel a little out of control. In other words, they’re trying to be everything to everyone. Which doesn’t seem to...
by Mike Edwards | May 26, 2013 | Agile, Behaviour, Compliance, Kanban, Lean, Project Management, Quality
Years ago we put a program in place at home to help make it more livable. We instituted an allowance program based on participation and results (we were young and naive then … what can I say?). One aspect of the allowance program was a monthly inspection of the...
