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  • The Checklist Manifesto 4 min read
    book club

    The Checklist Manifesto

    Today I turn our project management book review lens to The Checklist Manifesto, by Atul Gawande. As an aspiring project manager, you're faced with at least two major tasks. The first is the most obvious: you want to learn everything you can about project management. The second task

  • If I Understood You 5 min read
    book club

    If I Understood You

    Today I turn our project management book review lens to If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look On My Face?, by Alan Alda. Now, this is a somewhat unorthodox choice for a project management book review – Alan Alda is not a project manager and this book does not

  • Risk Up Front 4 min read
    book club

    Risk Up Front

    Today I turn our project management book review lens to Risk Up Front, by Adam Josephs and Brad Rubenstein. If I've learned anything about our audience over the years, it's that they're busy! Some folks are trying to advance, or even pivot – and we

  • Made to Stick 3 min read
    book club -- power skills

    Made to Stick

    Made to Stick, by Chip Heath & Dan Heath, is not so much a book on "how to manage projects" as it is a workbook for how to improve upon that all-important skill of communication. More precisely, Made to Stick involves the science of communicating ideas in a