The Curiosity Dividend

Consulting, Data, Data Issues, Publishing, Technology, Trends

A post on the benefits of embracing the unknown.

The Case for a Regular Tech Audit

AI, Technology, Trends

I’ll take the benefits of curiosity over the costs of problem-solving.

On AI, Priorities, and Product Development

AI, Faves, Future of Work, Low-Code/No-Code, Project Management, Trends

Thoughts on ignoring a popular product’s glaring weakness to pursue sexy new features.

Simon’s Laws of Interorganizational Communication and Collaboration

AI, Analytics, Collaboration, Communication, Project Management

Project charters are meaningless unless people, you know, actually follow them. Sadly, this isn’t always the case.

Why I Don’t Offer Turnkey Consulting Arrangements

Collaboration, Communication, Consulting, Future of Work

Foolish is the soul who believes that successful change management involves a cookie-cutter approach.

Thoughts on the Hertz Debacle

Project Management

$32M doesn’t get you what you think when you hire large consulting firms.

Visualizing My Teaching Schedule

Dataviz, Higher Education

Sometimes Gantt charts actually make sense.

Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Publication of Why New Systems Fail

Project Management, Publishing

A decade ago, my first book hit the shelves.

Why All College Students Need to Know the Basics of Coding

Higher Education, Low-Code/No-Code, Trends

Even finance, accounting, and marketing majors should understand what makes software tick.

Reflections on Carnegie Mellon 25 Years Later

Dataviz, Faves, Higher Education, Miscellany, Technology

Thoughts on the most important skills and abilities that I picked up at CMU.

Reflections on Supervising More Than 100 Capstone Projects

Analytics, Dataviz, Higher Education, Project Management, Technology

Thoughts on some of my students’ best work.

Chemonics Receives Innovation Award

Announcements, Collaboration, Project Management

Recognition for good work never gets old.

Thoughts on Teaching Older Students

Higher Education

What do when someone possesses a great deal of professional experience.

Three Main Types of Capstone Project Problems

Analytics, Faves, Higher Education, Project Management

Thoughts on some common issues and what to do about them.

Reflections on 2017

Analytics, Higher Education, Miscellany, Publishing

Thoughts on an enormously turbulent year.

The Case for DevOps

Trends

A look at an increasingly common way of “doing IT.”