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From Voices on Project Management: by Peter Tarhanidis Pressing into 2021, all of us must consider the skills we each need to lead through the current COVID crisis—and into the future. We all witnessed this pandemic’s damage across our businesses. And in response, many organizations have changed their ambitions and goa…
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From Voices on Project Management: I’ve been trying to learn more about good decision-making and recently read Daniel Kahneman’s famous Thinking Fast and Slow. It’s very surprising to see the number of fallacies and biases that cloud our decision-making, with some impacting us more than others. Here are three of the…
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From Voices on Project Management: By Cyndee Miller This is normally the day where I’d write a post extolling all the amazing things that female project leaders are doing. And there’s certainly plenty to celebrate. Those women you see in the video above are leading the way in everything from space exploration and AI to…
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From Voices on Project Management: by Wanda Curlee Saying COVID has changed the way we do business is an understatement. Some companies accelerated their projects, pivoting to quickly to support clientele. Others had to overhaul processes because of virtual or hybrid working environments. One thing was certain: Standing idle in th…https://www.projectmanagement.com/blog-post/68423/Pivoting-With-Intent-?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=wordpress

From Voices on Project Management: by Soma Bhattacharya Agile has become ubiquitous in project management, with teams using it to spark out-of-the-box thinking and drive countless projects across the finish line. Yet almost as quickly as the approach popped up, companies and project leaders began to oversell it—and what seem… See the blog post here: https://www.projectmanagement.com/blog-post/68379/Rethinking-Agile-as-Bold–Kind-and-Human
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From Voices on Project Management: by Cyndee Miller Like most kids, I was obsessed with space. The thought of wandering the solar system blew my wee little mind. That sense of sheer wonderment hasn’t diminished—I’m a space geek for life. And there’s certainly been plenty to pique our interest. Look no furth…
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From Voices on Project Management: by Lynda Bourne One thing we learned from 2020 is that it’s difficult to make predictions, especially about the future. (Danish physicist Niels Bohr’s words from 1971 still ring true.) Still, the world doesn’t stand still, and project managers need to keep looking ahead. That&…
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From Voices on Project Management: by Dave Wakeman, PMP  I’ve worked on political campaigns, in sports, in theater, in ticketing, in marketing and a lot more. I like to consider myself a good example of all the ways a Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification can be helpful in industries of all sorts. Over t…
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From Voices on Project Management: by Christian Bisson  I’m always trying to find ways to help my project teams forge connections with one another. And one of the things I’m trying is to incorporate expressing gratitude. Along with helping teams bond, it can help improve team performance, too, especially with all the un…
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One thing I’ve learned over the years as a manager is that I have been successful because I have surrounded myself with good people, and I have allowed them to realize potential breakthroughs. Fostering a culture where no idea is too crazy is paramount, because, personally, I tend to think all of my ideas are off-the-wall.  I’ve also found it important to cultivate a good balance between individual creativity and group collaboration.  Slapping a project down in front of the group and forcing them to hash it out rarely produces good results. Give individuals some breathing room: let them contemplate and generate ideas alone or in pairs and bring those back to the drawing table.

Read Yasmina Khelifi’s informative post at the jump, and then come back and share ways that you encourage team creativity…

From Voices on Project Management: by Yasmina Khelifi, PMI-ACP, PMI-PBA, PMP Having an innovative mindset isn’t not as simple as having good ideas. It takes strong project leaders who create an empathic culture in which people can share their ideas and feel empowered to challenge the status quo. According to PMI research, 3 …
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