ANR #24: See Other Stuff of PM

Stuff

This part includes further articles, podcasts and other interesting stuff that I came across over the past month

Article – Project Management amongst the Top 20 Most Promising Jobs of 2017
Interesting post based on research done with LinkedIn data

Article – How Aligned Is Your Organization?
An HBR article on alignment, something I preach in all my talks as essential for successful strategy implementation

Article – How Amazon innovates in ways that Google and Apple can’t
I believe Jeff Bezos is one of the greatest leaders in our times. This article highlights how they go do business development, with tiny projects, that everyone can pitch to the Boss.

Podcast – Unlocking the Threefold Secret to Great Leadership
In this interview with Knowledge@Wharton, co-authors Street and Foster talk about their PWR (Priorities, Who, Relationship) formula for management success, the hardest things for executives to get right. I found that their formula can be applied to projects, too.

This last part includes further articles, podcasts and other stuff

Video – Mark Zuckerberg’s Commencement address at Harvard 2017
Purpose and Projects

Article – The Guardian – Why size matters: measuring success in the world of megaprojects
Article from a leading business journal on the value and the importance of size of megaprojects.

Article – Forbes – Why Startups Need Project Managers Now More Than Ever
Another article by a leading business publication around the importance of project management when launching your start-up.

Video – Professor David Farrell – The Irish Constitutional Convention, 2012-14 (31 May 2014)
Video on the new model of democracy tested in Ireland. Involving the citizens and working in Projects to solve social issues.

Podcast – How ‘Little Ideas’ Can Lead to Powerful Innovations
When most people hear the word innovation, they think about Uber, Airbnb and Amazon — disruptive companies that upended entire industries with a radical new way to do business. But Wharton professor David Robertson talks about a more practical way companies can innovate: by focusing on complementary actions around a key product, and it is done through smaller projects.