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Latest — 16 Apr 2025

Why Books Matter and Why They Matter to Project Managers

This list could be longer. But here are ten reasons books matter. * Books preserve knowledge across generations, serving as time capsules of human thought and discovery. * Reading improves cognitive abilities, including critical thinking, vocabulary, and concentration. * Books provide diverse perspectives, fostering empathy by allowing us to experience lives different from

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Why project managers need both, a broad vision, and a focused energy for details

Eminent physicist and mathematician Freeman Dyson styled it this way: we need both focused frogs and visionary birds. “Birds fly high in the air and survey broad vistas of mathematics out to the far horizons,” Dyson wrote in 2009. “They delight in concepts that unify our thinking and bring together

How do your skills transfer to project management: PMBOK 7 Principles and Project Domains

The question is often asked “How do my current skills transfer to project management?” Many folks, from many fields, including the sciences, education, marketing and sales are often interested in adding the project management skill-set to their repertoire. The table below lists the 12 Project Principles (P) and the 8

Two ways project mangers can seek to solve problems. One way is better.

Projects have problems. Stakeholders and teams, made up of people, brings different perspectives which may create obstacles to the project. Every single process ever invented is fraught with flaw. All will break at some point. How can project managers go about solving every problem they face? Why bother? Problems left

How analogical thinking can improve your problem solving (and your project managment) skills

So there you are. Head on your desk. It has been a few hours. At least. Maybe more. And your mind is stuck. It could be your tired. Maybe caffeine is the answer. You are feeling stuck as problem solver. Maybe its time to stop thinking about the inside view

Why project leaders need to be able to define wicked and kind learning environments

Projects come in all shapes and sizes. They also live in various kinds of environments. Your organizational culture and context matters. Your industry matters. Who your stakeholders are, matter. And as you are about to launch your project into the wider world, you need to understand the difference between kind

What is the number one skill for project managers to become project leaders?

If I were to boil down the transition between Project Manger to Project Leader, I would say: be a Problem Solver. Taking notes, writing status, updating dates? All good stuff. But that is not problem solving. Thinking your methodology will fit any situation? There’s a failure to listen in

16 Project Management Skills you can learn from Glue by Anh Dao Pham

* Asking Questions * Building Rapport * Change * Communication * Creating Alignment * Delegation * Finishing * Managing Trade Offs * Motivation * Negotiation * Note Taking * Personalizing the Process * Planning * Risk * Running Meetings * Synthesis Thinking Which of these skills do you struggle with the most? Take my Project Manager Challenges Survey to help me learn more about those struggles.

Ten Project Management Lessons from David Epstein’s “Range”

David Epstein's book "Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World" is not directly about project management. It is about how we can build the skills we need no matter our field. David addresses the great debate: What does it take to be good at what

Ten Quotes from Glue to inspire your project management efforts

Ownership is the key to true leadership To be truly helpful, you can't wait for someone to ask. Project leaders are comfortable asking questions to seek the truth. When no one is assigned accountability, no one takes accountability. ...providing a reason, and doing so consistently can have a