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I thought that people wanted lots of autonomy, which meant that I only needed to be there when they needed help. But that doesn’t create a very motivated team because you’re not actually helping people play—find new ideas, experiment, learn, develop and grow.
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November 11, 2015 Bruce Benson
Management
[Doctors Without Borders] is able to move so swiftly, in large part, because of its decentralized structure, which is more akin to a guerilla network than a top-down corporation. How To Manage A Plague, Bloomberg Businessweek, Nov 17, 2014. Contrary to such notable initiatives such...
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January 22, 2015 Bruce Benson
Management
I had pulled the wrong data in updating my status. It looked like a huge mistake in my data and it put me into a cold sweat. I was doomed.
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January 30, 2014 Bruce Benson
Management, Metrics
Are we managing projects or are we conducting experiments? Managing you say? Are you really sure?
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February 8, 2012 Bruce Benson
Management
It was a simple bug, or so we thought. They said it was a NEW requirement and it needed approval because we undermine the project by adding new requirements!
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December 8, 2011 Bruce Benson
Management
Déjà vu. I’m doing nothing more than helping out as my father-in-law is recovering from having gone to the hospital. All the chaos and concern seemed very familiar in an eerie way ... kind of like … an out of control project!
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May 3, 2011 Bruce Benson
Management
I didn’t notice this in a project management environment. However, it made me wonder if wearing a suit was a tool that helped or hindered us as project managers.
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November 4, 2010 Bruce Benson
Management
