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Stop the Cycle Campaign | Fubiz™

2012-01-26T12:13:00.000+01:00

Wow these are wonderfully striking images, and they underline nicely the previous blog based on Seth Godin, go have a look, they are wonderful in showing the consequences of 1 action (repeated, and repeated, and repeated, ....)

Stop the Cycle Campaign | Fubiz™

Seth's Blog: Who cares?

2012-01-26T12:10:00.000+01:00

delightful, bringing care in the workplace, as in who gives a shit anyway? In my experience people are very binary on this, they really, really care or they do not care at all. The most striking test, I think, is: "will people do the right thing when they think their boss is not looking?"

Seth's Blog: Who cares?

40 Belief-Shaking Remarks From a Ruthless Nonconformist

2012-01-11T09:53:00.000+01:00

Every once in a while it is worthwhile to digg back into philosophy to find my own restraints.

this is one of the blogposts that made me think, read it and see what it does to you...

40 Belief-Shaking Remarks From a Ruthless Nonconformist

oh by the way I thoroughly enjoy Nietzsche these last months

Change Management Sketchnotes by Linda Saukko-Rauta - Sketchnote Army - A Showcase of Sketchnotes

2011-12-19T15:30:00.001+01:00

Lovely sketchnote, or drawing about how organizations don't change, but people do, with a little model for change on the bottom half...

Change Management Sketchnotes by Linda Saukko-Rauta - Sketchnote Army - A Showcase of Sketchnotes

Seth's Blog: Embracing constraints

2011-07-20T11:41:00.000+02:00

as always on this blog, spot on!

every good project manager moving between companies or even departments knows this: you have to find and adapt to the reigning constraints to be able to deliver your project!

Seth's Blog: Embracing constraints

Rand's Philosophy Needed to Guide Budget Reform...and Much More - Technorati Politics

2011-07-16T11:06:00.000+02:00

Great article to bring this very applicable philosopher (Ayn Rand) back into our present political discussions of reforms, budgets cuts etc. Base politics on philosophy, ideas, not people... as applicable to the USA as to the EU as to Belgium

Rand's Philosophy Needed to Guide Budget Reform...and Much More - Technorati Politics

Gamestorming Blog Archive Bang-for-the-Buck

2011-07-07T18:55:00.000+02:00

This is really a very nice implementation of Agile collaborative priority setting in any project, comes from the domain of product or software development, but is really applicable anywhere

it is especially useful for virtual teams, even if they are collocated in the same office

Gamestorming Blog Archive Bang-for-the-Buck

21 Training Tools

2011-06-20T17:41:00.000+02:00

interesting list of alternatives! Just give 2 or 3 of them a try and grow as a professional project manager.

As a trainer the opener tickled me to read on I have to be honest!

21 Training Tools

you have to log in to read the whole article, but registration is free and worth the while, gantthead has been consistently uploading and sharing loads of good stuff over the last years.

The most misleading – and exploited – statistic about change

2011-05-31T16:47:00.000+02:00

Good, honest view on what statistics mean and what they don't. On top of it, it is a positive view on what is possible in organizational change...

The most misleading – and exploited – statistic about change

Seth's Blog: Self directed effort is the best kind

2011-05-11T13:49:00.000+02:00

A wonderful nugget of wisdom again. Yet how many people (managers, directors, ...) think they ought to be in control? How can you capture this self-directed effort in your team?

One very useful lesson for me has been: work with volunteers, 15 years of volunteers work has learned me you should treat all your team members just like you treat volunteers, help them find their passion...

Seth's Blog: Self directed effort is the best kind

Day26: Entrepreneurs are like artists. - FlyingChaz.com

2011-04-19T09:49:00.000+02:00

great blogpost by Bart Becks, one of the leading Belgian social entrepreneurs...

this links wonderfully with my engagement with the symphonic orchestra start-up in Leuven http://www.tmuziekfrascati.be/

Day26: Entrepreneurs are like artists. - FlyingChaz.com

Press Release: The Happiness Advantage Crown Publishing

2011-04-14T16:52:00.000+02:00

I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this book! To me it is like Stephen Covey's 7 principles but made more pragmatic and less guru-esque. Shawn Achor use a list of interesting and impressive scientific studies to base his 7 principles on.

The basis are:
- the Tetris effect
- the Zorro circle (interesting post here too: http://www.createfinancialwealth.com/zorros-circle-of-influence/ and here: http://lottaguru.com/do-it-like-zorro-control-your-circle/ including the idea of learned helplessness
- the 20-second rule (mighty applicable little trick!)

Press Release: The Happiness Advantage Crown Publishing

Daily Kos: DK GreenRoots: "I would rather have a heart opened by wonder than one closed by belief"*

2011-04-13T15:20:00.002+02:00

Wonderful metaphor about the caterpillar evolving into the wonderful butterfly thanks to its imaginal cells in its DNA. How does this play out in our companies and society?

Daily Kos: DK GreenRoots: "I would rather have a heart opened by wonder than one closed by belief"*

Seth's Blog: A slow news day

2011-03-30T15:54:00.000+02:00

This is definitely something, I struggle with! How about you? of course Seth is not giving the answer, but in asking the question always hides some value ...

Seth's Blog: A slow news day

Open or Managed Community Creation? - Everyday Enterprise 2.0

2011-03-25T19:58:00.000+01:00

Interesting view on how to manage an online community. And if you think about it, this is a much more fundamental question about how we manage our companies. What to say when a company claims and open management style and in the facts opts for a managed online community... ?

Open or Managed Community Creation? - Everyday Enterprise 2.0

Revolution U - Otpor, CANVAS, Burma, and the Egypt Revolution - By Tina Rosenberg | Foreign Policy

2011-02-22T20:54:00.000+01:00

A story about non-violent activism in Egypt, Serbia, ...

How far are we in business from this? Will a revolution overthrow banks and big corporations...?

Revolution U - Otpor, CANVAS, Burma, and the Egypt Revolution - By Tina Rosenberg | Foreign Policy

A tale of two PMOs | TechRepublic

2011-02-16T09:53:00.000+01:00

A tale of two PMOs | TechRepublic: "Takeaway: The actual benefits and most effective way to setup your PMO are difficult to identify. Patrick Gray looks at two different PMOs–one an administrative service, the other involving portfolio management.

If you’ve spent any amount of time in IT management circles, you’ve likely heard of a Program/Project Management Office or perhaps been asked to set one up for your organization. Like many ideas in IT management, the actual benefits and most effective way to set up your PMO are difficult to identify and, in the worst case, quickly descend into a sales pitch for tools and services that do little to build an effective PMO. Rather than focus on the minutiae of establishing a PMO, let’s examine two different PMOs, one of which is unfortunately far rarer than the other."

The ten essentials of Gamestorming

2011-02-09T08:55:00.000+01:00

Nice poster, free to use, with the 10 essentials of Gamestorming

I like the number 10: Try something new...

Gamestorming � Blog Archive � The ten essentials of Gamestorming

conversation matters: A Model Lessons Learned System – The US Army

2011-02-04T17:57:00.000+01:00

It always strikes me how a command and control organisation like the military can become one of the most leading edge in a field like knowledge management.

Very extensive article! enjoy...

conversation matters: A Model Lessons Learned System – The US Army

24 Attacks and 24 Responses on change

2011-01-14T18:55:00.000+01:00

Based on the new book (Buy In) by John Kotter and Lorne Whitehead, this is a nice list to have a look at when you get bogged again trying to realize your change.

What is nice about this list is that it also include a set of responses.

Also make sure to play the game on the right hand side of the website, it allows you to match a character to a scenario and then gives some comments on a possible strategy

So enjoy!

24 Attacks and 24 Responses

Seth's Blog: Obedience and the GPS

2011-01-12T12:57:00.000+01:00

This is indeed what you see in many organisations. People seem to have stopped to think and feel for themselves, and then they blame the organisation for not taking care of them...

Seth's Blog: Obedience and the GPS

Seth's Blog: Where's your platform?

2010-12-09T09:19:00.000+01:00

this little blog by Seth is a very special message to all of you (and sometimes me also) who are just doing their jobs. Is this enough? is this what gets you out of bed in the morning? If the answer is no, start looking for your platform. If you are feeling like trapped in a 9 to 5 (or these days perhaps an 8 to 8) job, get out of it, wake up, and look for your platform

Seth's Blog: Where's your platform?

XONITEK - How a Dashboard Transformed Technical Leads

2010-11-11T17:00:00.000+01:00

Nice real life story on progress reporting to drive change in project management

XONITEK - How a Dashboard Transformed Technical Leads

Seth's Blog: Do you need a permit?

2010-10-11T11:44:00.000+02:00

What are you waiting for?

Seth's Blog: Do you need a permit?: "Where, precisely, do you go in order to get permission to make a dent in the universe?

The accepted state is to be a cog. The preferred career is to follow the well-worn path, to read the instructions, to do what we're told. It's safer that way. Less responsibility. More people to blame."

7Ps Framework

2010-07-09T10:35:00.000+02:00

Nice little model to prepare a meeting. Pretty important since I see so many poor meeting around these days. Just ask yourself these 7 questions and you will really have a head start:

- Purpose
- People
- Process
- Product
- Prep
- Practical concerns
- Pitfalls

rad more: Gamestorming Blog Archive 7Ps Framework