by Kiron Bondale | Feb 6, 2023 | communications, Facilitating Organization Change, improving project management, project management, Psychological Safety
When I first read it, I found that one of the more interesting characters in Tom Clancy’s debut novel, The Hunt for Red October, was the political officer, Ivan Putin. His role is to ensure that the leadership and crew of the nuclear submarine were acting in alignment...
by Kiron Bondale | Jul 10, 2022 | Agile, communications, improving project management, project decision making, project management
Whether you call them Scrums, standups or huddles, one way to plan-as-you-go with an adaptive approach is to hold coordination events on a regular basis to ensure that everyone is working in an aligned manner and on the most important work. One of the more common...
by Kiron Bondale | Jun 21, 2022 | communications, improving project management, project management, Risk Management, Stakeholder analysis
I’ve often referenced Dr. David Hillson’s definition of risk as “uncertainty that matters” in my articles about project risk management. The last word in that short sentence is critical. If stakeholders don’t feel that the information presented to them about a risk...
by Kiron Bondale | Apr 24, 2022 | Agile, communications, governance, project decision making, project management
Whether you call them work boards, Scrum boards or Kanban boards, visualizing work using physical boards or online tools is a common practice for both operational and project teams. Such boards can provide a number of benefits including: Helping team members to see...
by Kiron Bondale | Jan 30, 2022 | communications, Facilitating Organization Change, project management, Risk Management, Stakeholder analysis, team building
Having recently finished Adam Grant’s latest book, Think Again, I decided to read his first book Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success. Like all of his books, Adam provides good insights into our interactions with others along with multiple examples and...
by Kiron Bondale | Jan 2, 2022 | Agile, communications, Facilitating Organization Change, improving project management, Stakeholder analysis
I’m just wrapping up Adam Grant’s book, Think Again. I’d first heard Adam speak at the in-person (yes, there was such a thing at one time!) PMI Global Congress conference in 2019 and appreciated both his ideas as well as how he delivered them. His latest book focuses...
