by Kiron Bondale | Dec 27, 2022 | improving project management, lessons learned, project management
The holiday season usually involves family get togethers, and one of our traditions for such events is to play one or two new board games. While playing the games is a lot of fun it is also a source of some useful lessons in project management. Have the right number...
by Kiron Bondale | May 29, 2022 | Facilitating Organization Change, improving project management, lessons learned, project management
Projects provide a great opportunity for teams to develop new skills and to learn what works and what doesn’t in a given context. But to truly institutionalize the knowledge gained by a given team, it needs to be communicated to others so that they might also benefit....
by Kiron Bondale | Apr 10, 2022 | Agile, improving project management, lessons learned, management failure, Process Peeves, project management
I’ve written and spoken frequently about the many issues with holding infrequent lessons learned sessions. The good news is that many practitioners now recognize that it is much better to discuss and implement improvement ideas frequently over the life of their...
by Kiron Bondale | Jan 9, 2022 | Facilitating Organization Change, improving project management, lessons learned, project management, Project performance, Risk Management
Bruce Lee might have been referring to improvement in one’s mastery of the martial arts when he uttered the title of this week’s article, but when Daniel Pink referenced it in his latest Pinkcast, it reminded me of how apropos it is to many things. With gyms closed in...
by Kiron Bondale | Dec 26, 2021 | Agile, Facilitating Organization Change, improving project management, lessons learned, project management
Tis the season – for New Year’s resolutions. Like lessons (rarely) learned sessions at the end of projects, annual resolutions have received their fair share of ridicule. For gym rats like myself, a humorous way to help shake off the doldrums of the post-holidays...
by Kiron Bondale | Dec 12, 2021 | Facilitating Organization Change, improving project management, lessons learned, project management, Project performance, Psychological Safety
Daniel Pink’s latest Pinkcast episode focuses on learning from failure. He discusses Tina Seelig’s suggestion to her students to write a failure résumé listing some of the bigger mistakes they’ve made in their personal, education and professional journeys along with...