I recently gave my “Project Management for Humans (No Robots Allowed)” talk at Web Design Day in Pittsburgh.
I loved Pittsburgh. I have not been there in a really long time, and was really impressed by the city. But, really, I was most impressed by what seemed to be a really friendly, passionate web community. These guys showed up for a full day event on a Saturday and stayed engaged all day long. The (other) speakers were great, so I guess that wasn’t too hard to do! Continue reading
I’m sitting in my hotel room in Austin the day after Pamela Villacorta and I moderated our core conversation “Project Management for Humans (No Robots Allowed)” at SXSW Interactive 2011. I’m still in awe of the number of people who attended the session. This is a good thing. People want to talk about how to manage projects, and do it well. I’m going to do a recap of the session here just to provide the framework of what was discussed. Unfortunately I don’t have all of the Q&A, but we hit some great dialogue. I feel like I’ve got enough fodder for at least 10 more blog posts. Also a good thing. So let’s get to it then. Continue reading
I’ve been away from the blog for a few weeks. Vacation was extremely relaxing and fun. I came back refreshed, jumped back in to work, celebrated my 6th wedding anniversary and found out that our next child will be a girl. Needless to say, a very exciting May.
As I write this, I am on a train home from An Event Apart in Boston. I’m feeling all giddy and inspired (and pretty tired). I’ve got some new ideas for things to discuss, but want to share a couple of quick thoughts on conferences and what project managers can get from non-PM specific conferences. Part of this comes from the fact that there was really only one presentation that directly related to project management. But, really, PM is a part of everything, so I found inspiration in the details. At a very high level, these are my takeaways on attendance: Continue reading
