The future of project management is human, whether your boss likes it or not.
I was talking to a friend recently about the work I've been doing lately—specifically, my focus on writing about human-centered
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The human side of work
Ideas, stories, and practical advice on project leadership, collaboration, and the messy, wonderful business of working with people.
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The moments that actually make you a project manager
There’s a moment in every project where you realize the plan isn’t going to save you. Everything has been approved. The timeline
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Ending the year energized
This year was tough. Professionally and personally, some moments felt uncertain, exhausting, and honestly a little disorienting. The kind of year where you’re
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The moments that taught me what project management really is
The client yelled at me. Not in a cartoonish way, not flipping a table, but in that very real, very adult way where you
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The part of project management we were never taught
I didn’t enter project management through a formal path. I wasn’t trained for it at the beginning. I didn’t start with
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How strong projects run when the PM is out sick
How simple, everyday PM behaviors keep work moving even when you're not in the room. I’ve been battling a cold for
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The work no one sees: The real job of a project manager
There is an entire layer of project management that never makes it into a job description. Certifications or frameworks do not capture it, and
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PMFH2: this isn’t a revision. it’s a reinvention.
Four chapters in, and I can already tell this isn’t just a revision, it’s a reinvention. When I wrote Project Management for
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The Digital PM Summit 2025 reminded me why I love this work
There’s something about being back in a room full of project managers that just feels right. Maybe it’s the shared language of
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