E-M8 Entrepreneurial Management for Eternal Mission

While recently travelling on the train from Kiev to Vladikavkaz, I shared the space with Alexei Zaikin from Greenstroi (greenstroi.ru) who told me about their high-tech construction technologies and innovative approaches that are ahead of the best practices even in America. I was most fascintated by their key competitive edge, a program that they used [...]

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Project management has been a part of my life ever since I was a little kid. It was not too much after I learned to write when my parents noticed me with a list that I compiled: “Needed to build a raft: 2 tree trunks, 2 flat planks, 4 nails; Tools: Hammer and Axe.” Needless [...]

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While the presentation below view the business models a bit to narrowly, only in terms of the transactions, this is a great place to start developing and refining the understanding of the business opportunities. Take a look and tell me what you think: Business Model Innovation Matters View more presentations from Alexander Osterwalder.

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The more I help teams with managing their workload the more I come to realization that much of the frustration seems to come from not having a clear delineation between  Projects, Tasks, Processes and Meetings. Often, I see meetings appear on a task list, or processes listed among projects. Projects and tasks are mixed so [...]

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I am always amazed at the gap between the educational setting and the practical realities of the world of business.  Probably the clearest gap between the two is visible in Project Management. The world is dying for the lack of great project managers, yet the colleges manage to graduate the students of that major who [...]

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