Project Shrink

Can you use adventure maps to analyze the function of comments on blogs? Ali suggested I give it a try. Great idea! We are studying the effects of comments. I am experimenting with adventure mapping, the highly playful, interactive and intuitive way of communicating complex elements in your project. Why not combine them? Why not? [...]

You wouldn’t expect a Stakeholder Management workshop to be called “We’re Off To See The Wizard”, would you? Talking about The Yellow Brick Road-technique, keeping the Wicked Witch of The West out of your project, and, well, going to see the Wizard. Ah yes. The Wizard Of Oz as a metaphor! for Stakeholder Management. I [...]

“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are” – Anais Nin The Others. Them. Definitely not us. Ever find yourself in an discussion where your mind shifts into a “me-vs-him” or “us-vs-them” state? “What are they thinking?” “They must be joking.” “Why isn’t he as smart as I am?” The [...]

One upcoming trend in the current global workforce is the rise of independent mobile professionals. People that can work from anywhere using the Internet so location doesn’t matter. Lea Woodward calls them Location Independent Professionals. Lea left her job as a management consultant for the world’s largest consulting company to pursue a life of freedom. [...]

One upcoming trend in the current global workforce is the rise of independent mobile professionals. People that can work from anywhere using the Internet. Christine Gilbert, author of the fantastic travel blog Almost Fearless, and her husband are digital nomads, combining travel and work. They are currently starting a new project: the making of a [...]

Small reminder why we are talking about social media in the first place: When we are communicating it’s not just the message we use, but we also use a very large amount of context to interpret this message. Basically we use all kinds of cues (visible, body language, group associations, etc) we can pick u [...]

I hate 10 second elevator pitches. There. I said it. How can I summarize the awesomeness that is me in 20 words? I can’t. Now, don’t get me wrong. I think it’s a good exercise to become more self-aware, it’s good to know yourself. But I know the entire context that goes with the summary. [...]

Recently I got fascinated by online dating research that is concerned with communication. If you don’t know each other, have no face-to-face communication, how does communication work? There are two theories in particular I find interesting: Social Information Processing Theory (SIPT) and Hyperpersonal communication, both created by Joseph Walther, a professor of communication studies. With [...]

This is a guest post by Geoff Crane from Papercut Edge blog. You can find out more about Geoff at the end of this article. The links to books in this article are affiliate links. This article begins with a bedtime story that Derek Huether over at The Critical Path read to his son: “Green [...]

“Here I am, brain the size of a planet and they ask me to take you down to the bridge. Call that job satisfaction?” Do you know this quote? If you do, we have something in common, we both like the “Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy” enough to know some of its text by heart. [...]