Project Shrink

You can meet some awesome people on the Internet. Last year I got into contact with Margaret Meloni. Talking about awesome. Lately we have been discussing the value of leveraging the internet and social media. Margaret consults with individuals and organizations on the topic of conflict resolution and she coaches professionals in advancing their careers. [...]

We all learn important things from the people we work with. One of the first things I learned was to celebrate early. If you have the funds in your project budget for one team party, do it at the beginning of the project, not at the end. Celebrate you are going to work together. Fun, [...]

The Project Shrink is three years old this week. July 15th 2007 I created this blog and called it “Project Shrink”, because I wanted to emphasize “human behavior” in projects and I have difficulty pronouncing “Project Sociologist”. In 3 years I wrote 468 blog posts. Although perhaps not always obvious, all posts are based upon [...]

In episode 15 of Project Potion, Dave and Bas talk about CloudWorkers, digital nomads that can work from anywhere, and travel and work in general. This episode is based upon the post: “New Trends In The Project Ecosystem“. Subscribe to the Podcast Other people who liked this article liked these tooProject Managers. On Video? Awesome!This [...]

Some people still wonder how Twitter can be useful. Short 140 character messages about what you had for lunch. Hmph! Although I got some great lunch suggestions from the Twitterverse, this is not why I find it useful. Hal Macomber explained microblogging as being able to stick your head out of your cubicle and ask: [...]

“We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals. We know now that it is bad economics.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt Don’t you just love Kiva. Without having an idea about the internals of the organization, in my opinion, their contribution to society is awesome. And it’s not just this micro-lending organization that is [...]

There are several places on the internet where companies can publish a project and put together a team on a project per project base. Examples I am aware of are oDesk, vWorker, eLance and Guru. These marketplaces range from pure “finding resources” like a traditional job site, to a complete integrated project life cycle, including [...]

The functions within a film crew are clearly defined. There are many specialized roles which each tackles a specific aspect of the production of a movie. When the movie studio assembles a crew to make a picture it’s essential the crew members know what is expected of them in a certain role and what they [...]

The first thing I do when I visit a large foreign city is … take a Hop-on-hop-off bus. Easy and convenient way to get a guided tour through a new place. So, I wondered, why not do this for the web? Stop 1: John Cleese rants – Soccer vs Football Let me do this while [...]

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. [...]