It’s no secret I’ve favored Common Cause Analysis as a quick and easy tool for identifying key, recurring problems in a project management system. The methodology is simple: List a number of recent problematic projects (typically 10 – 15) For each project, list the causes that contributed to the projects’ problems Prioritize the contributory causes,… Read More »
Wednesday I spent the day at Vistage International’s annual All-City meeting in Seattle. The keynote speaker was noted futurist David Houle, author of The Shift Age (2006) and ShiftEd: A Call to Action for Transforming K-12 (2011). Houle’s presentation explored existing trends and extrapolated them into the near future. From these, projections of interest to… Read More »
I like lists. Lists are tidy. They provide a framework and focus. They look good on a page. But too often I take them as truth. Maybe I get seduced by the neat order. I don’t know. I recently ran across a list of trends for 2010 by Mark E. Atkins. How does the Atkins… Read More »
