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Mark Kenny is an aviation enthusiast and project management practitioner. Mr. Kenny has spent more than 15 years working in project management. He received a Certificate in Project Management through the University of Washington, held project management roles in the manufacturing, high-tech, and healthcare industries, and is currently the President of Team Interactions, Inc., which develops the EnterPlicity Project Information System. He writes the Flying Into Project Management blog (www.flyingintoprojectmanagement.com) and the Project Tools Blog (blog.teaminteractions.com).
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Flying Solo
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One of the best experiences I ever had when flying was my first solo flight. Do you remember your first "solo flight" in project management? Are you passing on the experience? Continue reading
Posted May 10, 2013 at Flying Into Project Management
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How do you know if you have an effective culture?
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We believe that culture is an important aspect of your organization's effectiveness. How people think, what they believe, and how they behave makes a huge impact on your productivity, change initiatives, competitive advantage and more. But how do you know if you have an effective culture? Continue reading
Posted May 10, 2013 at Agents of Change: The Hippo Resource Center
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Interview with Craig Stevens: Part 2
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Today’s podcast is part two (and last part) of a discussion with Craig Stevens. In this episode, Craig shares his principles of excellent management (including leadership, culture, and team building) from his book Geronimo Stone. Continue reading
Posted Apr 8, 2013 at Agents of Change: The Hippo Resource Center
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Interview with Craig Stevens: Part 1
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Today’s podcast is part one of a discussion with Craig Stevens who shares his advice on a variety of topics including how to create a great project management team, using conflict effectively, soliciting feedback, how to create a good relationship with a stakeholder, and the key to establishing good team culture. Continue reading
Posted Mar 27, 2013 at Agents of Change: The Hippo Resource Center
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How to Know When Project Management Has "Arrived"
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Has project management arrived as an accepted practice? How will we know when it has arrived? I learned the answer to that question recently. The answer is... Continue reading
Posted Mar 4, 2013 at Flying Into Project Management
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Interview with Bob Woolf: Part 2
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Today’s podcast is part two of a discussion with Bob Woolf about his experiences with project management teams and some of the cultural issues that have made them succeed or struggle. Bob brings some interesting tales from his time in project management, social work, theatre, and even the submarine service. He provides takeaways that you can use as you look at your own teams and people skills. Continue reading
Posted Mar 1, 2013 at Agents of Change: The Hippo Resource Center
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Face-to-Face Communication and the Bottom Line
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I read an interesting article by Audrey Nelson on the importance of face-to-face communication today. Effective communication skills is what we use to grow relationships, persuade, resolve conflict, negotiate, get work done - all of which are vital parts of being effective as a project manager, team member, and your project management teams. Continue reading
Posted Feb 26, 2013 at Agents of Change: The Hippo Resource Center
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Ignoring Little Problems
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Sometimes it is the little problems and turn into big disasters. In this post, we'll explore a story of why you shouldn't ignore the little problems. Continue reading
Posted Feb 26, 2013 at Flying Into Project Management
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Interview with Bob Woolf: Part 1
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Today’s podcast discussion with Bob Woolf is about his experiences with project management teams and some of the cultural issues that have made them succeed or struggle. Bob brings some interesting tales from his time in project management, social work, theatre, and even the submarine service. He provides takeaways that you can use as you look at your own teams and people skills. Continue reading
Posted Feb 25, 2013 at Agents of Change: The Hippo Resource Center
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Reliable Data
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One of my favorite experiences as a pilot was the first time that I flew in the clouds on instruments. I had to completely rely on instruments - the reliable data in front of me. Do you think there is a lesson for our projects? Continue reading
Posted Feb 21, 2013 at Flying Into Project Management
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A Lesson in the Risks of New Technology
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You may have heard of the troubles of the Boeing 787 "Dreamliner" lately. All fifty or so of these airplanes have been grounded due to a risk of fire from their batteries. What lessons does this provide for project management? Continue reading
Posted Feb 18, 2013 at Flying Into Project Management
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How Well Do You Know Your Team?
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Yesterday I went to a funeral and realized how little we know about some people. That reinforced again how important it is to not neglect connecting with the people on our teams. Continue reading
Posted Feb 18, 2013 at Agents of Change: The Hippo Resource Center
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Does Your Project Management Team Have a Story?
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Does your team have a story? Does it have a purpose, a history, a culture that everyone on the team understands, gets behind, and can articulate? Continue reading
Posted Feb 15, 2013 at Agents of Change: The Hippo Resource Center
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A little extra communication goes a long way in project management teams
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There is a story this morning about the effects of miscommunication in New York after Superstorm Sandy. We relate this to project management teams. Continue reading
Posted Dec 21, 2012 at Agents of Change: The Hippo Resource Center
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Become a student of how things work
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Do you understand how things work in the organization and culture around you? Is this important? Continue reading
Posted Dec 18, 2012 at Flying Into Project Management
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Change the thermostat!
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Here is an interesting bit of research on one out of the ordinary way of improving your project teams. Continue reading
Posted Dec 18, 2012 at Agents of Change: The Hippo Resource Center
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Book list on relationships and persuasion
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We had the pleasure of presenting a workshop on persuasion this Monday for 114 people at the PMI Nashville Professional Development Day. Here are three books that we gave away at the workshop. Continue reading
Posted Dec 13, 2012 at Agents of Change: The Hippo Resource Center
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How do you manage up in your teams?
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It is important that we learn how to effectively the people that work for us in our team. Simple enough. But what about people that manage us? What about our team leader, the manager of our team (i.e. department, group, etc.)? Can we "manage" them as well? Should we? Continue reading
Posted Dec 13, 2012 at Agents of Change: The Hippo Resource Center
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3 Tips to Produce an Uneventful Conclusion
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"The best landing is one you walk away from" is an old adage told by pilots. That was back from the "golden days" of flying where there was a lot more seat of your pants flying. Is the best project one in which you walk away from? How many projects have ended...well...with a rather high dose of excitement? How do we make those "landings" unexciting and routine? Continue reading
Posted Dec 7, 2012 at Flying Into Project Management
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5 Project Team Culture Lessons from Men's Wearhouse
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Last week I broke down to purchase a new sport coat from Men's Wearhouse. I was actually on a trip and forgot my sport coat, which I wanted for a couple of meetings. It was a good reason to finally purchase a new one, and it presented some interesting lessons for project teams. Continue reading
Posted Oct 16, 2012 at Agents of Change: The Hippo Resource Center
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11 Tips to Get the Most out of Project Management Software - CIO.com
Check out the article on CIO.com on 11 tips to get the most out of project management software. One of our tips was used by Jennifer in the article. Continue reading
Posted Oct 12, 2012 at Agents of Change: The Hippo Resource Center
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Should Project Management Be Boring?
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Should project management be as boring and predictable as an airline flight? What are the obstacles to that occurring? Continue reading
Posted Oct 12, 2012 at Flying Into Project Management
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HippoTalk Podcast: What Project Management Teams Can Learn From Crew Resource Management: Part 2
Welcome to HippoTalk, where we discuss improving how people work together in our project management teams, by bringing in fresh perspectives from experts and even other disciplines. Today Randy Myers, a retired Marine Corps Colonel, joins us for part 2 and helps us understand the lessons that project management teams can learn from the human behavior lessons of crew resource management. Continue reading
Posted Sep 29, 2012 at Agents of Change: The Hippo Resource Center
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Using All Available Resources
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In 1989, a United Airlines DC-10 provided a lesson in the importance of a team working together and using all available resources at their disposal. How can we apply this to project management? Continue reading
Posted Sep 26, 2012 at Flying Into Project Management
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Preflight: The Importance of Preparation in Project Management
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Many times human nature creeps into our project management so that we launch right into a new project without being properly prepared. A good preflight is an critical part of any flight or project. Continue reading
Posted Sep 25, 2012 at Flying Into Project Management
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