Take a stroll down memory lane through the archives below. It’s been a fun ride, and as I look back over the stuff I wrote before, I can’t believe where my head was at! Please be kind to my older stuff. It’s fragile.
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- November 2012 (1)
- 12: Take Stock of What’s Important (1)
- April 2012 (1)
- March 2012 (3)
- December 2011 (1)
- November 2011 (1)
- October 2011 (1)
- August 2011 (7)
- 17: Negotiation is Never About You! Part 2 (2)
- 16: Negotiation is Never About You! Part 1 (4)
- 15: For God’s Sake, Think About Others! (7)
- 09: Help with PMP Self-Study (7)
- 08: I Haz PMP! (16)
- 05: Updates and Stuff (8)
- 03: Project Management Visionaries: Acumen (1)
- July 2011 (5)
- 31: Non-Assertive People Aren’t Always Wimps (11)
- 30: Can PM Training Success Be Measured? (6)
- 16: Google Plus Win (12)
- 15: Project Management Visionaries: RedCritter (6)
- 11: Impostor Syndrome Win! (6)
- June 2011 (2)
- 27: WTF Where Did Geoff Go? (13)
- 02: Project Management Visionaries: Vertabase (4)
- May 2011 (7)
- 26: Project Management Visionaries: Crosspoint (1)
- 19: Project Management Visionaries: At Task (4)
- 12: Project Management Visionaries: Wrike (1)
- 10: Announcing the PM Visionary Series (6)
- 07: How Relevant is a PMP? (36)
- 05: 6 Leadership Skills for Project Managers (5)
- 03: Nail Your Next PM Job With A Simple Trick (3)
- April 2011 (8)
- 28: Wearing the Shoes of Uncertainty (5)
- 26: What do PMs Want from Software in 2011? (9)
- 21: A Crazy Happenstance (6)
- 18: Leadership Lessons From One Celeb (2)
- 17: High Adventure and Project Leadership (7)
- 16: Project Management is Exciting! (4)
- 14: The Hiring Manager Black Hole (4)
- 10: The Ties That Bind (15)
- March 2011 (9)
- 28: It’s Okay to Show a Little Weakness (13)
- 27: Disco Your Way to Better Relationships (3)
- 27: Zombie Project Management (3)
- 21: Dude. I need some of that awesome. (1)
- 17: The Lazy Project Manager (5)
- 13: Empathy Isn’t Just For Rude Doctors (9)
- 11: Project Manager Empathy … Workshop? (6)
- 09: The Soft Skill Salsa (9)
- 01: Coming Up: My First Public Speaking Gig! (3)
- February 2011 (4)
- January 2011 (9)
- 30: CEO Creating Problems? Try this! (9)
- 28: Defining Project Objectives is an Art (2)
- 27: 5 Crash-Course Ways To Learn to Lead (9)
- 25: Papercut Edge Features on Talking Work (4)
- 25: Five Great Articles about Trust (6)
- 24: Pay Your Damn Subcontractors (2)
- 24: Risk Analysis Workbook (3)
- 18: Ancient Greek and Project Frameworks (6)
- 11: The Curators of Creation (1)
- October 2010 (2)
- 03: Gamification: Points and Thresholds (7)
- 01: Gamification: Archetypes (7)
- September 2010 (2)
- August 2010 (10)
- 31: Are You an Engaged Project Manager? (4)
- 30: Outsourcing is a Load of Crap (10)
- 27: Barbara Ehrenreich: Smile or Die (3)
- 18: Papercut Gets a New Website (0)
- 14: Where Are We Headed with Facebook in Business? (6)
- 12: “Yeah, well, you just don’t get it.” (4)
- 11: Making Marketing Progress (6)
- 10: No One Likes Change, But Could They? (4)
- 07: Importance of Metric Clarity: The Great Tampon Caper (14)
- 05: Happy Vacation Time, Everybody! (0)
- July 2010 (10)
- 28: Papercut Edge is open for contributions (5)
- 27: More Papercut in the Blogosphere (1)
- 26: Excuse Me, Your Pants Are on Fire:
5 Tips on Dealing with Liars (10) - 21: Is the PMP losing its value? (57)
- 12: Hulk Smash! When People Late for Meeting! (19)
- 09: “Crap Team Building”: The Search Terms (8)
- 08: Papercut in the Blogosphere Redux (2)
- 08: Lights, Camera, Disaster! High Level Requirements Gathering (1)
- 06: Lights, Camera, Disaster! The Corporate Video Quandary (2)
- 01: My Most Important Stakeholder (13)
- June 2010 (22)
- 29: Papercut in the Blogosphere (3)
- 28: A Letter to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (1)
- 23: Nine Destructive Behaviours Gets Props! Also, a Quote at the PMI (2)
- 22: Hiring a Project Manager Doesn’t Let You Off the Hook (11)
- 21: New Ways to Stay in Touch, and a Free Ebook! (1)
- 18: Geoff Talks Manners on Site Sketch 101 (2)
- 18: Master of the House (1)
- 16: Nine Destructive Project Manager Behaviours: Part 9 of 9 (13)
- 15: Nine Destructive Project Manager Behaviours: Part 8 of 9 (11)
- 15: Geoff Guest Blogs on “The Camel” (0)
- 11: Nine Destructive Project Manager Behaviours: Part 7 of 9 (5)
- 10: Alright, Hotshot, Think You Can Multitask? (17)
- 09: Nine Destructive Project Manager Behaviours: Part 6 of 9 (7)
- 08: Bourgeois Bingo: More Organizational Accountability, Please. (5)
- 07: Nine Destructive Project Manager Behaviours: Part 5 of 9 (9)
- 04: Geoff is Now a Featured Author for Projects At Work Magazine (3)
- 04: Nine Destructive Project Manager Behaviours: Part 4 of 9 (11)
- 03: Do You Set Your People Up to Fail? (2)
- 02: Mission Impossible Squirrel (0)
- 02: Mentor Room Recommendation: slide:ology (3)
- 02: Nine Destructive Project Manager Behaviours: Part 3 of 9 (11)
- 01: PM411 invited me to speak on his podcast!! (0)
- May 2010 (16)
- 31: Mentor Room Recommendation: Glee (4)
- 31: Nine Destructive Project Manager Behaviours: Part 2 of 9 (9)
- 29: A Message for My Readers (0)
- 29: Buzzwords. Corporate Culture’s Greatest Monstrosities. (8)
- 28: Nine Destructive Project Manager Behaviours: Part 1 of 9 (20)
- 27: Want a project to fail? Behave like this. (4)
- 25: A Message to My PM SaaS Friends (3)
- 24: Communication Bias: Message Self-Serve (5)
- 20: @Task Stream: A New Way to Communicate on Projects (2)
- 20: IT Project Overages: Where to Look for Answers? (1)
- 18: IT Project Value vs. Waste – Now in “Real Time”! (5)
- 17: Annual Cost of Project Failure (16)
- 13: The Importance of Precision (4)
- 11: Ten Knowledge Areas Went Out to Dine…
One Got Ignored and Then There Were Nine (33) - 05: Build a High-Performing Team in Just 61 Minutes! (13)
- 03: Beware: Trust Breach Can Result in Behaviour Changes (4)
- April 2010 (6)
- 30: Ignore Your People at Your Own Peril (11)
- 24: Interaction at Work: Don’t Game the System (10)
- 17: Celebrate Everything! (1)
- 14: Stretch Goals: Just Don’t, Okay? (13)
- 12: 40 Ways to Build Trust on Your Project Team (14)
- 05: Team Building Makes Me Feel Dead Inside. (30)
- March 2010 (13)
- 31: Achievements System for Projects? (17)
- 29: eXtreme Project Management. Both Brilliant and Dangerous. (13)
- 22: Garbage In, Garbage Out. Haven’t We Learned That Yet? (30)
- 19: Papercut guest blogs on Project Shrink! (0)
- 19: The sky is falling! The sky is falling! It’s PM2.0! (16)
- 17: Vote for Papercut! (or not-that’s ok too) (1)
- 15: Soma Bhattacharya Hits Me Up (2)
- 12: Deconstructing Lady Gaga’s / Beyonce’s “Telephone” (1)
- 11: Twitterview. Concept vs. Content. Discuss. (11)
- 09: Twitterview with Jhaymee Wilson (3)
- 08: The Guerrilla Project Management Podcast (4)
- 05: Cheesy Fun for a Friday (0)
- 02: I Second That Emotion (5)
- February 2010 (3)
- January 2010 (10)
- 28: Papercut’s *ahem* “Social Media Strategy” – Part 4 (0)
- 24: Papercut's *ahem* "Social Media Strategy" – Part 3 (0)
- 21: Papercut’s *ahem* “Social Media Strategy” – Part 2 (0)
- 18: Papercut's *ahem* "Social Media Strategy" – Part 1 (1)
- 13: What's the difference between "intrepid" and "delusional"? (1)
- 12: PM411, thank you! (2)
- 12: PapercutPM Takes it Off (omg hawt) (0)
- 10: Assumptions and Risks and Issues, oh my! (2)
- 08: Big Grandaddy of Excel Project Tracking (25)
- 05: More PM soft skills, please! (0)
- December 2009 (17)
- 22: One more time. The difference between portfolios, programs and projects. With Buffy. (1)
- 21: You had me at "the project's gone to hell" (0)
- 18: For the record I never flirted with my developers (0)
- 18: Don't Get Caught With Your Pants Down (0)
- 18: Project Skills Matrix (7)
- 16: Get her, Toto! (0)
- 16: The Leader’s Barber Pole (1)
- 15: You're wrong. It's about ME. (0)
- 12: Free stuff for your projects. (0)
- 12: Capacity Planning with Multiple Projects (5)
- 12: Capacity Planning with Repetitive Tasks (0)
- 10: Project Management Twitter Chat? (0)
- 09: Twitter chat on Lessons Learned. Great fun to be part of. (0)
- 08: Why I’d rather you go play in the traffic: 3 levels of trust in a project environment. (1)
- 04: Project Initiation Process (1)
- 03: The 5 P’s of Managing a Stubborn Stakeholder. (5)
- 01: When It’s All Going to Hell, Stop. Breathe. Listen. (0)
- November 2009 (9)
- 27: How to deal with managers who refuse to admit they’re wrong. (0)
- 26: Playing Jargon Scrabble kills puppies. (3)
- 25: Six steps to a communications disaster (0)
- 25: E-mail. It’s Broken. Stop Relying on It. (0)
- 24: Oh Lord, Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood: Project Communications (0)
- 23: Communication channels (0)
- 23: People first, work second (0)
- 22: Clock spider as risk event (0)
- 22: 5 tips on working with junior project managers (0)
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