When Creative Goes Overboard
We live in Las Vegas. Not your normal part of Las Vegas. No tract homes and no gated, guarded communities. We’ve done that, but then we had more kids and wanted lots of land and maybe a horse or two....
View ArticleWhy Aren't We Making Progress On Creative Projects?
Have you ever had one of those creative projects where it feels like you aren’t making any progress? You work on tasks, yet your schedule seems to be going nowhere?
View ArticleProactive Project Management Wins the Creative Race
Very often in the project management world, I find that we are reactive on our creative projects. Issues come up and we fight them. Decisions need to be made and we set everything aside to gather the...
View ArticleCreative Project Leadership is a Lost Art
True creative leadership sometimes seems like a lost art. Where are the bold decision makers? Where are the change makers? Are too many people just going with the flow in your organization, waiting...
View ArticleWith Creative Projects, Never Give Up on an Idea You Love
This is a quote from Margaret Johnson, co-ECD at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners in San Francisco. It sums up the creative process pretty well, in my opinion anyway. I mean, isn't that what creative...
View ArticleWhen Creative Goes Overboard
We live in Las Vegas. Not your normal part of Las Vegas. No tract homes and no gated, guarded communities. We’ve done that, but then we had more kids and wanted lots of land and maybe a horse or two....
View ArticleWhy Aren't We Making Progress On Creative Projects?
Have you ever had one of those creative projects where it feels like you aren’t making any progress? You work on tasks, yet your schedule seems to be going nowhere?
View ArticleProactive Project Management Wins the Creative Race
Very often in the project management world, I find that we are reactive on our creative projects. Issues come up and we fight them. Decisions need to be made and we set everything aside to gather the...
View ArticleCreative Project Leadership is a Lost Art
True creative leadership sometimes seems like a lost art. Where are the bold decision makers? Where are the change makers? Are too many people just going with the flow in your organization, waiting...
View ArticleWith Creative Projects, Never Give Up on an Idea You Love
This is a quote from Margaret Johnson, co-ECD at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners in San Francisco. It sums up the creative process pretty well, in my opinion anyway. I mean, isn't that what creative...
View ArticleSeven Features Every Workflow Management System Should Have
Workflow management is a challenging operation for almost every business. Thankfully, there are a variety of Workflow Management System (WMS) products on the market already. Enough in fact, that you...
View ArticleFour Traits the Best Creative Project Managers All Have in Common
A creative project manager is the caretaker of all of your creative ideas and helps to bring them to life. That type of responsibility demands a great amount of patience and the wearing of an enormous...
View ArticleFive Tips for Keeping a Creative Project Organized and on Budget
Creative projects have the opportunity to show off your company or organization in a unique way. However, they are also notorious for going off-track, over-budget and in a million different directions.
View ArticleWould Hillary Clinton Make a Good Creative Project Manager?
This may be an exercise in futility, but the way I see it is there are currently twenty-two candidates for President of the United States and only one will be chosen. That means the other twenty-one...
View ArticleCreative Project Management: Five Tips for Success
Creative project management is misunderstood. Traditionally, project management is associated with industries such as IT and manufacturing, where projects are much easier to quantify. But in the ad and...
View ArticleHow to Set Goals for a Project Communication Plan
It’s no secret that communication influences performance. And if you want a high-performing team collaborating on your project, it’s important to implement an effective project communication plan.
View ArticleFive Ways Creative Project Management Software Can Improve Profitability
Without creativity, we wouldn’t be here, but just as important as creativity is the ability to manage it. We can’t exist only to be creative without implementing the business processes that allow us to...
View ArticleFive Steps for Creating a Successful Project Communication Plan
Recently, I lost my voice for a few days. It made me realize how important it is to have effective, efficient, and effortless communication throughout a project. Because I couldn’t talk to my team and...
View ArticleHow to Analyze the Success of a Project Communication Plan
If implementing an effective communications plan is the genesis of any project, than analyzing its success should be the end goal for managers.
View ArticleThe 5 Pitfalls of a Seemingly Great Project Communication Plan
Having a great project communication plan can do wonders for your efficiency. That is, provided that your plan is followed and it doesn’t have any holes in it. Here are five pitfalls that can happen,...
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