Project failures are rampant. Seven in ten projects fail to deliver promised benefits, often exceeding budgets. After two decades witnessing this firsthand in reengineering and transformation projects, I sought insights from three books to understand why well-intentioned projects fail and how to address a common culprit: poor communication. The books reviewed are: While none earnedContinue reading “Stop Doomed Projects: 3 Books Offer Insights on Planning, Communication, and Execution”
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Stop multitasking! – Life Lessons from Video Games
Caveat emptor : This is not the first time life lessons were trawled from a video game. Don’t scoff. Good Video games are now rightly considered art. Flight Control is a game for phones and tablets developed by this cool sounding company called Firemint and was it first released for iOS on March, 2009. IContinue reading “Stop multitasking! – Life Lessons from Video Games”
Most Office Meetings are a waste of time
This post is going to make sense only if you have seen this not-really-funny and what-is-the-message-here ad for these chips brand ‘Bingo Mad Angles‘. The ad maybe does a poor job of its original intent (sell chips) but does a brilliant job of helping visualize something else. Setup : The ad is in a conference roomContinue reading “Most Office Meetings are a waste of time”
Third Eye Observations 