Recently, I worked with a pair of IT project managers who struggled to communicate in some very common ways: 1. No stakeholder communication: They didn’t measure or report on their project activities and progress. Not only did their silence make their bosses and stakeholders nervous, it prevented them from making any necessary course-corrections if they […]
How many times have you walked back to your desk wondering how an idiot user didn’t check that the computer was plugged in? If you’ve watched the TV cult hit “The IT Crowd”, I’ll bet you’ve seen yourself as Roy or Moss dealing with their endlessly annoying users. (If you haven’t seen the show, check […]
“Why does this system have to be so complicated?” Can’t you just fix this already?” Sound familiar? That’s what I heard last night from my beloved wife when our home theatre system didn’t respond to her iPod-based remote control the way she was accustomed. I’ll spare you the details of our home theatre setup but […]
A couple of months ago, I wrote an article titled, “What IT Leaders Can Learn from Hollywood.” Without going too much into it here, the basic idea is that the average PowerPoint presentations are pretty bad. Granted, there are a number of reasons why they’re bad, but the main reasons are: They’re way too long. […]
How bad are your presentations? Come on. Be honest. How bad are they? Are you violating all the “golden rules” of effective presentations? Are they too long, but you just can’t seem to get all the critical information communicated in less than 30 slides? Are you using those hokey graphics that come with PowerPoint? Well, […]
