System Thinking: boundaries!

When managing projects, we draw boundaries around scope, assuming success depends on delivering within set constraints. But these boundaries are fragile. Project resources may be pulled away for other priorities. Higher-priority projects can put ours on hold. Vendors...

It is about change endurance!

Change fatigue and project fatigue are real. Just as real, however, is the endurance required for successful change and project execution. We can choose to keep starting and stopping our transformation journey, giving our staff and project teams time to rest after...

When business outgrows the software!

If my business outgrows the software we implemented last year, I would view it as a sign of progress and success. Dwelling on the cost of software we’ve outgrown is unproductive. That very software likely played a crucial role in moving us forward and enabling our...