Blah blah blah http://www.brankosanto.com Linking the best of the PM web. Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:24:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 When is too much documentation just too much! http://www.brankosanto.com/2010/06/03/when-is-too-much-documentation-just-too-much/ http://www.brankosanto.com/2010/06/03/when-is-too-much-documentation-just-too-much/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:23:29 +0000 Branko Santo http://www.brankosanto.com/?p=162 Compare these two cookie recepies!

Chocolate covered brownies

US army brownies

via QuantmLeap

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]]> http://www.brankosanto.com/2010/06/03/eyes-on-the-prize/feed/ 0 Revisiting motivation! http://www.brankosanto.com/2010/06/03/revisiting-motivation/ http://www.brankosanto.com/2010/06/03/revisiting-motivation/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:06:13 +0000 Branko Santo http://www.brankosanto.com/?p=155 Remember this one?

What do you say about this?

Too many truly great people are forced to change jobs just because their managers/CEO/someone with power don’t understand that it just isn’t about the money!

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Via RavensBrain

]]> http://www.brankosanto.com/2010/05/31/how-your-brain-multitasks/feed/ 0 Destructive manager behaviours series http://www.brankosanto.com/2010/05/31/destructive-manager-behaviours-series/ http://www.brankosanto.com/2010/05/31/destructive-manager-behaviours-series/#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 16:55:21 +0000 Branko Santo http://www.brankosanto.com/?p=149 A trully great piece of work up until now, there are 2 published and surely hoping for more.

Check out the outher pieces as they come, there should be nine in the end.

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Trully amazing huh?

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Its good, but you should really check the comment, some smart stuff there! :)

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I am sure everybody has a coworker with fire coming out of his mouth as soon as he opens it. But does it mean he is not allowed to have great ides? Definitely not, but if you start with a wall on front of someone they need to have an incrementaly more awesome idea the nastier they are. Next time a constantly nagging guy comes to you with idea, stop and listen to him maybe he has something smart to say.

Are there more nasties in the male population or is it just me?

]]> http://www.brankosanto.com/2010/05/27/137/feed/ 0 Oh-oh to ta-da http://www.brankosanto.com/2010/05/27/oh-oh-to-ta-da/ http://www.brankosanto.com/2010/05/27/oh-oh-to-ta-da/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 17:36:11 +0000 Branko Santo http://www.brankosanto.com/?p=133 Here is actually a video on how knowledge impairs performance!

Ran into it thanks to this blog.

He (or she) asks some interesting questions on how much we loose by being project managers. Proces this, methodology this, follow this, chart this… blah blah blah. Are we loosing the feel for it and just becoming a sofisticated type of monkies in suits?

Not really, but we are deffinitely loosing the joy of watching the work develop and hapily seing it come to a fruitful end.

]]> http://www.brankosanto.com/2010/05/27/oh-oh-to-ta-da/feed/ 0 Is team building really useful? http://www.brankosanto.com/2010/05/23/is-team-building-really-useful/ http://www.brankosanto.com/2010/05/23/is-team-building-really-useful/#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 06:41:52 +0000 Branko Santo http://www.brankosanto.com/?p=127 Don’t get me wrong having a “team” feel like a Team (not A Team) to each other makes perfect sense, but why is that every organization is looking for a follow the book solution? Teams get built with you or without you. They can build against you if you are not careful! Clear cut lines between rank and file don’t really work in the modern economy with the rank being able to add a lot of value to work. Be honest to the guys and girls, have an honest down to earth conversation from time to time and ask for their opinions. When I say ask for their opinions I don’t mean just put it in some file and throw it away, think about it, give them feedback and let them know they are valued.

This is what got me thinking.

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