New project management articles published on the web during the week of January 27 – February 2. Congratulations to Pete Carroll and the Seattle Seahawks! Recommended:

The Future Starts Tomorrow

Daniel Burrus notes that the ever-advancing portable phone is going to change our lives (even more) over the next decade.

Lyndsey Gilpin reports on alternative energy developments that may influence how we power our technology, including solar-powered laptops and phones.

Leadership

Gideon Kimbrell shares four project management lessons we can learn from Steve Jobs.

Martin Webster explores the critical differences between leadership and management.

Cheri Baker tells how to confront a slacker co-worker. You guys know that they’ve legalized marijuana in Washington, right? Seattle is going to get interesting …

PM Best Practices

Kalash Awati deconstructs the fallacy of technique-based project management, by examining the way in which we handle ambiguities.

Andrew Makar shares a few status reporting anecdotes on adapting the message to the stakeholder, project by project.

Steven Levy recounts an old lesson learned from the late Pete Seeger – don’t forget the small stuff. Especially the obvious small stuff.

Shaun Russell explains what a data integration hub is, and why you need to establish a data privacy model before you start to build one.

Scott Berkun tells how to overcome the unexpected in public speaking.

Allen Ruddock prompts us to prepare for negotiations, by determining what we ideally want, what we intend to actually get, and what we must have.

Alina Vrabie explores the Peltzman Effect, risk compensation, and the need to nurture our team’s ability to take risks.

Project Governance

Mike Clayton has some suggestions on how to conduct project governance properly. Part one of two.

Deanna Earle characterizes good and bad project governance, with an eye toward organizational culture.

Aaron Smith interviews former PMI CEO Gregory Balestrero on his new book, “Organizational Survival,” sustainability, social responsibility, and driving positive change.

Lynda Bourne reminds us that we need to select our KPI’s carefully, or risk unintended consequences.

John Goodpasture reacts to an assertion that there exists an “asymmetrical understanding of the risk” between customer and supplier.

Podcasts and Videos

Cesar Abeid interviews Klaus Falbe-Hansen, PM of the Øresund Bridge construction project. Just over an hour, safe for work, and a nice break from IT projects.

Mark Phillipy hosts a meeting with five project managers who took his “project management challenge” via a Google+ Hangout. Just over an hour, safe for work.

Agile Methods

Pawel Brodzinski reviews some of the literature on the optimum size for a team, and decides that maybe it doesn’t matter.

Bruno Collet gives his thoughts on the value and meaning of his PMI-ACP credential.

Ajay Kabra explains why the Scrum product owner needs to be good at strategic thinking.

Pot Pouri

Elizabeth Harrin recaps the news in the world of project management, for January.

Kevin Simler contrasts the underlying differences between western and Chinese worldviews, to get to a better understanding of technical debt. No, really!

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