New project management articles published on the web during the week of March 9 – 15. And this week’s video: Angela Ceberano talks about how she changed her view of the anxieties that used to paralyze her. “Be the warrior, not the worrier.” 11 minutes, mostly safe for work.

Ethics, Business Acumen and Strategy

Romesh Vaitilingham summarizes the results of a World Economic Forum survey of economists around the world, on the potential for a recession. 6 minutes to read.

John Detrixhe interviews Nobel prize winning economist Robert Schiller, who says that this economic disruption is different from past economic crises. 4 minutes to read.

Greg Satell examines the impact of automation since 1900 and suggests that work in the coming years will be based more on collaboration than on tasks. 5 minutes to read.

Managing Projects

Praveen Malik shares ten excellent getting-started tips for MS Project beginners. 5 minutes to read.

Praveen Malik shares ten excellent getting-started tips for MS Project beginners. 5 minutes to read. Chris walks through the keys steps in decommissioning the zombie servers in your data center. 5 minutes to read.

Stav Ziv shares her detailed Q and A crib sheet for preparing for that project manager job interview. 15 minutes to read.

Bruce Gordon describes the approach to develop the PMI Chicagoland project management mentoring program. 8 minutes to read.

Elizabeth Harrin provides some guidance for an experienced project manager managing an international project for the first time. 5 minutes to read.

Glen Alleman references WalMart in a case study of capabilities elicitation and capabilities-based planning. 3 minutes to read.

Managing Software Development

Stefan Wolpers curates his weekly list of Agile content, from decision making under pressure to emerging organizational silos to team right-sizing. 7 outbound links, 3 minutes to read.

Stefan Wolpers curates his weekly list of Agile content, from decision making under pressure to emerging organizational silos to team right-sizing. 7 outbound links, 3 minutes to read. Johanna Rothman concludes and summarizes her series on building team resilience. 3 minutes to read.

Tom Cagely talks about using Clean Language concepts to refine requirements and gets a visit from Susan Parente, who talks about virtual agile. Podcast, 20 minutes, safe for work.

Kristin Jackvony tutors us on API contract testing. Clear, with a very low nerd content. 4 minutes to read.

Bjorn van den Einden tutors us on product backlog refinement. 7 minutes to read.

George Guimarães shares the agile and engineering metrics he uses with his teams to achieve continuous improvement. 4 minutes to read.

Applied Leadership

Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic tells us how to spot an incompetent leader. Arrogance is the first symptom. 5 minutes to read.

Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic tells us how to spot an incompetent leader. Arrogance is the first symptom. 5 minutes to read. The Insightful Leader at Kellogg School of Management interviews Nicola Bianchi on what kinds of management training are the most effective. Podcast, 12 minutes, safe for work.

Nancy Settle-Murphy and Jesse Bibbee share a checklist for reacting to the decision that your upcoming face-to-face workshop must be virtual. 7 minutes to read.

Mike Clayton explores the origins, implications, and application of servant leadership. Video, 14 minutes, safe for work.

Cybersecurity and Data Protection

Michael Kan reports that Google researchers have found a design flaw in the Avast antivirus. 2 minutes to read.

Sadie Williamson tells us how to be supportive of the people who fell into cybersecurity traps. 6 minutes to read.

Robert Howell explains why we shouldn’t be allowed to waive our right to keep our information private. 4 minutes to read.

Pot Pourri

Stephanie Vozza summarizes the top three co-worker behaviors that annoy us, based on a survey, and suggests ways to minimize the impact on our psyches. 5 minutes to read.

Jason Cohen suggests a few steps we can take to improve the experience on our video conference calls. 4 minutes to read.

Ashley Wilson points out a few things happening in the office that negatively impact productivity, and ways to deal with them.

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