Project Management: Top 1 Mistake (and an Uncomfortable Truth)

MarkUp News: Challenging Mainstream Management Advice

There's dozens of checklists out there on how to conduct successful project management. You will also find a myriad of mistakes to be avoided. But you rarely get taught about this very crucial ingredient of a project's success.

0:00 - Introduction to the Harvard Business Review article

05:40 - Project Management mistakes that are made according to the HBR

10:43 - A closer look at the nature of a project team

13:00 - Overcoming an organisation's resistance

17:17 - How to balance protection and connection of a project

24:00 - A rare exception in which protection is provided by an emergency

25:37 - Final advice

Referenced article from the Harvard Business Review: https://hbr.org/2021/03/for-an-agile-transformation-choose-the-right-people

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About MarkUp News: Challenging Mainstream Management Advice

As a leader, how do you know if the mainstream management advice you consume is reliable? And if everyone follows the same opinion, how do you avoid mediocracy? In this show Mark Poppenborg dissects mainstream publications on management, organisational change and work as a whole. Train your critical thinking, get practical inspiration and benefit from an unconventional and highly successful perspective on leadership and organisational design. Mark is the founder and creative force behind intrinsify, a group of companies that leads businesses towards modern leadership, post-bureaucratic organisational design and purposeful work by advising and educating decision makers in key roles.

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