by Art Petty | May 21, 2008 | Leadership
Thankfully, the human brain does a pretty good job of managing memories by helping us smooth out the bad times and enhance the good. This seems to work pretty well for a lot of things in life, with one major exception being our memories of lousy leaders that...
by Art Petty | May 12, 2008 | Leadership
This month’s Harvard Business Review finally spoke to a long-standing question/concern that many of us in mid-career (read 40-something or older) have likely pondered: When will the generation that grew up on computers and video games learn to apply the unique...
by Art Petty | May 1, 2008 | Leadership
I wrote a post a few months ago about how the best leaders and teams leverage economic downturns to strengthen their business. Surviving an economic downturn is one thing, surviving while your company is in the process of slowly imploding offers a completely...
by Art Petty | Apr 27, 2008 | Project Management, Strategy
Whether you are operating at the strategic level or working in product development, I would bet my life-starting morning cup of coffee (a great Mexican roast from Conscious Cup in Crystal Lake, IL) that your organization faces more opportunities than it can possibly...
by Art Petty | Apr 20, 2008 | Project Management
The folks that designed Denver International Airport’s infamous baggage handling system can breathe a bit easier now. While the much publicized start-up disasters at Denver have faded into the past, apparently the project management lessons learned did not...
