by Leroy Hurt | Jul 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via Harvard Business Review: Debate rages about how much of what is taught in leadership courses actually transfers to leadership practice. Some have suggested that knowledge transfer is as low as 10%. Other studies show the number closer to 60%. We estimate that 20%...
by Leroy Hurt | Jun 29, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via Business Insider: Most successful projects have a single engineer responsible for driving the project forward while ensuring that strong technical decisions are made with confidence. Typically, that person is referred to as a Tech Lead. They often don’t manage...
by Leroy Hurt | Jun 29, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via Business Insider: What did Google do to provoke such amusing evidence of workplace frustration? Has the Zagat acquisition been a waste of Google’s time and money and gone terribly wrong? After speaking with a number of sources, some of whom worked in...
by Leroy Hurt | Jun 29, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via Project Management Institute: Is there a defined career path at your organization? If not, what do you think are the barriers to developing one? If there is one, how is it affecting business success? Bloggers Sound Off: Project Management Career Paths –...
by Leroy Hurt | Jun 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via LinkedIn: …time isn’t the problem, says Harvard economist Sendhil Mullainathan. The ultimate barrier to success is a shortage of mental “bandwidth,” or the ability to focus on a task in the moment. Mullainathan’s research focuses on...
