The B.I.G. Blog

Project management is one of those things that seems like it should be so simple but isn’t. You just, do the project. However, small projects (under $350,000) have a failure rate of 20%, and this only rises as the project budget increases (Source). Clearly, it’s more difficult than it at first appears.

Anytime you start seeing LinkedIn articles about a “paradigm shift” within corporate America you need to be prepared for platitudes and buzzwords.  LinkedIn cannot resist catchphrases, and it’s gotten so bad that people can write entire articles mocking the trendiest terms. Guru is a perennial favorite, and recently we’ve started hearing all about disruptors and game changers. Next year we’re probably in for a session on flearning – failing while learning or learning while failing – either way a useful concept with an annoying name.

Difficult conversations get derailed all the time, mainly because of the uninvited 3rd participant – our internal voice.  As a result, we don’t know how to talk with each other but instead we get caught up talking at each other, and everything goes downhill from there. We need a new way of doing things. Fortunately, there is. Read on to see how to make the dialogue effective when it matters most.