Writer | Speaker | Project Leader
When Your Efficiency Becomes Someone Else’s Problem I was teaching a project management class when someone shared a story that has stuck with me. An HR team had redesigned one of their internal processes, which was their prerogative. They had thought it through carefully. They reduced back-and-forth emails, clarified approvals, and eliminated a few bottlenecks…
AI Is Powerful. But Implementation Still Requires Project Management. I use AI almost every day. And no, I’m not a bot. It helped me edit this article, to be honest. It helps me structure my articles when I start to lose the plot, as well as making structural recommendations. Not as good as a bonafide…
For the first decade or so of my career, I was an accidental project manager. I worked as a technical writer, and then shifted into educational development. I started designing courses for our local college and learning materials for different audiences. The work was chock full of deadlines, personalities, creative tension, and constant coordination. I…