A lot of project management boils down to having the discipline to do something that you know is better in the long run, even though it might be harder in…
Year: <span>2016</span>
Back in February, I wrote about my personal time management system and the effort that I put into maintaining it. I promised to also write about my project management system,…
I went to college at the University of Chicago. I have no doubt that I was better prepared than some of my classmates, but in the self-absorption of youth, I…
From time to time, I come across someone who argues that they don’t need to know how to manage projects. They have hired smart people, and those people know what…
I follow @AnneWHilborn on Twitter because she tweets out awesome wildlife photos. You should, too, because wildlife photos make your Twitter feed happier. I am not a wildlife biologist, and…
I got an interesting email from a reader who is setting up a new lab and wonders if I have any advice about how to set it up to be as…
Last weekend, I cleaned “that shelf” in the hall closet. You know the one, we all have one: The overflowing shelf that is the catch-all for stuff that we need…
I want to tell you about Take Control of Your Time, a new online seminar I’m offering on time management. To explain the seminar and who I think should take it, though, I…
I recently came across John Pencavel’s summary of the British government’s efforts to understand worker productivity in munitions plants during World War I, and was surprised it isn’t more widely…
Last night, this tweet came across my timeline Are you responsible for a research team? How did YOU learn to lead it? — realscientists (@realscientists) January 6, 2016 (If you’re…