ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 20, 2023

Accountability It’s impossible to think about any leader without this leadership trait. Critical Thinking Critical thinking helps leaders make decisions based on data, physical evidence, observations or other tangible information rather than arbitrary decisions. That is, you’ll be able to react faster than you can think.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 7, 2023

The problem solving process If you think that description sounds linear, then you’d be right. Choose the creative approach that gets you a range of options to review. It’s the choice making, option selection, conclusion of the analysis and thinking. There are no silly ideas at this point! It brings action to a situation.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 31, 2023

Teamwork promotes creativity When people work together, you’re creating a better environment for creativity. Read next: 5 Ways to Boost Your Team’s Creativity 2. You may be good at planning and another team member might be talented in coordinating and creative thinking.

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Risk Management Leadership Risk Innovation 302

Project Bliss

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Creative thinking is a valuable skill and can help you stand out and produce great results. Read on for a list of proven ways to increase your creativity. It was during this walk that I had the idea to explore the value of creativity in the workplace. I don’t fully poo-poo the value of creativity. I’ve quilted.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

All for One & One for All: These managers are more apt to let you work at your own pace and facilitate a creative environment, balancing life and work. There are many, and they can range from technical to creative, simple to complex. A project manager is going to have a style of thinking as they tackle these tasks.

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Lean SCRUM Defining Agile 361

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 25, 2022

Why do you think motivation on project teams is so important? People will go further, think more creatively and consider more options to get the project done. You are likely to notice more creativity and innovation, the mood in the room is uplifting. Ruth, let’s start at the beginning. Because motivation is intrinsic.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 14, 2024

That means removing the busywork of project management like data collection, status reporting and tracking – which I think is a good thing. I don’t think human intelligence will ever be removed from project delivery. You can only get so much business acumen, systems thinking and cultural understanding from a model.

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review 2028 2024 372

Project Bliss

JANUARY 30, 2020

What Is Design Thinking? Design Thinking is a human centered approach to innovative problem-solving. Design Thinking seems to be a hot buzzword these days. And you may be thinking that it’s something best left to engineers or the R&D team. Design Thinking is for Anyone Solving Problems.

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The IIL Blog

APRIL 24, 2024

The base is Leadership, Systems Thinking, and Process Integrity. Their teams are more productive, creative, and innovative. Systems Thinking Systems thinking recognizes that everything we do is part of a bigger whole. Sadly, few organizations employ systems thinking. These practices are now universal.

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Lean Agile Underperforming Technical Team Innovation 128

Scrum.org

JUNE 19, 2023

Unfortunately, some Scrum Masters fall into the trap of using the same Retrospective agenda repeatedly, stifling the team's creativity and hindering their ability to generate innovative solutions. Scrum is specifically designed to thrive in complex environments, where adaptability and creative problem-solving are essential.

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Innovation SCRUM Agile Sustainability 197

Project Risk Coach

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Sponsors think their project managers are magicians. Schedule Compression Strategies Creativity is about solving problems. Be creative and find ways to reduce the lags in the project’s critical path. Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.” And in a way, we are.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 5, 2024

Agility is supposed to be about enabling people to do their best and most creative work. And I think it is closely related to “hustle culture” (i.e. It’s about being adaptive, creative, and resilient. 4 – There is no space for strategic thinking, innovation, creating alignment, and growing people.

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Online PM Courses

MAY 14, 2023

Systematic approaches often work, but sometimes we need creative techniques to boost our thinking. The post Here are 15 Powerful Creative Techniques to Spark Your Imagination appeared first on OnlinePMCourses. Project Management is problem-solving.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 16, 2020

In this webinar for PMI Phoenix Chapter, I talk about how to reframe your work and stay on top of your To Do list with creative strategies for managing everything — even when it feels like everything is a priority. Project managers are busier than ever.

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PMI Software 496

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 25, 2022

Today, that way of thinking is a necessity. I think of business transformation as the next level up from business change. Probably a pleasant, creative vision of what the future state looks like, but in the absence of action it will stay as a set of slides and nothing more. Delivering business change.

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2015 Finance Risk Management Risk 264

ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

ClickUp might think it’s one app that can do it all, Monday’s automation features are better with repetitive tasks and streamlining workflows. Here are some use cases to highlight Monday vs. ClickUp. In the race of ClickUp vs. Monday, it’s down to the wire. Does Monday have the lead? Yes, if you want project management software.

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Software Review Software Underperforming Technical Team 2014 348

Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 23, 2021

4 How to Get Started 5 Tools for Identifying Opportunities 6 Think Outside the Box 7 Where Will You Capture Opportunities? Why do they think this way? The affinity diagram is a fun, creative, and beneficial exercise. Think Outside the Box When identifying opportunities, look at changing dynamics outside of your project.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Enabling constraints guide and enhance creativity and innovation by establishing a chance to compare what we have with what we wanted. I like to think about enabling constraints as guardrails. This allows a more creative thinking and problem-solving approach. How can we cope with those? Enabling constraints to the rescue.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 22, 2024

This approach fosters innovation, creativity, and, importantly, team engagement – vital ingredients for successful product development. It's about balancing the need for direction with the freedom for creativity. It's about setting a direction and allowing the team the freedom to navigate towards it. Agile leadership is an art.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Because after a few weeks I realized that the energy levels weren’t what they should be for such a creative, innovative agency. You can tailor what is discussed in a stand up meeting, so if you are working out what to say as the meeting chair, think about what is useful for the team to know. So far so good, right? Not really.

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SCRUM Agile Energy Development Team Review 347

Wrike

AUGUST 19, 2016

In a perfect world, creatives would spend 100% of their time doing what they love: write, design, film, build, and create! However, this isn’t the reality for most creatives. Some creatives don’t even have enough time left to actually be creative. Are you ready to start thinking like a Project Manager?

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Process Software 44

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 26, 2023

Think about the projects you’re working on. Stefan finds it harder to gather his thoughts, hear positive feedback or think collaboratively. These approach emotions are a prerequisite for successful project delivery because they enable us to collaborate, think about how to be creative at work and to be highly productive.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

It’s not a silver bullet, but it can give you some structure to creatively solve problems while also making your value visible and your goals clear. Why do you think they failed in your experience? I am thinking of “The Dangers of the 5 Whys” and the advantages of systems thinking instead of reductionist cause-effect models.

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Influencer SCRUM Agile Defining 157

Scrum.org

DECEMBER 4, 2023

These principles are influenced by, but not directly related to, contemporary approaches to organizational management and work methodologies such as Agile, Lean Thinking, Design Thinking, Systems Thinking, Management 3.0, and beyond. Below are ten principles universally applicable to all Evidence-Based Leaders.

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Leadership Technical Review Lean Sustainability 185

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 13, 2023

However, this is a puzzle piece that could make a difference in how much time a Scrum Team wastes and how creative they are. What is Design Thinking all about? Design Thinking is a user-centered method for creative problem solving. How can Design Thinking help us to create better User Stories?

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

It highlighted the evolution of project thinking to product thinking. The titles are ultimately a description of previous thinking. In the past, I have always talked about Product Ownership being the intersection between solution and problem space - technology and the business. From work to value.

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Productivity Land

APRIL 23, 2024

Think of it as the most valuable player on your tech team. This isn’t about stifling the creative process or putting up barriers to innovation. Instead, it’s about providing a structured way to channel your team’s creative energy while keeping an eye on potential pitfalls.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Without an entrepreneurial mindset, it's hard to navigate challenges with creativity. Thinking in small bets is the key to having a winning product mindset. Leveraging team insights in stakeholder discussions drives creativity, problem-solving, and faster adaptation to change.

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The IIL Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

And what about “thinking outside the box”? AI excels at processing existing data and patterns, but it may struggle with creative problem-solving and thinking outside predefined algorithms. There are still key areas where human involvement is not only necessary but crucial: Ethical, Social and Cultural considerations.

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Risk Management Risk Controlling Artificial Inteligence 162

Project Bliss

JULY 30, 2019

The Osborn Parnes creative problem-solving process is a structured way to generate creative and innovative ways to address problems. By bringing creativity into the approach, you can get an even better variety of potential solutions and ideas. Benefits of Using Creative Problem Solving. which is still taught today.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

It's interesting to think about Agile in the context of Ecocycle Planning. Creative Destruction: hopefully, it was in Maturity at some point. It is based on the cycle of life. ? Activities continuously flow through the Ecocycle. But they can also get stuck in the traps. This is where innovation or evolution stops.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Challenges provoke creativity and simplicity. Goals should encourage dynamic thinking and new approaches. The OBJECTIVE Framework is more than just a goal-setting tool; it's a mindset that encourages balance, innovation, and strategic thinking. Goals should stretch your capabilities but remain achievable.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 20, 2022

And we all know that collaboration is an element of innovation and creativity. One way is to remind yourself or your team what the outcome is, by providing this context the work is more likely to empower the team to make creative, innovative decisions rather than do planning once and then get going, alone.

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Wrike

APRIL 16, 2024

We’ll start with ideation and creative blocks that inhibit productivity and efficiency. Try Wrike for free Wrikers get creative with the power of AI tools We’ve all been there: you have a task to complete and getting started is proving very difficult. Creative blocks can suck a huge amount of time from your day.

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nTask

JUNE 17, 2021

According to a world-renowned Author and psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi : “Creativity is any act, idea, or product that changes an existing domain, or that transforms an existing domain into a new one… What counts is whether the novelty he or she produces is accepted for inclusion in the domain.”. What is Creativity? Let’s begin.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 11, 2023

More things to think about come from Marty Cagan's “Inspired” book. The Business Model Canvas gives you additional things to think about [link] In order to be successful, a product must be: Feasible: your engineers must be capable of building it. counter intuitive thinking: “ The above things don’t solve any risks ”.

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Planio

APRIL 8, 2024

Time blocking is incredibly popular with analytical, administrative, and creative workers, where constant distractions stop them from progressing. But, even time blocking a small section of the day can make a huge difference to anyone , helping them stay on top of the to-do list, become more creative , or do some big-picture planning.

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Energy Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Finance 88