Update on the Essentials 1-8 to lead change
Thank you to the Maypop community who helped refine the Maypop Essentials 1-8 Toolkit! As mentioned when we initially introduced these,...
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- Nov 7
- 4 min
Maypop Learning - Be Helpful and Get Out of the Way
Two goals. Be helpful and get out of the way. Goals? Themes? Guardrails? You get the idea. Coming up with the first Maypop Learning...
- Oct 30
- 3 min
Getting ready to stay ready? Scary!
“Are you ready?” Terrifying question sometimes! Leap to say yes, cringe to say no, a fact vs feeling web trapping us in to...
- Aug 31
- 3 min
First look: Maypop Essentials 1-8
Bringing a combination of change leadership disciplines together, we’re building a starter kit of essentials to leading progress with...
- Mar 16
- 6 min
You can't delegate leadership
I had a conversation several months ago with a junior leader who had taken on an experienced and senior professional team, and she...
- Jan 12
- 2 min
Show your work: Regenerative Project Management
Operational finance, project management and consulting have been the backbone of my career, strengthened with teaching. Change...
- Jan 3
- 3 min
Are you a regenerative PM?
Regenerative project management is the adaptive application of every relevant discipline to extend benefit derived from a project through...
- Dec 14, 2022
- 5 min
Authenticity comes from working on yourself: Here’s a global framework to do it
Authentic change leaders know that readiness for change experiences makes change stick. Sticky change makes progress. Most of the time...
- Dec 8, 2022
- 3 min
Baking Troll Bread - Making with memories
I'm not a baker. I’m a maker. That’s why I love this bread I made this morning. It’s a made item, never to be made again, my own...
- Oct 11, 2022
- 4 min
Fall 2022 Curated PM Links
I admit it, I get overwhelmed. Sometimes I just need a minimalist approach to what I need to know and when. I’m also a fan of using...
- Aug 28, 2022
- 7 min
The PMBoK 7th Edition difference - principled portal, not prescribed process
I strongly suggest that any change maker out there who wants to get something done to make change in the world invest in access to the...
- Aug 12, 2022
- 4 min
15 Truths
In my “Why this and why now'' post, I opened with three fundamental truths about right now. There's no one right way to do anything....
- Aug 8, 2022
- 2 min
Maypop? What is this content?
These are tactics, applications of concepts, and examples of how to get things done in a wide range of situations. I'm sharing with you...
- Jul 1, 2022
- 3 min
Maypop Grove 2022 - Why this and why now?
I've been struggling. I think a lot of us have been in the industry of delivering change. Professional consultants, professional project...
- Sep 27, 2019
- 13 min
Declare war on perfectionism
Serious, battle lines and weaponry war. Not kidding, it is the most toxic thing we are breathing in right now, more than pollution or...
- May 20, 2019
- 4 min
Change Management Dos and Don'ts - LEADing Excellence May Meeting Recap
Change management—topic for the month for project management professionals everywhere, fitting for spring to summer, and fitting also for...
- Feb 14, 2019
- 5 min
PM Valentine: team leadership through service and empowerment
Cheesy, I know, but headlines are a struggle for me sometimes. There’s a group of us, students, friends, colleagues, a community of...
- Feb 4, 2019
- 3 min
Binge-watching for project managers
Project management is a curiosity business, and we need a constant stream of new ideas to keep us on our toes. But learning new...
- Jun 29, 2018
- 6 min
A graduation letter: Look good in the hat that's on your head and other PM words to live by
Last week we celebrated the graduates of UW's continuing education certificate programs, including those of you who rocked it to receive...
- Feb 9, 2018
- 4 min
GreenBiz 2018: Kick start your sustainability journey with 6 take-to-heart facts
GreenBiz 2018 just wrapped up in beautiful Phoenix, Arizona and as usual, this conference on bringing business and environmental and...
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