Back at the Office: Time Management 2.0
Decision fatigue, affective forecasting, and multitasking are continually working against our day. Any attempt to improve our time use must…
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Back at the Office: Time Management 2.0
Multitasking
Many people assume that the mark of an expert time manager is the ability to multitask. In fact, nothing could…
Case Study: Decision Fatigue
Three men serving time in an Israeli prison appear before a parole board. The three prisoners have completed most of…
The Brain: Our Time Management “Frenemy”
When it comes to time management, the brain is both our greatest asset and worst liability. Humans are the only…
Making Time for Innovation
The research is clear: the brain needs time to innovate. Unfortunately, time is a project manager’s most precious commodity—and it’s…
The Clustering Technique
Immediately after the brainwriting session, copy all ideas to sticky notes. Participants, either as a group or individually, should begin…
The Pin Card Method
Divide everyone into groups of five to eight. Each participant gets a stack of index cards or index card-size sticky…
The Pool Method
Divide everyone into groups of 10 or fewer. Each participant gets a form with the problem statement written at the…
The 6-3-5 Method
(6-3-5 means six in a group/three ideas per round/five minutes per round) Divide everyone into groups of about six. Too…
Back at the Office: Brainstorming 2.0
So what can project managers do to encourage innovation on project teams? Surely, the moral of the story is not…