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THE DARK SIDE OF MANAGEMENT


Hero-villains have been around pop culture for a long, long time, proving that bad behavior can be powerfully fascinating.

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TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE  & ORGANIZATION


This post is autonomous but can be seen as a complement to my previous post technology & organization. I treat here the dynamic aspect of the relation between technology & organization in industrial companies.

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TECHNOLOGY & ORGANIZATION


Medium & large industrial companies (oil & gas, telecoms, pharmaceuticals, equipment manufacturing, automotive…) tend to have different structures. Let’s see why.

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BRING IN THE SUCCESSOR


This post analyzes the unforeseen bureaucratic effect brought by managerial succession.

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SOME PROJECT MANAGEMENT  STRATEGIC ALIGNMENTS


This post reviews the main misalignments Project Management may suffer within a company.

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PROJECT MANAGERS AS CHANGE AGENTS


The rationalizing of the Project Manager’s role & responsibilities has somehow both improved & hindered some of the key aspects of project management.

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INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATIONS: LET'S GET PERSONAL


It is easy to fall in the trap of the cultural stereotype when negotiating internationally. Do not let it ruin your “date”.

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SCHEDULING & BUSINESS MATURITY


Scheduling is omnipresent in business. All functions use it, from manufacturing & supply to strategy & finance. Unfortunately, scheduling is like a gremlin: If you don’t master it, soon this nice little gizmo will turn itself into a beast wreaking havoc.

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INSTITUTIONAL LEADERSHIP


In this post you can read “organization” & “environment” not only as they are (a company within its environment) but also as a subgroup within a group.

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THE ROOTS OF GENERAL MANAGEMENT


A century ago, in 1916, while WWI was raging, Henri Fayol, who was 75 years old and still at the head of a mining corporation, published his General & industrial management, the 110-page founding book of modern business management.

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11 TIPS ON LEADING BEHAVIOR


To lead, you must have an efficient method of investigating the social conditions surrounding you. If the check is correct, the way forward to act will naturally show itself.

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LEAN MANAGEMENT


Apart from a 1-year Japanese evening class in my last year of engineering school, and a trolleybus project

for Mexico with Japan-based Mitsubishi as customer, my Japanese fluency remains meagre but few words have stayed, thanks to lean management

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HOLACRACY


For those unfamiliar with the latter term, holacracy is one of the latest & hotest models of organizational structure.

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MANAGING COMPLEX CHANGE: IS THAT IT ?


We all have seen this slide passed on inkedin a few times with many likes on it, or elsewhere.

Yet, due to an apparently “classic” bug with the comment button, I could not reply. So here it is.

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HOW TO USE / DESIGN A MATURITY MODEL


A maturity model is a powerful tool that enables a company to self-assess & to build a strong basis for its optimal growth. Don’t go changing your company without one.

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BASIC CONCEPTS part3 - PROJECT

Why Pyramids, Daruma & Eskimos matter


 This post is the last of a series of three posts in which we will overview the basic definitions, yet sometimes not so well applied, of Portfolio, Program & Project management.

 

We focus here on the bottom layer:

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BASIC CONCEPTS part2 - PROGRAM

Why Pyramids, Daruma & Eskimos matter


This post is the second of a series of three posts in which we will overview the basic definitions, yet sometimes not so well applied, of Portfolio, Program & Project management.

 

We focus here on the middle layer:

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BASIC CONCEPTS part1 - PORTFOLIO

Why Pyramids, Daruma & Eskimos matter


This post is the first of a series of three posts in which we will overview the basic definitions, yet sometimes not so well applied, of Portfolio, Program & Project management.

 

We focus here on the top layer:

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