(for Paul) Leary’s Rose is a model for characterising communication and behaviour – it is therefore intrinsically a social, interpersonal model. The model is constructed with two axes and four quadrants, with each quadrant being further subdivided into two parts. Read more…
Category: Project Management
In (project) portfolio management theory, there are ample publications that will teach you how to make rational decisions about what projects to pursue and which proposals to forego. Such publications are often heavily biased toward spreadsheet-supported models full of number Read more…
Some guidelines from Thomas Cromwell, as literatured by Hilary Mantel: On the collection and use of sensitive information (think: dealing with hidden agendas): “He knows how to watch. He knows how to listen. He knows how to send a message encrypted, Read more…
Action speaks louder than words, or so the saying goes. But there is a category of actions that you can only perform by speaking certain words. Such words or phrases are called ‘performative utterances’, or ‘performatives’ in short. Think of Read more…