Seeking Coastal Utopia

“four person fist bumping” by rawpixel on  Unsplash Project management is all about executing projects and completing actions. Success is not possible without a robust plan to manage the accountability of people that own particular tasks. In a previous post, we described simple project management as being who does what by when . The second part of the “simple” project management is to focus on the requirements of getting the WHO to do the WHAT by WHEN to generate the successful outcome of the expected results. When it is due. The key? Communication. Often. Early and often. There you go, that’s the trick. Seriously, there is nothing else. Okay, maybe that is a little too global. Too ephemeral. We assume people know how to communicate and do it effectively. No, we are humans and we are train wrecks. Messy, messy, messy . You communicate clear expectations based on the owner. WHO . They know they own it, and there is no question that they own it. In this, we as...

I started my career in the military, working on avionics for the United States Marine Corps Harrier AV-8B Night Attack program (VMA-211 ).  In avionics, you quickly learn that feedback is a bad thing. Its negative connotation stems from electronic sound distortion caused by a signal input from the same device, the electronic noise (squeal) that you experience from a microphone being too close to a speaker of the same source.  The most entertaining example form of system feedback is best managed by The Culps as they set-up to start singing to a medley of songs (not the pros, but close enough!) Alas, the real feedback is good. The intent of feedback is to reinforce good behavior and is the easiest way to learn how to provide feedback.  Look for others doing good around you, recognize that good action, and reinforce these actions with positive feedback, which will lead to that good action being repeated in the future.  That positive reinforcement form of feedbac...