1 October 2010 1:49 pm

What Project Managers and Business Leaders Can Learn From Branch Rickey

Brach Rickey

With the baseball’s playoff season fast approaching, it is worth a moment to consider how the best get to be the best.  It’s no accident.
Most people know (Wesley) Branch Rickey, the legendary baseball manager and general manager being most known for helping break the color barrier in baseball back in 1940’s, when as General Manager for the Brooklyn Dodgers he signed Jackie Robinson who ultimately became the first African American to play professional major league baseball.
What many do not know is one of his other contributions to baseball, and something that should be well studied, especially in the business world.   Read More

Written by Vasily Klimko
on 1 October 2010 1:49 pm

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27 July 2010 12:36 am

Why Tony Hayward Will Never Play Carnegie Hall

Carnegie Hall NYC

We all know the old saying, “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?”

Answer: Practice, practice, practice.

U.S. President Barack Obama often likes to talk about, “teachable moments.”  In the end, the demise of BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico is probably going to provide enough lessons learned to fill an entire university, complete with a broad array of subjects.

What can project managers learn from this disaster?  In short, plenty.

Whether or not you’re going into unchartered waters (no pun intended), if your project is mission critical  Read More

Written by Vasily Klimko
on 27 July 2010 12:36 am

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