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		<title>My new favourite software</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Clayton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not long ago, I did a round up of online project management software.  Since then I have discovered a great team collaboration tool. It is not strictly project management software, but it is a great asset to any team collaborating &#8230; <a href="http://mikeclayton.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/my-new-favourite-software/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikeclayton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7908947&amp;post=1110&amp;subd=mikeclayton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Brilliant Project Leader Interview with Guerrilla Project Management</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Clayton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brilliant Project Leader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Team Leadership]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago I was interviewed by Samad Aidane for his excellent Guerrilla Project Management blog.  Samad was interviewing me about my latest book, Brilliant Project Leader. Samad was a thoughtful and patient interviewer who had prepared well. &#8230; <a href="http://mikeclayton.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/brilliant-project-leader-interview-with-guerrilla-project-management/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikeclayton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7908947&amp;post=1062&amp;subd=mikeclayton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Team Creativity</title>
		<link>http://mikeclayton.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/team-creativity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Clayton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Teams]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jack Goncalo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[narceissistic]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How can you get a team to be more creative.  It takes all sorts, they say, but one sort is particularly valuable to creativity… as long as there are two of them. Narcissists Narcissists can be flamboyant, gregarious, even exhibitionist.  &#8230; <a href="http://mikeclayton.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/team-creativity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikeclayton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7908947&amp;post=1046&amp;subd=mikeclayton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Second book on Project Management</title>
		<link>http://mikeclayton.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/second-book-on-project-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Clayton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brilliant Project Leader]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The advance copies of Brilliant Project Leader arrived on Tuesday morning and they are looking excellent. It will be published today, 17 November, and Amazon UK are promising availability from 23 November. It has its own dedicated website at: Brilliant &#8230; <a href="http://mikeclayton.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/second-book-on-project-management/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikeclayton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7908947&amp;post=1038&amp;subd=mikeclayton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Falling off the Curve: Six Ways your Change Project can Fail</title>
		<link>http://mikeclayton.wordpress.com/2011/11/16/falling-off-the-curve-six-ways-your-change-project-can-fail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Clayton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Change Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resistance to Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Building Commitment to Organizational Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daryl Connor]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many different articulations of most models, and the Patterson-Connor Commitment Curve is no different.  What is different is that it is hard to be sure what the original looks like. I like to read the original papers that &#8230; <a href="http://mikeclayton.wordpress.com/2011/11/16/falling-off-the-curve-six-ways-your-change-project-can-fail/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikeclayton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7908947&amp;post=1027&amp;subd=mikeclayton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Online Project Management Software</title>
		<link>http://mikeclayton.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/online-project-management-software/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Clayton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was asked by a delegate at an open Practical Project management seminar for a recommendation for a cloud-based project management software solution.  I see lots of adverts and get lots of emails.  I store them but do not have &#8230; <a href="http://mikeclayton.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/online-project-management-software/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikeclayton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7908947&amp;post=1010&amp;subd=mikeclayton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Risk Potential Assessment</title>
		<link>http://mikeclayton.wordpress.com/2011/10/18/risk-potential-assessment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Clayton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Identifying Risk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk Management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UK Government’s Major Projects Authority (MPA) has published its Assurance Toolkit with a particularly useful risk management tool. Risk Potential Review A Risk Potential Review (RPR) is a structured analysis across the various aspects of your project, to gain &#8230; <a href="http://mikeclayton.wordpress.com/2011/10/18/risk-potential-assessment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikeclayton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7908947&amp;post=1001&amp;subd=mikeclayton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Brilliant Project Leader</title>
		<link>http://mikeclayton.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/brilliant-project-leader/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Clayton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brilliant Project Leader]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The publication date for Brilliant Project Leader has just been advanced by another week and Amazon UK are estimating availability from between 15 and 17 November. However, there are already some advance sales and people are no doubt taking advantage &#8230; <a href="http://mikeclayton.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/brilliant-project-leader/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikeclayton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7908947&amp;post=993&amp;subd=mikeclayton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Initiative Overload and Project Prioritisation</title>
		<link>http://mikeclayton.wordpress.com/2011/09/20/initiative-overload-and-project-prioritisation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Clayton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Failure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[initiative overload]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[loss aversion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[patronage]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rudi Burkhard posted a comment on a LinkedIn forum that caught my attention. Rudi advocates for reducing the number of projects that an organisation does.  His argument &#8211; which I completely buy on experiential grounds in the absence of systematic &#8230; <a href="http://mikeclayton.wordpress.com/2011/09/20/initiative-overload-and-project-prioritisation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikeclayton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7908947&amp;post=977&amp;subd=mikeclayton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Project Management Qualifications</title>
		<link>http://mikeclayton.wordpress.com/2011/09/06/project-management-qualifications/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 09:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Clayton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not for the first time, I got an email from someone who attended one of my Practical Project Management seminars, asking about project management qualifications. I wrote a blog a while ago called “How do I become a Project Manager?” &#8230; <a href="http://mikeclayton.wordpress.com/2011/09/06/project-management-qualifications/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikeclayton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7908947&amp;post=967&amp;subd=mikeclayton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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