People And Projects Podcast: Project Management Podcast

I have to tell you, I greatly enjoyed reading Peter Sims' book Little Bets and talking with him over the phone. Frankly, I enjoyed it far more than I expected. I expected it to be a book about innovation, and it is. But there are so many lessons in it that apply to all of us who desire to deliver projects and lead teams. In this special premium edition, I want to share some coaching for you based on lessons from Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries. First, the big idea of the book is to stop trying to hit the home run, to figure it all out up front, to completely understand everything before you take the first step. Some of those who seem to make success seem effortless start small and iterate instead of trying to get it all correct from the start. One of the objections I often hear about project management is that it presupposes that you can figure out everything up front and then you execute against that plan. That's why project management doesn't work, according to that mindse