Comments on: Thinking with Your Gut Redux http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2002/11/09/62/ The magazine for the project age Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:42:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Hal http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2002/11/09/62/#comment-409 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2002/11/09/62/#comment-409 I think you're right about it being a hard sell. Even with a good track record we live in a world where we've been taught to be rational. But remember I have been talking about the implications for project managers. I don't know enough about making the big pitch to a board of directors to make any claims about that. I find my inklings are some of the most creative thoughts I have. I didn't use to give myself permission to speak these often off-the-wall ideas. Then I decided what the hell. I say it and ask others what positive they saw in it. (Most people won't just shoot me down in the face of my ivitation.) I also invited people to build on my crazy idea. The experience was always positive. Often we would end at a place that was actionable. In all cases we learned. So I started inviting others to express their crazy thoughts. I take the disposition in project meetings to tease ideas out of people. People generally like both the interest in them and the openness to wild ideas. I don't see how we can loose AND imagine how much fun projects might be if we make it a habit! 8) I think you’re right about it being a hard sell. Even with a good track record we live in a world where we’ve been taught to be rational. But remember I have been talking about the implications for project managers. I don’t know enough about making the big pitch to a board of directors to make any claims about that.

I find my inklings are some of the most creative thoughts I have. I didn’t use to give myself permission to speak these often off-the-wall ideas. Then I decided what the hell. I say it and ask others what positive they saw in it. (Most people won’t just shoot me down in the face of my ivitation.) I also invited people to build on my crazy idea. The experience was always positive. Often we would end at a place that was actionable. In all cases we learned.

So I started inviting others to express their crazy thoughts. I take the disposition in project meetings to tease ideas out of people. People generally like both the interest in them and the openness to wild ideas. I don’t see how we can loose AND imagine how much fun projects might be if we make it a habit! 8)

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