Comments on: Substitute Fast Learning for Brilliant Planning http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2003/05/12/171/ The magazine for the project age Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:06:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Hal Macomber http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2003/05/12/171/#comment-358 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2003/05/12/171/#comment-358 I think there's a predisposition for brilliant planning in our managing commonsense. Pfeffer's advice moves us away from the today's sensibility towards the practicality of more are smarter than one and the world is uncertain. Let's try giving learning an emphasis for awhile. BTW, if you haven't yet read Purple Cow you owe it to yourself to do so. I reread it on my flight to the Future of Coaching conference. Seth's distinction on 'remarkability' applies equally well to project teams and leadership as it does to marketing. I think there’s a predisposition for brilliant planning in our managing commonsense. Pfeffer’s advice moves us away from the today’s sensibility towards the practicality of more are smarter than one and the world is uncertain. Let’s try giving learning an emphasis for awhile.

BTW, if you haven’t yet read Purple Cow you owe it to yourself to do so. I reread it on my flight to the Future of Coaching conference. Seth’s distinction on ‘remarkability’ applies equally well to project teams and leadership as it does to marketing.

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