Jan 12, 2016 | Portland, Startups, Strategy, Uncategorized, Work
A couple of weeks ago, I discussed using the concept of project milestones in unpredictable creative project like starting a business. This post is a quick follow-up and shout-out to our mentors at TenX in Portland, who have cleverly built a whole program that helps... 
Dec 22, 2015 | Cardsmith, Creativity, Design, Productivity, Products, Project management, Strategy, Thinking tools, Uncategorized, Work
In the first part of this series, I explored using agile project milestones for creative endeavors. In this case, we’re using that term to broadly describe projects that need to be planned and tracked, but perhaps aren’t as concrete or knowable as projects that... 
Dec 15, 2015 | Cardsmith, Productivity, Project management, Strategy, Thinking tools, Uncategorized, Work
At Cardsmith, we spend a lot of time thinking about project management. I’m not just referring to making project management faster, more responsive, and more rewarding. We also reflect on what it means to “manage” a project and, beyond that, how we define and... 
Aug 5, 2015 | Cardsmith, Productivity
This time budget exercise will help you more proactively make the most of the most valuable resource we all have–both in life and work. As a startup CEO, I play many roles in my business – from marketing to sales, from product manager to human resources...