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A Project Manager’s Game Plan for Dealing with Incurable Cancer Introduction and About the Author I’m Carl Pritchard. I have stage four cancer, diagnosed in 2021. It’s a cancer of the lung and neuroendocrine cancer of the liver. I will never forget my…
There’s an old adage: In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. It comes from the 1500’s and the proverbs of a gentleman named Erasmus. (Actually, it originated in Latin: in regione caecorum rex est luscus). It suggests that individuals who…
As we ring in a new year, I reflect back on some of the best advice I’ve received this decade. It came from my chiropractor, of all people. I was stunned on my last visit to his office when he said something you don’t believe you’ll ever he…
As the year draws to a close, I find myself reviewing the good news of the past year, and some of the best advice I’ve received. One of the true gems from this year comes from my oncologist, who informs me my cancer prognosis remains solid. I’m s…
Carl Pritchard, PMP®, PMI-RMP® You never know that tomorrow might be the best day of your entire life. That quote is from my mother, MaryBeth Hoon Pritchard. She was (God rest her soul) the most profound influence on my life, particularly in my youth….
Oh, would that he was so easy to identify. Stealthily creeping through our projects, leaving as little trace as possible, the scope creep is definitely one of the major villains of our project stories. Amazingly, he’s easy to spot IF (and i…
(and a shameless plug for a book and an August PMI Training class) By Carl Pritchard, PMI-RMP®, PMP® Good luck with that. Nothing in life is risk-free. I wanted to build a patio in my backyard, using native rock for the hardscaping and wint…
For the past year, each day as I walk my dog, I have stopped in the same location and taken a picture from precisely the same angle. The beauty of the experience is that no two pictures are alike. In fact, some don’t look anything like the…
Happy New Year! The Charcuterie Project Last week, my lovely wife, Nancy informed me that we were responsible for the New Year’s Day charcuterie board for her mother’s lunch. Having never made one, I dove into research on what qualifies to be on…
What’s the next trend in business thinking? If you answered, “Artificial Intelligence”, you are both right and the receiver of self-fulfilling prophecy. We are constantly asking ourselves what’s coming next when we should already know the a…
I write this on November 21, 2024. It is one week until Thanksgiving in the States and I am gearing up for the big event like a sports star revving up for the big game. Tomorrow is a major league shopping day. Turkey! Pure Maple Syrup…
Carl Pritchard is considered a leading authority on risk and communications management and presents on a variety of management topics, ranging from project essentials to the complexities of network diagramming and team motivation.
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