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Being Positive

by Alec Satin

This morning I found myself once again taking a negative tone in a conversation. A coworker was speaking to me about the benefits of life in Australia over the United States. When I came to myself I realized that I was again spouting facts and figures about the declining US Middle Class (see here, here, or here). All these things may be true. But who likes a pontificator? I sure don’t want to be one.
Negativity as an indicator
When I catch myself holding negativity in a conversation, I’m usually feeling indignation at an injustice being done to some group of people.
This [...]

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I am Winston Wolfe. I Solve Problems.

by Alec Satin

Harvey Keitel’s performance as Winston Wolfe in Pulp Fiction inspires me to be a better leader…

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6 Lessons on Leadership from Captain Bligh

by Alec Satin

Observing some of the actions and attitudes of the cold, hard Captain William Bligh can provide you with a measure to use against your own behavior as a project manager.

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Manage Your Least Favorite Stakeholder

by Alec Satin

“Stakeholder Management” is one of those terms that could easily be removed from our project management vocabulary. The next time you hear it in conversation imagine that what was really said was “stakeholder manipulation”. Would the sentence still make sense?
People are smart. Manipulation seldom works in the long run, and especially in complicated group endeavors like most technology projects.
Stakeholder as Enemy
When did it become acceptable to have an US versus THEM attitude in regard to our stakeholders? I remember counseling a fellow project manager about a web content project he was managing. The gist of the conversation was how bad [...]

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The People Who Have Changed My Life

by Alec Satin

As I look back on my life, how surprised I am to see so many loving human beings who have believed in me. In the most challenging times they’ve been there – caring, supporting and holding a vision of my highest expression.
Back in the old days (the 1990s), people would sometimes talk about their family of choice. My family of choice includes my birth family. It also includes other strong, meaningful, cherished connections for which no word in English that I know of can describe.
There’s an old Hasidic tale which says that there are 17 parts to [...]

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