Christopher Moskwa

@christopher-moskwa

The world doesn’t need better ideas—it needs leaders who can keep people, priorities, and information flowing toward a shared outcome. I am a strategic project leader specializing in cross-functional integration, ethical decision-making, schedule recovery, and delivery of technically complex work where creative vision, operational reality, budget accountability, and immovable deadlines must coexist.

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bdarfler

Real strategy means choosing between two good options and accepting all the consequences--even the painful ones you don't like.

Another excellent strategy article from Jason Cohen

Extensive research shows that when employees get hands-on managerial support, they perform better than when they’re left to their own device

#micromanagement #team management #leadership styles #leadership strategy

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans the biological, physical, and social sciences.

#creativity #design #science #national academy of sciences

There’s a fine line to walk between writing a book that argues that our mental state is surprisingly powerful, and writing a book that argues that if you ask the universe for a gift, the univ…

#books #david robson #the expectation effect

Researchers have discovered ancient Roman concrete-manufacturing strategies that incorporated self-healing. Applying this knowledge toward modern cement production, they hope to improve the material’s environmental impact.

#concrete #construction materials

bdarfler

Although most great managers want to recognize their people, the challenge, which has only been made more difficult in the hybrid world, is finding meaningful things to recognize them for. The limitation to our typical approach to praise is that we can only recognize what we see, observe, or learn about from others and our recognition focuses on what we appreciate, which is not always what others want to be appreciated for. This is why it is important for leaders to add a new technique to their management repertoire: reflective recognition, an inquiry-based approach where an individual or group is invited to reflect on and share what they are proud of and why.

You don’t have to be a mind reader, just ask what folks are excited about or proud of and celebrate it!

Late video game boss said the words every employee wants to hear.

#leadership #layoffs

Helping people to perform at their imperfect but brilliant best is an exercise in sensitivity rather than speed.

#disruptive leadership #forbes #phil lewis #project management #team management

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#disruptive leadership #stetson university #continuing education #project management

Really useful imagine when trying to account for risk in a schedule.

From: http://www.projectperfect.com.au/info_schedule_slippage_root_cause_reviewed.php

#scheduling #project management #project slip #risk adjustment #Project risk

Physicist Richard Feynman once said, “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.” One way we fool

Emotions are everywhere, even at work. It might be tempting to hide them — but you can use them to your advantage.

#project management #emotional intelligence #mangement #constructive criticism

theprojectmanager-blog

Oh yes. This is how we begin.

Appropriate cleaning crews and the proper scheduling there of is critical for the successful install of more than just AV. I will always be confused on why schedules are not vetted by a variety of stakeholders before construction is underway. Time inflation is real, scope creep is real but forcing vendors to damage assets is needless.

#construction management #dust free #scheduling #vendor management

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