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Sometimes I wonder if we are too success oriented. In other words, we as project managers feel that we have failed if our projects fail in anyway, and we define ourselves by project success and project failure. This reminds me of children in school striving all the time to get perfect grades. The problem with this is that sometimes failures produce our greatest successes. Do we have a project management expectation that acknowledges that?

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Thomas Edison was the quintessential mistake maker. He believed that the more mistakes he made, the more wrong answers and wrong solutions he could eliminate and, therefore, the closer he came to the correct solution to his problems. In management and on projects, on one hand, we seek to minimize mistakes but it is important to recognize when “mistakes” can actually be beneficial and produce positive outcomes. Indeed, we should not be afraid to make mistakes but rather should try to control and leverage the process. The project portfolio management process is an ideal place to formally do this.

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Innovation has become quite a buzzword in recent years. It is an important asset for organizations and teams that have it, and is something to be sought after by those who do not. Many think that the occurrence of innovation in an organization is directly proportional to the feeling of security in that organization. Let’s explore.

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Making mistakes is not only human; it is an immutable law of nature. No matter what anybody does or says, mistakes will happen along the way – by you, me, and others. It is how we accept this fact and handle them that provides us the opportunity to show our character and skill as leaders.

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Leadership and management are not entirely different, but they are different in many ways. Comparing leadership and management is more accurately the comparison of a combination of strong leadership and management skill with a level of management skill where the leadership component is missing. It is a difficult comparison to make explicitly, but examples in real life abound!

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