Todays post is different, because for the first time I have a guest contributor. At our Toastmasters meeting today I was speaking to my friend

Introduction January 25th was the birthday of Robert Burns, Scotland’s National Bard. 263 years ago, Robert Burns was born in Alloway, Scotland, into humble circumstances,

Introduction The Greatest Generation! Who were they and why should we care? I would like to look at them from a particular perspective; that of

Introduction The battle of Stamford Bridge took place on the 25th of September. For football fans (soccer), I am not talking about Manchester City’s victory

Introduction Our two year old granddaughter’s favorite phrase is “Wha Sat?” (What is that?) We can learn much from our young children. They are brimming

Introduction Last month I had the privilege of presenting the topic of The Tay Bridge Disaster at a PMI Houston chapter meeting. In preparing for

Introduction The Brooklyn Bridge was opened on the 24th of May 1883 and the first person to cross the bridge in a carriage was Emily

Introduction As I studied this topic, I realized that there is a vast amount of information available. I am currently reading Diane Vaughan’s book “Challenger

Introduction This month is the 40th anniversary of the first successful space shuttle mission. NASA’s post Apollo program. On the 12th of April 1981, the

As I watch my mother-in-law prepare dinner to celebrate Chinese New Year, (technically it is the lunar new year since it is not just the

Introduction Theodore Roosevelt was born in New York in 1858, to a wealthy family  but was plagued by ill-health, suffering from severe asthma. A very

Introduction In my previous Post we looked at the potential effect of failing to act (or appearing to) ethically on our careers. Captain Rostron was

Introduction On the night of the 14th/15th of April 1912, one of the most famous maritime tragedies occurred. The unsinkable White Star Liner the Titanic

Introduction As the young United States republic developed, it was not clear whether it was going to survive. It took the crisis of a civil

Introduction Last week I was wondering what the next blog topic would be. I was thinking about “Likability”, and then I thought about “Truthfulness”, and

Introduction Here we go with another Average blog post. Last week we looked at how we arrived at the average world we live in, but

Introduction There is no such thing as an average project, they are all different. DUH!  of course! We may think that but, much of our

Introduction On the evening of the 28th of December 1879, a violent storm brought down a section of the new Tay rail bridge, taking with

Introduction Around 7:00 in the evening John Watt struggles through the worst storm he can remember to visit his friend Thomas Barclay, the signalman at

Introduction Project Managers, like all human beings do not want to think that their success is due to luck. After all we are PMPs1, or