Posts by Peter Walzer
Episode 2: Tap Dancing with Lynda Burns
Lynda describes an incredibly interesting career progression from driving a double-decker bus in London to various project management and senior management experiences, and, finally, to her current role focused on helping others learn about effective project management. Along the way, she has always managed to maintain a focus on the welfare of others. For more…
Read MoreFrederick Taylor Strikes Again
In Peter Cappelli’s September article Stop Overengineering People Management in Harvard Business Review, Mr. Cappelli reminds us that “the long march toward enlightened management is typically seen as beginning in the 1930s, when researchers and, more important, corporate leaders began to abandon the assumption that workers should be treated like machines.” I can’t…
Read MoreEpisode 1: A conversation with David Schiller (A Consulting “Lifer”)
Peter sits down with David Schiller, who recently retired from PriceWaterhouseCoopers after almost 24 years. David reflects on life lessons that came along the way of many years of demanding projects and a life on the road. For more information about Blue Globe Group: Contact Us. To Sign up for Blue Globe’s BiWeekly Newsletter: Sign…
Read MoreWhat About A Sane Society?
Photo by Akhila Katuri on Unsplash What does it mean to be living in a society that is sane? I know I am not the only one wondering and worrying about how much longer we can all sustain a society that is in a state very few would say resembles sanity. So, with this in mind,…
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