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Project Management-4: Balancing Control and Empowerment
We’ve arrived at the heart of the action—the part the team loves the most: the execution phase. This is where confidence runs high and everyone starts working based on a shared understanding. For the project manager, this stage is both satisfying and, frankly, a bit painful. The joy lies in seeing the plan finally come
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Project Management-3: Germans
I once watched a debate on TV about why we’re no longer a country of innovation—why we can’t compete with the U.S. The answer is simple: it’s our German-ness. One of the most defining traits of Germans is their obsession with planning. Everything must be predictable, everything must be systematic, and the system must function
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Project Management-2: The Importance of Project Initiation and How It Applies to Daily Life
When we talk about project initiation, we’re really asking:What will be done? How will it be done? Who will do it? With what? For whom? What happens if we don’t do it? If we do it, will the world be saved? Will poverty end? Will orphans smile? Will crime drop? Will people finally recognize their
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Project Management-1: Save the World
A new series is coming but this time not overloading like before. Just 10 posts for it. The theme? Project management. Until now, I’ve written and reflected on all sorts of different topics.This time, I thought I’d write about something related to my earlier work, my profession. I want to share the experience. Maybe I
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How to know yourself-79: The Final
The End of a Journey — Reflections and Closing Thoughts I’m sharing the final post in this series, bringing this journey to a close. The whole series you can find here: How to know yourself – bahadirhancicek My initial reason for starting this series was to ask myself these questions, reflect on what they really
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How to Know Yourself-78: Embrace Change Today
A New Year’s Mindset — But Why Wait for a New Year? Even though this post’s title refers to the new year, the new year is still months away.But I chose this framing because we can treat any day as a new beginning — and because we’re approaching the end of this self-discovery series. I
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