Neal Whitten's Let's Talk! More No-Nonsense Advice for Project Success

CHAPTER 22

Promoting Change in Your Organization

“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change.

—Charles Darwin, English naturalist

Bringing ideas back to your team and organization

Q22.1	I occasionally attend project management conferences, classes, and seminars. Do I have a duty to bring ideas back to the office?
A22.1	Your company is probably paying for your attendance, so yes, at a minimum, you have the responsibility to bring noteworthy ideas back to your personal domain of responsibility so that you and your company benefit from the investment in sending you to the event. Arguably, you also have the duty to bring ideas back to your organization for areas that ...