Think Tragically

Not a major post, just a passing thought.

I was listening to an interview with the author on this story about the middle east.

The article is interesting, but what caught my attention in particular was a phrase he used and its applicability to risk identification:

"the way to avert tragedy is to think tragically".

It's important to be a "Debbie Downer" when you're identifying risk. It's a certain skill to be able to be really negative and identify all things that can go most horribly wrong and then turn around and be optimistic about the project.

But develop that skill, and you'll serve your project better.

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And now...

"And now for something completely different..."

This was the way the chaps over at Monty Python's Flying Circus used to segue from sketch to sketch when they had no idea how to do it smoothly.

And this is a blog post which I cannot segue to, or otherwise connect properly to project management other than my work over at EarthPM, and yet somehow I felt that this post belonged here at ScopeCrepe.

So anyway...now for something completely different - A history of the world in 100 objects.

I simply want to recommend this excellent BBC series, available for free by podcast. This site uses objects to tell a history of the world. You’ll find 100 objects from the British Museum and hundreds more from museums and people across the UK (and the world).

The connection to project management?

Well, there isn't one, unless you think of the evolution of humans as a project... which is indeed something completely different.

Seriously - check out the podcast, you'll be glad you did.