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		<title>Do you prefer hard or soft…?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To be honest, I’m sick and tired of the discussion about hard and soft skills in Project Management. In every meeting, every training and every conversation we used to say: Well, the contemporary project manager need hard skills AND soft &#8230; <a href="http://amiconsultancyblog.com/2012/01/17/do-you-prefer-hard-or-soft/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amiconsultancyblog.com&amp;blog=17821576&amp;post=786&amp;subd=amiconsultancy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cultural differences: go and see!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The value of contracts, highly overrated!?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In most infra projects, solid contracts, created by dozens of legal experts have gained importance and have even become the expected key to success. Typically, these documents are formulated by those, who have no part or role during further stages &#8230; <a href="http://amiconsultancyblog.com/2011/12/23/the-value-of-contracts-highly-overrated/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amiconsultancyblog.com&amp;blog=17821576&amp;post=774&amp;subd=amiconsultancy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stop spreadsheet managing, start connecting!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, a lot of managers or people in a leading role, seem to think that managing your people can best be done by sending timetables, excel sheets and emergency mails. They hide behind their computer in their offices with the &#8230; <a href="http://amiconsultancyblog.com/2011/12/10/stop-spreadsheet-managing-start-connecting/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amiconsultancyblog.com&amp;blog=17821576&amp;post=766&amp;subd=amiconsultancy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why most projects feel like a prison</title>
		<link>http://amiconsultancyblog.com/2011/11/28/why-most-projects-feel-like-a-prison/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 07:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Projects bane &#8211; total freedom. Tired of interruptions by client’s, partners, the principal or other stakeholders? Wishing for freedom in your project? But, freedom from what and to what end? Do you really want to be totally free? I don’t &#8230; <a href="http://amiconsultancyblog.com/2011/11/28/why-most-projects-feel-like-a-prison/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amiconsultancyblog.com&amp;blog=17821576&amp;post=759&amp;subd=amiconsultancy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>THANK YOU, you’re my weakest link</title>
		<link>http://amiconsultancyblog.com/2011/11/25/thank-you-youre-my-weakest-link/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 09:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In one of my latest blogs ‘Forget about Knowledge Management’, I strongly suggested that organizations should invest more in people’s personal knowledge networks instead of more knowledge databases. However, wasn’t it Kennedy who stated: “don’t think about what your country &#8230; <a href="http://amiconsultancyblog.com/2011/11/25/thank-you-youre-my-weakest-link/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amiconsultancyblog.com&amp;blog=17821576&amp;post=752&amp;subd=amiconsultancy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Social media, they just disconnect!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just recently I had to work on an assignment for my photography course. I had to decide on my theme and topic. While wandering through the city, my attention was drawn to the fact that so many people were completely &#8230; <a href="http://amiconsultancyblog.com/2011/11/22/social-media-they-just-disconnect/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amiconsultancyblog.com&amp;blog=17821576&amp;post=746&amp;subd=amiconsultancy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The business world is also a playground! Have fun!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 06:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inspired by the book ‘Great to Cool’ (by René C.W. Boender), I started thinking of the business world as a huge playground. Everyone knows the quote ‘The world is a playground’. This quote got even adopted by Sesame Street! In &#8230; <a href="http://amiconsultancyblog.com/2011/10/21/the-business-world-is-also-a-playground-have-fun/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amiconsultancyblog.com&amp;blog=17821576&amp;post=738&amp;subd=amiconsultancy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Change: some food for thought!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 06:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A while ago I had a chance to have dinner in one of Holland’s finest restaurants: Beluga in Maastricht. The chef served a seven-course dinner with beautiful wines in a lovely atmosphere. At a certain moment we received this very &#8230; <a href="http://amiconsultancyblog.com/2011/10/19/change-some-food-for-thought/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amiconsultancyblog.com&amp;blog=17821576&amp;post=735&amp;subd=amiconsultancy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Do we need more jerks in the world?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So Steve Jobs was a genius. And a jerk too. After 2 weeks of discussing the impact Steve Jobs created during his life, some new (and also widely known) insights on his management style also appear in the press. Steve &#8230; <a href="http://amiconsultancyblog.com/2011/10/17/do-we-need-more-jerks-in-the-world/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amiconsultancyblog.com&amp;blog=17821576&amp;post=730&amp;subd=amiconsultancy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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