April K. Mills

Chief Acceleration Officer

The future is today! In July 2000, Fast Company published a Job Titles of the Future: Chief Acceleration Officer. A quick search shows at least four people who have held this title: Lloyd Walker at Human Code (featured in the article above) Todd Farrell at the University of British Columbia Marjorie Smelstor at Truman Medical Center […]

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Separate Questions

What you choose to change and how you choose to change are two separate questions. The first question is best answered by the people who are closest to the work. The second question is best answered in partnership with a professional who has studied and implemented rapid change techniques. It is important to celebrate what

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Leadership Shortage?

There isn’t a leadership shortage.  There is a belief shortage. You are a leader. You can lead.  Believe it. You can start the path that leads to better, faster, safer, and happier. Overcoming the crisis of belief requires you to stop putting your faith in others in your organization and start the change with yourself

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Leverage

The system is more under your control than your people are, so focus your actions where you have the most leverage. Drive change, not people.  Results will quickly follow.

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Project Manager Point of View

Thanks to Kendall Lott for producing a great series of podcasts titled, “Project Manager Point of View (PM-POV).” Thanks to PMIWDC for hosting them. Thanks to Michael Hannan for introducing me to Kendall and the podcasts. If you’re looking for thought-provoking, brilliantly produced, quick podcasts to get your creative project manager ideas flowing, check out

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Connections

Now is the time to connect with the information you want.  Stop waiting for the information to find you.  Here are some ideas to get you started: Subscribe to the leading magazine covering a topic you’re curious about. Write to a blogger or an author that you’ve always wanted to ask a question. Ask a friend

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Now

When are you going to write your book?” – Bob Steinmetz Every time I talk to him, my friend Bob asks me the same question.  Over the years my answer has evolved from, “Someday,” to “Soon,” to “Maybe next month.”  I’m happy to announce today that my answer is, “Now.”  I started writing my book

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