• Skip to main content
  • Skip to after header navigation
  • Skip to site footer

JD Meier

Inspiring the world with innovation

  • About
  • Coaching
  • Articles
  • Books
  • Courses
  • Topics
    • Innovation
    • High-Performance
    • Strategy
    • Digital Transformation
    • Program Management
    • View More…
  • Resources
  • Contact

Program Management

How I Created Super Successful Software

“The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.” — Babe Ruth It’s nice now and then to take a look back, and really figure out the core of what worked (and what didn’t). I reviewed my model for how I shipped super successful software back in patterns & practices. I learned a …

Read moreHow I Created Super Successful Software

How To Organize a Really Big List of Use Cases and Scenarios

“People who want to appear clever rely on memory.  People who want to get things done make lists.” — Peter McWilliams Anybody can create a short list.  But not everybody can can create a useful, actionable, and insightful big list with skill – unless they know a few tricks of how to organize them. I’ll …

Read moreHow To Organize a Really Big List of Use Cases and Scenarios

Save Time By Working on What Counts

I think of this exercise as “trim the tree”.  You can save a lot of time by first figuring out the trunk and branches worth working on, before spending time time on leaves on branches that don’t matter. One of the most valuable lessons I learned early on in Program Management at Microsoft, is that …

Read moreSave Time By Working on What Counts

Project Plans in a Nutshell

“I love it when a plan comes together.” — Colonel John “Hannibal” Smith, The A-Team Project plans are tough.  No matter how many times you do them – they are always tough.  I’ve been doing them for years, and yet the path from zero to a “good enough” plan is always a lot of work.  …

Read moreProject Plans in a Nutshell

How To Inspire a Vision

One of my mentees was looking for ways to grow her prowess in “Inspiring a Vision.”   Here are a few ways I learned to help inspire a vision to help others see it more vividly: Draw your vision – make it a simple picture  (draw it on a whiteboard or a piece of paper) Use …

Read moreHow To Inspire a Vision
  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2
  • Go to page 3
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Go to page 5
  • Next

Sidebar

Growth and Greatness on Fire!

JD I am J.D. Meier. I share the world's best insight and action for work and life. Learn more...

Popular Articles

10 Things Great Managers Do
40 Hour Work Week at Microsoft
How To Become an Innovator
How To Drive Digital Transformation
How To Lead High-Performance Teams
View More...

Hack a Better World!

Topics

  • Innovation
  • Agile
  • Strategy
  • Leadership
  • Digital Transformation
  • High Performance

Copyright © 2022 · JD Meier · All Rights Reserved