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What can the COVID-19 pandemic teach us about project management?

by Michel Cânovas / April 2, 2020

Reading Time: 7 minutes I must confess I’m quite a hermit in terms of my exposition to the news and avoid most of it (maybe I should write about that too), trusting that when something is serious enough somebody will let me know – I will inevitably stumble upon it. If it feels like I should know more about it, I’ll search for the information and use my intuition and common…

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Why you should feel dumb every day … and act on it

by Joana Santos Antunes / March 5, 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutes Since my adolescent time, I have had an inside joke with my mother. Every time the other didn’t know a person or fact that we were talking about we said, in the most sarcastic voice ever (almost Paula Bobone like): “my god, illiterate!” and we would laugh out loud. To give you some context about our background, my mother took literature as a high school student and…

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When people don’t understand what you do for a living

by Joana Costa / July 2, 2019

Reading Time: 7 minutes I’ve always found it hard to explain what I do. Either because I work in several areas, or because most people don’t know or are not familiar with the contents and subjects I work on a daily basis. Not being able to explain my job has bothered me for quite some time. Recently, I’ve come to the realisation that this issue… Was no longer an issue to…

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The Value Wheel: mapping the impact of your marketing actions

by Tiago Leão / June 14, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes If you ask a group of passionate marketers the reason why they love their jobs, you’ll get plenty of answers. One that you’ll probably hear the most is that they enjoy adding value. But what do they mean by value? And what value do they enjoy adding? – Some marketers will tell that they enjoy being part of their company’s business growth. – Other marketers will state…

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Fresh out of the oven: get to know our Lasagna Framework

by Tiago Leão / March 8, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutes Three years ago, when I first started at Angry Ventures, project management was a big challenge for me. Even though in my mind I used to know the next logical step for a project, it was difficult to learn how to balance each person’s best interest and background. After a few projects, there is still a lot that I can improve. However, instead of seeing project management…

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Project management – It’s the mindset, not the tools

by Tiago Branco / May 28, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes You may have the best screwdriver of the world, but if you’re using it to hammer a nail, you won’t be very successful, right? Technology facilitated tons of tasks with easy-to-use software, but too many people expect the tools to fix the problems themselves. Project management is no different. You can have amazing software for project management and you are still struggling to get things done. Let’s be…

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What comes first in a project, copy or design?

by Joana Costa / March 15, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes Not too long ago I was asked the following question: “What is more important: design or content?”. Some years ago I would have boasted: “design”. Today, however, after many projects, I think that they are part and parcel. However, I do recognize that I came across this issue in all my projects. Many designers ask their clients to provide them with content to kick-start the project. I…

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Meetings? No, thanks.

by Fernando Moreira / February 23, 2018

Reading Time: 4 minutes Go to your calendar and delete every meeting you have. Wait for a week. What happened? I don’t know what will happen to you. To me, nothing happened. Okay, something happened. But it was nothing bad… Or nothing serious… What happened was that I no longer had meetings on my calendar. Easy. It’s not rocket science, right? And what was the result of not having meetings?…

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Struggling with productivity? But, what do you mean with that?

by Tiago Leão / March 30, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes There’s one curious thing that I’ve noticed recently. Do you know when you start a conversation, put up a beautiful argument and the other person totally agrees? It’s awesome, isn’t it? But, then, when she starts speaking, you realize that, although she’s using very similar words to the ones you used, when she rephrases it, she means something totally different. If you notice, you’ll see that the…

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CSD Matrix: kill your doubts, multiply your certainties

by Carina Olival / February 2, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Let’s begin this blog post with one question: how many times did you start a new project without any doubts? Once? Maybe… But we all agree that’s almost impossible, right? Many times we realize we don’t have all the information we need to start the job. Sometimes that happens because the briefing wasn’t as complete as we wished or because the team has very different perceptions about the…

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