by Brian Crawford | Jul 23, 2011 | Project Management
I’ve been managing complicated international projects lately, with team members spread out in different locations in Europe, North America and Asia. This has meant lots of online meetings, a great deal of extra communication, and plenty of oversight. There is...
by Brian Crawford | Jul 15, 2011 | Project Management, Software, Technology
I don’t know about you, but I get a lot of email. It’s not unusual for me to come back to my computer after a few hours away and have fifty new messages in my inbox, much of it important (though much of it not). And the messages can concern a variety of...
by Brian Crawford | Jul 10, 2011 | International Business, International Travel, Language and Culture
The other month I wrote about visiting a night market in Asia; in Penang, Malaysia to be specific. Today I’m going to talk about a different market, this one in Europe. Europe is famous for its local street markets – a lot of commerce goes on in the...