by Michael Steinberg | Aug 9, 2017 | Productivity
Look over your to-do list and pick a task that you’ve procrastinated on for a particularly long time. Spend the next 15 minutes working on that task with focus, but without an expectation of completion. Tell me about your experience in the comments below. Yes, as one... 
by Michael Steinberg | Feb 6, 2017 | Operations
I’m excited for the Energy Marketing Conference in Houston in a few weeks. Tom Brady seemed to enjoy his visit to Houston and I expect to have the same experience he did! At the last few conferences, there has been a very consistent theme: people know very little... 
by Michael Steinberg | Nov 8, 2016 | Other
False equivalency is a serious danger to reasonable debate. Wait, wait! This isn’t another rant about the U.S. Presidential Election. No, my concern is something more impactful to our democracy, our society, and our culture: ranking the Star Wars films. Like many of... 
by Michael Steinberg | Sep 6, 2016 | Other
Scope creep sinks many projects. And the best way to manage scope is to create basic rules about which features are going to receive top priority. With basic rules, you can hopefully get away from the traditional pitfalls of prioritization: The squeaky wheel –... 
by Michael Steinberg | Mar 7, 2016 | CIO Concerns, Technology
Progress is linear, right? The next version of product X is going to be better than the last version of product X. It’s going to have more features, AND fix all of those annoying bugs, AND it’s going to feel like it’s moving in the right direction. Same thing with... 
by Michael Steinberg | Feb 9, 2016 | Other
It’s been a while since I published a blog entry. I have a few in various stages of drafting, but I need a push to get at least one of them out the door. So, rather than wait, please help me by voting on one of these topics. I promise to publish by the end of next...