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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Foreword

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

A Different Playbook

Failure is Baked In

Scaling the Project Management Model

The Missing Element

Chapter 1 Why Project Management Fails a Whopping 70% of the Time

Cool Tools but Worse Results

Who’s in Charge Here?

Pointing Fingers

Taking Ownership

Case Study: USVantage: A Company President Walled in by their Operations Culture

Trap of the Iron Triangle

Chapter 1 Summary

Chapter 2 What Does It Take to Win?

Measuring Business Value

Measuring Strategic Alignment

The Human Element

Strategic Alignment and Executive Alignment

Choosing the Red Pill

Chapter 2 Summary

Chapter 3 Taking Off the Gloves

Embrace Your Feelings

Own It

Rapid Immersion and Control

Test for Risks

Example: Sending Jimmie for Coffee

Focus Teams

The Three-Sided Table

Chapter 3 Summary

Chapter 4 Finding Red Pill Recruits

How Personality Affects Recruit Success

Operating in the BKPM Resting Zone

Core Traits of the Natural

Unafraid of Conflict and Confrontation

Simple, Direct, and Effective

Disciplined

Well-Trained and Versatile

Moves Forward Consistently

The Red Pill Attitude

Chapter 4 Summary

Chapter 5 Rewiring the System

The Neuroscience Behind It

The Hand Model of the Brain

Julie

A Very Smart Man

Bat and Ball

The Myth of Multitasking

Example: Analysis Paralysis

Example: Looking for an Exit, any Exit!

The Red Pill and Limbic Learning

Creating Lasting Change

Example: Taking the Fight to the Back Lot

Chapter 5 Summary

Chapter 6 The Currency of Effectiveness

A New Look at The Iron Triangle

A New Perspective on Challenge

Strategic Alignment: Business Purpose meets Project Mastery

Case Study: MIRA: An organization with a time management problem.

Finding Strategic Alignment

Taking Effectiveness to the Next Level: Scalability

Rapid Control Process

Chapter 6 Summary

Chapter 7 Spreading the Red Pill Mindset

Stage 1: The Red Pill Operative Becomes a Sage

Case Study: Mardia, A Company Who Thought the Red Pill Was a Great Idea

Case Study: A Company Wanting Red Pill Results While Keeping Their Blue Pill Mindset

Culture + Business Value = Effectiveness

Stage 2: Organic Change

Stage 3: An Informal Red Pill Alliance Forms

Case Study: Seeding for Change

A Case for Patience

Case Study: A Startup in Forced Growth

Stage 4: The Bare Knuckled Organization Becomes a Red Pill PMO

Chapter 7 Summary

Chapter 8 The Indigenous Bare Knuckled Organization 135

Case Study: Epilogue from Seeding for Change

Case Study: More from “We Learned a Lot”

Red Pill Operations Face More Challenges

Creating an Informal Bare Knuckled Organization

Case Study: Pro-Fit—A Bare Knuckled Organization Emerges During Massive Expansion

Chapter 8 Summary

Chapter 9 The Secret Ingredient

Red Pill or blue pill: Which are you?

Beware the Blue Pill Red Herring

Case Study: Executive with Silos

An Ancient Allegory

The Emergence of a Red Pill Organization

The Gift In The Battle

Chapter 9 Summary

Chapter 10 Throw Out Your Old Yardstick

Derailed Purpose

A New Yardstick

States of Culture

Benefits of Culture-Currents and Resistance

Deploying the Power of Culture

Three Approaches to Dealing with Cultural Change

1. More Change Faster

Case Study: Research Campus

2. Less Change Slower But With Persistence

Case Study: Green Tech Company

3. Violent, Rapid Change

Case Study: Epilogue to “We Learned a Lot”

Not A Quick Fix

What If You Knew You Couldn’t Lose?

Chapter 10 Summary

About the Authors

Glossary

Resources

Endnotes

The Red Pill Executive

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