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Tony Gruebl. The Red Pill Executive
ENDORSEMENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
A Different Playbook
Failure is Baked In14
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 Triangle32
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 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 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 5. Rewiring the System
The Neuroscience Behind It
The Hand Model of the Brain
Julie64
A Very Smart Man65
Bat and Ball66
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 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:72 An organization with a time management problem
Finding Strategic Alignment
Taking Effectiveness to the Next Level: Scalability
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
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 8. The Indigenous Bare Knuckled Organization
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 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 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?
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
GLOSSARY
RESOURCES
ENDNOTES
