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Ever tried pitching a new initiative at work, but couldn’t get people on board? If so, you’re not alone. Transferring an idea from your mind to others is one of the hardest tasks, especially when the business world often demands numbers like ROI or savings as justification. Are there other options?

You’ve probably heard the classic project management mantra: “Good, fast, cheap—your choice of two.” It’s catchy, it’s neat, and it makes you sound like a seasoned professional when you drop it in meetings. But let’s be honest—it’s also a half-truth. Sure, it reveals something valuable, but it conveniently skips over a couple of key points for a work that addresses modern IT projects. Let’s dig in.

One thing is certain in life, change. And one thing in life of product is certain, change of requirements. You may spent every dollar your company have on market research, UX studies or whole fleet of prototypes. Duh, go bigger - give your whole life to figure out what would be the best ever layout for that dashboard page you have to do. But the only thing certain is that after you launch it, a few weeks after devRequest will come in if you could tweak it a bit really.

Bragging about having good soft skills is becoming as meaningless as claiming proficiency in MS Office a few years ago. All cool until you have to do a Pivot Table or edit Master Slide, right? But we also boast on how important they are, and how much effort and care we should put on them. So how to actually do a pitch about own soft skills?

People tend to shoot the messenger. As manager I’m often the one who stands in front of that rifle. Today I’d like to go thru some of the practices that I’ve worked thru to make that process at least a bit easier.

Although the initial hype around AI tools has calmed down, we are still witnessing the emergence of new AI-based tools every week. Contrary to a lot of influencers, it’s not really first time in history where we’re in tool revolution like this. Let me show you 3 historical references that may help you see all of the current buzz from different perspective.