Guessing is not a strategy: How to build decision velocity with AI and real-time data
June 10, 2026 | Live Webinar
Right On!
Michael Aucoin, D. Engr., PE, PMP is president of Leading Edge Management, LLC in College Station, Texas and author of Right-Brain Project Management: A Complementary Approach. He can be reached at [email protected].
What do the following people have in common?
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A rice farmer in Vietnam
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A teacher in China
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A surgeon in Germany
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A gaucho (cowboy) in Argentina
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A chef in New York City
If you said that they are all project managers, go to the head of the class! Each of these individuals--and several billion more just like them--successfully plan and execute projects on a daily basis. But wait…how can people with no formal project management training (mere amateurs!) navigate through the maze of problems that seem to come with any project?
Welcome to Right-Brain Project Management, a new feature in the eXtreme Project Management Department. In this and coming articles, we will explore that often underappreciated and underused part of the brain known as the right brain. It turns out that the right brain is needed for success on any project, and it is absolutely critical on those projects that are novel, high velocity or complex. I like to call these “stretch” projects because they stretch the capabilities of individuals and organizations. These days, just about every project is a stretch project.
We all have a brain that incorporates two different but complementary processing styles. The left brain is rational and logical. It operates like computer code, following known …
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