11. Trust, Communication, and Culture

Discussions of project management often focus on the tools and techniques. Regardless of how you assign and track the tasks, though, you cannot successfully manage without trust and communication.

Jeremy Thomas and Myron Weber explore these ideas in this episode of the Mental Supermodels podcast.

• In the Manage stage of the Strategy-to-Execution model, what mental models can we apply for how to manage effectively while living the tornado of chaos?
• Team trust and communication are essential.
• Minimizing anxiety when facing challenges helps everyone think more clearly.
• Myron’s definition of culture: Culture is the sum of the sincerely help beliefs and values of all the people in the system, weighted by the influence of each person.