Thursday, September 15, 2011

PM as a Curator - Nathaniel Quintana


Addressing Denver's project managers, Nathaniel convinced us that a project manager's role can be treated like a curator if we bring our passion to work and engage with our colleagues and ask provocative questions.

We derived that a curator is often a manager of a museum, one who preserves culture and presents a display in the most relevant way.

Thinking of a curator approach was "challenging" and an interesting exercise to change how we look at our role.

Other useful tips that he left us with:


  • "plants and dollars can be managed, but people expect leadership." D Wayne Calloway, CEO of PepsiCo.

  • There are 4 generations in the current workforce (4.7% mature, 38% baby boomers, 32% gen X, 24% gen Y). I imagine each group has a different communication style and motivators.

  • A CMO (Chief Mood Officer) promotes good moods, which leads to retention.

  • Try a "corporate laugh" or "laughter yoga" (Daniel Pink).

  • What's your Klout? Mine is 31.

  • Check out LiquidPlanner.
Nathaniel Quintana is an account manager at Mindavation and a past PMI Mile-Hi board member.

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I have delivered management and technology consulting solutions for Deloitte, BearingPoint, Department of the Interior, TRICARE Military Health System, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Raytheon, Lockheed, Northrop, and Boeing on various projects in manufacturing, software development, systems engineering, testing, and ITIL management.