We’ll discuss issues such as: too much work and not enough resources low morale lack of customer loyalty a failure to deliver value lack of capacity to innovate inadequate planning and prioritization and more." Storms come and go, the big fish eat the little fish, and I keep on paddling." ―Varys to Tyrion Lannister
I’d like to use this blog to not only share the insights I’ve accumulated over the years, both experiential and through research, but to generate active discussion around the issues that commonly plague C-Suite executives, PMO leaders, product and service managers, functional managers, and project managers. It’s also why executives have an advisory board, participate in peer forums, and attend conferences. And it’s why the best leaders and managers surround themselves with a well-balanced core team and seek consulting advice where it makes sense. This is true for any level of experience. If he had been, perhaps he’d still be alive.Īs we can see from this, one of the most important lessons for leaders, project managers, and executives is to understand and appreciate what they don’t know and seek regular guidance from those who do. And the wisest kings continue to listen to them long afterwards. A wise young king listens to his counselors and heeds their advice until he comes of age. A wise king knows what he knows and what he doesn’t. Tywin: You’ve any experience with treasuries and granaries, or shipyards and soldiers? How do you know which choice is wise and which isn’t? Tywin: A house with great wealth and fertile lands asks you for your protection against another with a strong navy that could one day oppose you. Tommen: Wisdom is what makes a good king. So, we have a man who starves himself to death a man who lets his own brother murder him and a man who thinks that winning and ruling are the same thing. He spent his time whoring, and hunting and drinking… until the last two killed him. And he attended three small council meetings in seventeen years.
He won the rebellion and crushed the Targaryen Dynasty. Was that truly just of him, to abandon his subjects to an evil he was too gullible to recognize? He was murdered in his sleep after less than a year, by his own brother. Everyone applauded his reforms, nobles and commoners alike. He ended up fasting himself into an early grave because ‘food was of this world, and this world was sinful’. He also named a six-year-old boy High Septon because he thought the boy could work miracles. But what makes a good king? Hmm? What is a good king’s single most important quality? What kind of king do you think you’ll be? Do you know what that means? I’m not trying to trick you. Tywin Lannister, patriarch of the powerful Lannister family, approaches his young, naïve grandson, Tommen, who is about to be named the new King upon the death of his brother, the wicked child-tyrant, King Joffrey.įollowing is the dialogue between the two:
TYRION LANNISTER QUOTES A SMALL MAN TV
I’ll be blogging about resource management and capacity planning lessons from historical figures breakthrough methods in project and portfolio management organizational change insights from the land of science, film, and TV and more.įirst up is a lesson from the ever popular TV series, Game of Thrones. Expect to see tidbits from my books, lessons on leadership, planning, and execution, and of course, the occasional pop culture reference–since I am, after all, a pop culture junkie.
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