You Should've Seen it in Color - the Fearful World of Project Management

​I’ve always been a classic rock n’ roll kind of guy. But about two or three years ago my wife started forcing country music on me. Like anything else except some of today’s “pop” music – when listened to incessantly it ends up becoming familiar and likable. In fact, the last three live concerts I’ve attended have been three of the biggest stars in country music history (George Strait, Garth Brooks and Carrie Underwood) so I guess I’ve become something of a “fan” of the genre. Now there is a song by Jamey Johnson called “You Should’ve Seen it in Color.” It’s basically about a grandson looking at black & white pictures with his grandfather and he’s hearing the story behind each photo from the Depression and the war, etc. with his grandfather saying, “If it looks like we were scared to death… you should’ve seen it in color.”
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Fast forward to today and the world of project management. Is it calming? Does the daily black and white grind make it look monotonous when we all know it really isn’t. Does it all goes as planned? If everyone could “see it in color” would they see a much more challenging PM picture underneath? Does every project go off without a hitch? Or if everyone could “see it in color” would they see a much more challenging PM picture underneath? It’s not rocket science, I realize that. And for the most part overloaded project managers aren’t going to get so stressed out that they jump out of the 72nd story of an office building…at least I’ve never heard of one doing that. But it can be a fearful world to be in. Why? For many reasons…

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