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Jigs Gaton

Jigs Gaton is CEO of Phoenix Consulting and Training Worldwide, a company that helps developers design and implement better programs and build capacity with training and other resources. Jigs has over 30-plus years of experience in both the private and public sectors working as a project manager and PM consultant. He's currently based in Kathmandu, helping organizations with post-earthquake reconstruction and other disaster-relief efforts.

Articles by Jigs Gaton(10 posts)

Pros and Cons of Using ChatGPT for Project Planning
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Pros and Cons of Using ChatGPT for Project Planning

ChatGPT can be a valuable tool for project planning, offering faster research, refined text, and improved resource management. However, it’s

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July 5, 2023
Transform Your Project Planning with ChatGPT: A How-To with Examples
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Transform Your Project Planning with ChatGPT: A How-To with Examples

Discover how ChatGPT can revolutionize your project planning process with productivity enhancements and quality improvements.

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May 30, 2023
PM, CEM, and Covid-19: Reflections
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PM, CEM, and Covid-19: Reflections

The black swan* has landed, and is honking up a storm, as I am sure you have all noticed. In my 30+ years of planning, I’ve never seen anythi

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September 1, 2020
Project Management, Jungle-Style
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Project Management, Jungle-Style

It was Rudyard Kipling who popularized the idiom “law of the jungle” back in 1894, and ever since I was a kid falling asleep to passages of Jungle

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February 18, 2020
The Case of the Accidental PM
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The Case of the Accidental PM

Sure, “The Accidental” this and the “The Accidental” that is such a cliché, yet when you google “Accidental Project Manager,” you get 24 million re

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December 10, 2019
Lessons Learned from Pilots … for Safe and Successful Projects
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Lessons Learned from Pilots … for Safe and Successful Projects

Wheels up! Even though I’ve logged many more hours in Microsoft’s flight simulator than on anything that flies, I have come to appreciate a p

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October 22, 2019
All About…Project Manager Nomads
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All About…Project Manager Nomads

  The Day I Knew I Was One… Ironically, it was while managing a program to provide upgraded yurts to nomadic people in Southwest China. I real

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August 20, 2019
All About People … for Project Managers
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All About People … for Project Managers

In parts 1 and 2 of my All About…for Project Managers series, we’ve explored novel relationships between time and work, in both a historical and a

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April 23, 2019
All About Work…for Project Managers
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All About Work…for Project Managers

  The True Nature (and Math) of Work Sometime around the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, Nikola Tesla famously declared, “If you want to find th

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March 5, 2019
All About Time…for Project Managers
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All About Time…for Project Managers

  An even briefer history of time… After the turn of 20th century, Albert Einstein famously published his Theory of General Relativity, where

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February 19, 2019