Everything I Created: August 2025 Edition

At the end of every month, I take a moment to look back.

Not just to track what I’ve published, but to notice what’s been on my mind. Writing is how I make sense of things. Publishing is how I share the process.

This is everything I created last month:

💻 Decoding Digital Leadership (August 2025)

What a Gym Contract Reveals About Bad Digital Strategy — [READ]
10 Ways Digital Leaders Lose Their Teams’ Trust — [READ]
Make Meetings Less Painful: Keep People Aligned and Don’t Waste Your Time — [READ]
Stop Doing Everything: The Work Filter Every Leader Needs — [READ]
The Hidden Cost of “Automating Everything” — [READ]

🎯 Project Management Compass (August 2025)

Why Agile Without Empowerment Is Just a Form of Micromanagement — [READ]
The State of Project Management in 2025 — [READ]
The Metric Map: Measuring AI Project Success beyond ROI — [READ]
Soft vs Hard Commitments: What a Gym Contract Teaches Us About Project Failure — [READ]

🧠 Meller Notes (August 2025)

How to Win Any Conversation Without Saying Much — [READ]
Write Like Someone Is Watching (Because They Are) — [READ]
How to Pick a Path When Everything Looks Interesting — [READ]
Why Reading Philosophy Can Make You a Better Professional — [READ]
How to Keep Going When It Feels Like You’re Getting Nowhere — [READ]
The 90-Day Writing Challenge for Busy Professionals — [READ]
The Problem Behind “Keeping Your Options Open” — [READ]

🌐 williammeller.com (August 2025)

90 Days to Make Writing Part of Your Busy Life – [READ]
How to Use Storytelling to Make People Care About Your Ideas – [READ]
The Gym Contract Problem and Irrational Persistence – [READ]

📰 Medium (August 2025)

What Does a “Good” AI Pilot Look Like? — [READ]
The 90-Day Writing Challenge for Busy People — [READ]
Book Insights: Agile Estimating and Planning — [READ]
Why People Are the Real Challenge in AI Adoption — [READ]
Reading Philosophy Can Make You a Better Leader — [READ]
Your AI Project Needs an Ethics Check, Not Just a QA Test — [READ]
Why Most AI Pilots Don’t Teach Us Anything — [READ]
The New Skills Project Leaders Need to Work with AI — [READ]
Managing AI Change x Traditional Change — [READ]

🔗 LinkedIn (August 2025)

Your AI Project Doesn’t Need More Data, It Needs a Real Sponsor — [READ]
Books in 3-4-6: Agile Estimating and Planning — [READ]
Common Pitfalls and Failure Patterns in AI Projects (That No One Likes to Admit) — [READ]
The AI Pilot That Saves You From Scaling the Wrong Thing — [READ]
The Most Important AI Metrics Are the Ones You Ignore — [READ]

🧰 ProjectManagement.com (August 2025)

Personal Brand for Project Managers: Less Noise, More Trust — [READ]
Low Effort vs High Effort in Agile Teams: Why Your Sprint Feels Busy but Stuck — [READ]
Your First 100 Days as a Project Manager Are a Social Test — [READ]
Why Teams Don’t Cancel Failing Projects (Even When They Should) — [READ]

📘 O Caderno do William (Portuguese) (August 2025)

90 Dias, 90 Ideias: Desafio de criação de conteúdo para pessoas ocupadas – [READ]
A saudade que chega antes da partida – [READ]
O Problema do Contrato da Academia: O Estudo que Revela o Custo de Desistir – [READ]
Por que ler filosofia vai te ajudar a ser um profissional melhor – [READ]
Ela sorri com os olhinhos – [READ]

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Some posts are quick reflections. Others are deep dives, toolkits, or uncomfortable questions I’m still trying to answer.

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🎯 Project Management Career: Project Management Compass
💻 Developing The Leader in You: Decoding Digital Leadership
📰 Broader Essays: Medium
🔗 Career Talks: LinkedIn
📚 In the PMI Community: ProjectManagement.com
📘 Brazilian Portuguese: O Caderno do William
🎬 YouTube: William Meller

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