Secrets of an Outstanding Project
Earlier this month I had the opportunity to interview a couple of my clients from the British Antarctic Survey: Linda Capper, who is the Head of Communications, and Andy Jeffries, the Programme Manager for the new polar research vessel, the RRS Sir David Attenborough. I was honoured to be invited to the launch of the […]
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Deliverable Me
One of the joys of being a parent and, in my case, a grandparent is that you can indulge in watching some really good kids’ movies. And way up there in my top 10 is Despicable Me. We watched it again over the holidays. I love the movie, the storyline, and … I love the […]
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Call to Failure
Failure is not an option. No, it’s inevitable. The issues is, first, will I accept that reality? Then can I act so that when I do fail, it is cheap and useful? When I do fail I do not do something worse: take failure as my identity. No, I am not a failure, but I do fail. […]
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Webinar: How Top-Flight Project Managers Grow their Leadership Skills
PECB have invited me to lead a webinar on this topic in couple of weeks. Interested in joining us? Save your Seat Here
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Outcome Thinking for Projects
Most people in project management have been told about the classic triangle: time, cost, quality; sometimes called the scope triangle. Its overall focus is on stewardship of spend, on containment, on control. You know, the one that looks like this:It encourages managers to consider how the impact of a suggested change might affect the scope […]
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Advice from the TOP 30 Influencers in Project Management
This week I was sent a report containing Advice from the 30 TOP influencers in project management. If you are not involved in project management professionally, I can quite understand that this will not set your heart racing! However, it is interesting to see the patterns that emerge from these ‘TOP influencers.’ (Full disclosure: I […]
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