Grumpy at Work? You’re Not The Only One
Do you ever lose your cool at work? Do any of your colleagues flick the switch and become cranky? I don’t mean just irritable but, you know, seriously bad-tempered – teeth grinding, table thumping,...
View ArticleElephant Stamps and Gratitude – A Quiet Reflection
As 2014 clatters to a close, I’d like to take a few moments and sit back, indulge in some totally self-indulgent reflection and give thanks to a fabulous, blessed few. Personally and professionally,...
View ArticleArtistic Leadership – blending people, colour and conversation
If you could have one superpower, what would it be? Superhuman strength? Lightning speed? X-ray vision? Me? I’d like to be able to paint pictures. I know, I know…it’s not very “Batman” but hey, it...
View Article5 Things You Didn’t Learn For the PMP Exam
Studying for the Project Management Institute PMP certification is a worthy goal – but it doesn’t teach you everything you need to know – it provides knowledge without real-life context. Here are 5...
View ArticlePlease. Don’t Tell Me The Truth.
Communication is a tough business. Some days, it can drive you nuts! You may have rehearsed your lines for hours, prepared slides that pop and polished your shoes until they shine – but no matter what...
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90 Days in the Life of You
We often get stuck in the Project Management rat-race, so it’s nice to step back and take some time getting to know each other. New friends, new stories! Since moving the PMChat time, we’ve seen more...
View Article“A World Gone Social” – Project Communication for a Digital World
OK, I’ll jump straight to the point. “A World Gone Social: How Companies Must Adapt to Survive” by Ted Coine and Mark Babbitt is a fabulous book. It dares us to look at project communication as...
View ArticleIt’s A Long Project. Are We There Yet?
You’re on a long project and the finish line is way over the horizon. How do we keep stakeholders interested, when you have a long way to go? An interesting thing happened this week. I’ve been leading...
View ArticleEmergent Change – Making Sense of a Messy Environment
Delivering business change outcomes is tough work. The Emergent Change approach can help us to make sense of us make sense of a fluid, messy, unpredictable change environment. In my project...
View ArticleBenefits Management – How We Can Help
During today’s PMChat, we discussed the importance of Project Benefits Management – why it matters, why we often get it wrong and what we can do to improve our project, programme and portfolio...
View ArticleExploring Innovation in a Commercial Food Laboratory
As part of my Masters studies, we visited the Monash University Food Innovation Centre to explore how innovation frameworks and thinking can be applied in commercial environments. Time to take the...
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2019 Cliff Bellamy Award
I was genuinely surprised and thrilled to receive the Cliff Bellamy Award tonight, in recognition of my studies at Monash University in 2018. I’m certainly not in this program to receive awards, but...
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Project Innovation and “Crossing the Chasm”
How do we plan with certainty when we are working in an disruptive environment that requires rapid, innovative thinking? How does an organisation’s business and innovation context affect the way it...
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Design Thinking, Innovation Workshop
This week, I went to a fabulous 2-day workshop with the good folk at Monash University, during which we spoke about innovation practices in both commercial and non-commercial project environments....
View ArticleProject Innovation – a Value Chain Approach
We talk a lot about using innovation to create exciting and funky products, and to deliver a competitive advantage. But what happens when we extend our thinking and look at the way we deliver change...
View ArticleSharing our “expert knowledge”
How do we share knowledge amongst our team? This sounds like a simple enough question but the answer is important because it guides us when we are building our project structures and processes to...
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Design Thinking for Project Managers
Using design thinking to change up your project planning. How can we apply design thinking principles to help our users commit to our project delivery and make use of the end result? Throughout most...
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