It has become common practice for organisations to supplement existing staff resources or to seek additional specialised skills and expertise by engaging project contractors. Matthew Franceschini of Entity Solutions explains why.
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In her last post, editor Adeline Teoh asked whether your project team felt comfortable giving you feedback about the project (or your management style). This time she’ll ask if they’re just as comfortable trying new things in the name of innovation.
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Projects are about benefits. Consequently, decisions and new initiatives need to be implemented with a mindset of returning value to stakeholders, writes Roger La Salle.
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What characteristics do managers need to have to promote a culture of high engagement? Elissa Farrow provides a list to guide you.
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Organisational culture is enriched by a commitment to open communication, ethics and values and innovation. Elissa Farrow shows how these combined can lead to a culture of engagement.
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If the famous French seer, Nostradamus, was still alive, what trends would he predict for collaborative project management in 2013? asks LiquidPlanner’s Charles Seybold. Would he see channel convergence for task management or a new way of driving innovation?
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Often those of us involved in a project are simply too close to daily issues to see the potential for real value-adding innovations and opportunities, writes Roger La Salle. Here’s how to find inspiration from outside a project.
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Construction company Brookfield Multiplex has won the International Hotel Awards’ Best New Hotel Design and Construction accolade for its Sydney project The Darling at The Star. The award, presented in London earlier this month, joins the contractor’s golden run at the NSW Master Builder Awards
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Governance is currently associated with disaster prevention, risk mitigation and consequently, tighter controls. These systems stifle innovation and create an oppressing culture in organisations where everybody feels that they should protect themselves rather than contribute to value creation. Michel Thiry explains how governance should actually work.
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Four of Australasia’s most cost-efficient, high quality, timely and innovative project alliances won awards at the 2012 Alliancing Association of Australasia’s Excellence Awards last week, reflecting the current culture of value, said AAA acting chief executive Ron Quill.
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