I first met Jed Simms when a distant journalist acquaintance called up and said I should meet a dynamic duo who were going to...
The benefits of true collaboration
The art of composing music doesn't seem to have very many direct links to project management but it can teach us about collaborative...
The value in social networking for project managers
How do you define career success? How do you know when you’ve attained it? Perhaps there’s a particular salary level you’d like to reach,...
Can project management support innovation?
By far one of the biggest struggles in project management is the tension between outputs and outcomes. It turns out innovation may come...
Too much project management
If project management is goal-oriented organisation, then surely you can never have too much? On my walk to the supermarket I pass a local...
Can project managers play the long game?
Many project managers like projects because they're temporary, they end. But what if you need to be in it for the long haul? I once...
What type of project manager are you?
Are you a thinker or a doer? This unhelpful binary assumes people can't be both, even if they have a tendency towards one skill or the...
5 tips to become a highly effective project manager
What habits do you need to develop to become a more effective project manager? Maybe you need to get more organised with your paperwork,...
Is irrefutable governance possible?
Government backdowns are nothing new but how can those in charge run a country without capitulating to stakeholder interference at every...
Project leadership is not project control
There's a trilogy I've just fallen in love with that has done, through fiction, what no non-fiction book on leadership has ever managed to...










