Creating buy-in to develop innovation

In many organisations there are people that simply object to everything and resist change at every turn so how can we best implement innovation or value adding changes? Innovation expert Roger La Salle provides some advice on how to create buy-in in resistant environments.

Keep calm and manage the project

How is a project manager like a storm chaser? Some may say both look for trouble but the answer is closer to how they manage themselves and their team when chaos swirls around them. Here’s some advice from PM Oracles for staying calm in the eye of the storm.

Can we automate project governance?

Is it really possible to automate governance when implementing a project planning matrix system? Martin Vaughan discusses workflow versus high level decision-making.

“The business needs to make a decision as to the relative priority of the initiative, assuming it goes ahead. Priorities will always inspire debate and discussion.”

Project leadership, beyond popularity

In this article we explore the behaviours that make a superior project leader, and discuss the impact that superior or ineffective behaviour can have on your project teams and project outcomes.

Building project troubleshooting capability

Gaining an insight into the pitfalls of project management can be hard won when it is learnt on the job. Wouldn’t it be helpful to develop troubleshooting capability and avoid or better manage some of these scenarios?

Decision-making for project managers

Indecision can happen to anyone, and often occurs when you least expect it. The pause that takes place when you are in the midst of making any important (or not so important) decision is like a comma in your life, separating one idea from the next, and one task from another.

Project management at the speed of thought

“Do not repeat the tactics which have gained you one victory, but let your methods be regulated by the infinite variety of circumstances”—Sun Tzu, Chinese military strategist (c 490 BC).