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Functioning as a team

“Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.” - Casey Stengel Teamwork is essential to project...

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Digitalisation – watch out for ‘big bang’ myths

Or how agile thinking can help divide things down into bite-sized chunks and limit risks If you look up the term ‘digitalisation’ on...

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The Kanban method, or how to process one request at a time

Is your organisation sagging under a mountain of requests? Then the Kanban method may be just the thing for you! How do you react when...

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“Yesterday is not ours to recover but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose.” - Lyndon B. Johnson

Instead of scrutinising the past, we should regularly identify avenues for improvement and apply them quickly. Those who study project...

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Critical deadline approaching? Slow down!

When the pressure rises, our instincts tell us to ‘Work harder!’ But what if we’ve got it all wrong? These tips can help you take a more...

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Peer guidance – a practical tool for assimilating other people’s ideas

In theory, we all agree that two heads are better than one. Yet in practice, we sometimes struggle to take fully on board the suggestions...

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Does the project manager need to be an actual manager?

Yes, but what are they managing? Last week I ran a workshop on project management with the management team of a company. Together we...

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You can’t make grass grow by pulling on it!

Your higher-ups are constantly asking your team for progress reports and it’s just slowing everybody down. What can you do ? See what...