If you had to rate your day, every single day, with a score from -2 to 2, what would the…
WYSIWY. What You See Is What You Get. You don’t hear that term nowadays – but you’d recognise it if…
What do you do if you have an escalated situation with a client where emotional outburst and personal attacks might…
It’s ok for relationships and friendships to be temporary and transient. If we’re lucky, we meet that person who just…
What does leadership and project management have in common with the values of Stoicism? A lot, in fact. Wisdom The…
There are many ways to get to an end point, a successful project go-live. There are some amazing project managers,…
I believe that the secret of happiness is failure, pain, betrayal, disappointment, and loss. Of course, it never feels like…
Utilisation targets. The necessary KPI for a consultant. Yes? Or No? The dark side of having targets. Sales targets, for…
What’s your legacy? Ego drives a lot of ambitious people to want to leave a legacy. A street named after…
“You’ve got two grads on your new team. Remember not to work them too hard. Treat them with kid gloves.…
I think I am most excited about the start of a project, where we get to shape it and prime…
Definition of success. £££ Influence Adulation Promotion Holidays Arm candy Letters behind my name Houses Title Expense account # of…
The results that you see in life is dependent on: 1. Luck – the randomness of life, and the only…
Feeling that you are behind others can evoke two types of responses: 1. Give up because, why try if you’re…
Is having high standards for yourself a good or bad thing? Chinese families always have high standards for their children.…
25 years. 1/4 century. That’s how long I’ve been in software consulting. Boy, that makes me feel old. On the…
I use the project kick-off to great effect: – Team Introduction – Project brief (as we understand it) – Critical…
Capacity. Bandwidth. Buffer. Healthbar. I love games, and I see the whole world as a Big Game. Everything has a…
There are quite a few people I know (myself included) who would welcome self-isolation and social distancing. In addition to…
The thing about being a great ‘anything’ is that.. it generates very little noise. Be really sub-par, and you will…
“I’ll pick you when I have absolutely no choice left but to scrape the bottom of the barrel.” My ninjas…
It’s been two weeks since the tragic high profile helicopter crash stunned the world. The news has moved on. But…
When you are young, Time is your ‘cheapest’ currency. Use it to amass: – experience – skills: hard and soft…
Follow your passion is a meaningless statement when you don’t know what your passion is. But how do you find…
“You shouldn’t be scared of hard work.” Difficult, messy, complicated, stressful work. Discomfort is the zone where growth happens. I…
“Who cares? Especially if I am making so much money?” I wrote a post the other day, about the reasons…
Death feels final but its not. I was at a cremation for the beloved father of a close friend. Memories…