Interesting perspective this week from my friend and fellow IT Project Leader Malc. Malc emailed to tell me that he had recently reframed his team’s thinking on post-project delivery analysis. What he has done is pretty interesting and he says it is adding demonstrable value to the process. “We always used to look back at […]
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Originally published on CIO.com A very novel way for CIOs to increase effectiveness A poster of Lord Alan Sugar just appeared on the wall of a CIO I know. As it does every year, in fact. Lord Sugar is the central figure in the UK’s version of TV show “The Apprentice”. Of course, had my
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The answer as to whether machine learning and artificial intelligence will replace various roles in the workplace is one contingent on several very big factors; most notably the nature of the work in question and the relative sophistication of AI in the coming years and decades. For some aspects of project management there is
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Mega-projects, better known as large-investment, complex and lengthy projects, bank on everything under the sun, from the right manpower to the right machinery and equipment. They are projects that carry risks associated with lengthy durations, frequent scope changes and cost overruns. Given that stakeholders invest huge sums of money in the project, project managers can’t
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Even if you’re the kind of employee who plans everything out ahead of time and always gets project done before deadlines, there will come a time when you’re under the gun with a mountain of work and too little time. Because this can be stressful, and therefore a detriment to getting that said work done,
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I had a very interesting email exchange with a Director of HR this week about how the talent management lifecycle is becoming increasingly difficult to control. Among the key challenges, she told me, is the ever-accelerating rate of change in technology. IT is altering all aspects of managing the talent lifecycle. She said, “Imagine the
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It caught my eye. I cannot find robust research that backs it up, but I have to agree, that when you look through the ‘situations vacant’, you do see a lot of basic errors in grammar and spelling. Also, there’s often a lack of focus on who hirers are actually trying to attract. So, for
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“Be open to collaboration. Other people and other people’s ideas are often better than your own,” so said comedian and actress Amy Poehler. She’s right. I heard a great story this week that highlighted the value of collaboration. A radio station, I think in Australia (but don’t quote me), was brainstorming ways to improve its
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“Have you ever wondered why over half of IT Projects fail?” said the voice on the other end of the phone. The cold caller hadn’t ingratiated himself by calling me “Dave”. I’m David. It’s not that I mind “Dave”. It’s just not my name. Quite an assumption too, I mean, I wonder if he’d open
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To attract passive talent you need to redefine ‘passive aggressive’ and turn it into a recruitment strategy. Imagine your ideal candidate. Smart, hard-working, dedicated, capable, innovative, creative … spend a few seconds populating your own list. Have you ever interviewed this ideal candidate, offered them the gig, only to find they had accepted a “better
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