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It’s a Stressful Time – Here’s What You Can Do For You and Your Team
It’s a stressful time – here’s what you can do for you and your team. Carole Osterweil speaks with Andy Kaufman in episode 291 of the People and Projects Podcast Carole and Andy explore how leaders and project managers can draw on ideas from Project Delivery, Uncertainty and Neuroscience to walk through the fog…
Read More →What does neuroscience have to do with project management?
What does neuroscience have to do with project management? Elise Stevens of Fix my Project Chaos explores the whole arena with Carole Osterweil Listen to Carole’s reply here Points raised in this podcast Understanding how the brain works helps us understand human behaviour. Our brain’s number one priority is survival, so our brain…
Read More →Change Requests – Your Response to them Matters
Change requests – handle one badly and you can trigger a stress cycle that adds layers of complexity to project delivery. Stakeholders changing their minds can be exasperating – especially when you think you’ve finally tied everything down! Everyone in the project profession recognises the risk of scope creep. Far fewer recognise that their…
Read More →Project Leadership in Uncertain Environments
Project Leadership in Uncertain Environments – Carole Osterweil, is interviewed by Elizabeth Harin FAPM a professional project manager and the award-winning blogger behind a Girl’s Guide to Project Management. Topics covered range from Project Leadership in Uncertain Environments to Carole’s motivation in writing Project Delivery, Uncertainty and Neuroscience Elizabeth sets the scene…
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4 Steps to Make Complex Projects Easier to Deliver
4 Steps to Make Complex Projects Easier to Deliver We’re still creating short-order cooks. They can make anything on a limited menu… but modern projects require Masterchefs – and as a profession we’re not geared up to develop them These words, spoken five years ago by a leading light in the project management community,…
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Is it change or transformation, and does it matter?
Leaders frequently underestimate what’s needed for true transformation – yet it’s a crucial consideration if they want to reach their ambitious goals. In the last month I’ve worked in depth with over twenty leaders from very different sectors. Of these nine have been charged with fundamentally changing the way their business runs. In this…
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Your project is fraught with uncertainty – what should you do?
Your project is fraught with uncertainty – what should you do? I was speaking to a client last week about using a project approach to turn his organisation’s new 20 year vision into reality. As we discussed the challenges, it became clear that some of his stakeholders hadn’t quite grasped the extent to which they…
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