“I’m not a carrier pigeon!!!”
These are words that you don’t expect to hear from a Project Manager.
We laugh about it now, but when exasperated PM Marcus blurted this out after leaving a meeting, it was a cry for help.
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“Of all our administrative staff, you’re the best paid by far.”
Ant from London is an experienced Project Leader, at his recent annual appraisal he was told this by the Director of People. It was meant kindly, motivational even, but it sums up one of the biggest misconceptions about project management. The idea that PMs are just administrators with fancy job titles.
Ant was fairly chilled out about the backhanded compliment, as PMs we know our value, his CIO took more of a dim view and gave the People Director a piece of his mind – we are with the CIO!
You may have heard similar…
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BREAKING NEWS | We’ve just been told we’re not allowed to use the C-word in the office!!!!
Yes! Mentioning Christmas has been banned!! (Until the end of the month at least!!)
Apparently, it’s bad luck!
Maybe there is something in that.
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The numbers are stark. By 2035, the world will need 30 million additional project professionals to meet global demand. Yet while organisations scramble to fill gaps, most are still relying on outdated resourcing models that simply don’t work in 2025.
The Talent Shortage Isn’t Getting Better—It’s Evolving
Remember when the biggest problem was just finding enough candidates? That was the tip of the iceberg.
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A CIO friend has just switched firms and, when he suggested Project Management as a Service (PMaaS) as an alternative to hiring and contractors, the response from the CFO, COO and CEO was: “who?”.
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IT projects are the backbone of business growth.
Delivering them successfully, however, is anything but straightforward: demand for specialist project managers has never been higher; skills shortages continue to bite; and automation powered by artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming how project work gets done.
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Over three quarters (77%) of project professionals say business acumen improves strategic decision making, yet less than a fifth (18%) are highly proficient in it.
That gap is costing organisations more than they realise. Especially in I.T. projects, where the line between delivery and business value is thinner than ever.
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Risk management in IT projects has often been considered a defensive discipline, intended to catch issues before they “snowball” into full blown disaster!
Given the current economic climate, where businesses are measuring the ROI on everything, at Stoneseed we’ve applied a growth mindset to risk management and identified that, with proactive risk management, you can unlock real, measurable financial value.
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When it comes to finding the perfect workplace, independent employee reviews tell the real story. According to anonymous reviews on Glassdoor – a platform where companies cannot alter or remove employee feedback – Stoneseed’s story is overwhelmingly positive, with an exceptional 4.8 out of 5 stars rating and an impressive 94% of employees recommending the company to friends.
These unfiltered insights from real employees provide an authentic view of what it’s truly like to work at Stoneseed.
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Completing an IT project and releasing it into service is always an extremely exciting and satisfying moment and delivering it within a pre-determined timeframe and budget certainly ramps up the joy … but also the pressure!
When your confidence in going live is shaken by bugs or issues, and your stakeholders are breathing down your neck, what do you do?
When PM friend Fiona found herself in this exact position recently, she gained a valuable insight, not from an experienced colleague, or a trusted IT Advisory partner. Fiona’s mentor was her teenage son!
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