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How to fail well...

Failure Is the new success. Here are five ways that you can embrace...

5 Skills Needed To...

Why do projects fail? It's a question that invites a lot of interest and...

Embrace the change: Getting...

New IT systems for a growing business can be an exciting prospect and...

New Professional Body for...

The House of PMO, a new professional body for PMO professionals was launched...
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How to use RAG Status...

Many projects and programmes use RAG status...

Using Covey’s Matrix to tame...

Good time management is something that often...

Project Management in the Non-profit Sector: Maximising Social Impact With Project Management Tools

With many organisations looking to achieve a better social impact, non-profit organisations, in particular, are putting a greater emphasis on the use of project management to help with this. In order to be effective, project management within non-profits requires careful coordination and planning. One thing is becoming increasingly clear, and that is that without non-profit project management tools, these organisations cannot achieve their goals or be productive in their social impact projects. In order to ensure maximum social impact whilst also creating meaningful change, it is important to think about...

Project Management in...

With many organisations looking to achieve a better social impact, non-profit organisations, in particular, are putting a greater emphasis on the use of project...

The Evolving Role...

In the world of financial services project management, and indeed every industry, it is becoming increasingly common for organisations to lean on the new...

4 Words You...

Thinking about words in project management contexts that you use every day as a project manager is probably not something that you have given...

IT Project decision...

The “Crucible Moments” podcast is a fascinating listen, especially as Roelof Botha (whose thoughts are the inspiration for this blog) isn’t the main subject. He plays the role of presenter; the main guest is Jack Dorsey (former Twitter CEO who now runs the financial services company Block). The central narrative of the podcast is the evolution of Block from its origins as Square, and how they created Cash App, a ‘third’ option, which is now responsible for half of Block’s revenue. The strategy of expanding the number of options for consideration was instrumental in helping Block identify and eliminate what wasn’t working and focus on more profitable projects.

Changing our minds...

Interesting perspective from a Chief Experience Officer, Sandy, on how her organisation is making decisions – “we’re like a car that’s forgotten it has a steering wheel and more than one gear”. I love this metaphor. I can see the car missing turn offs and short cuts and the noise and smoke from driving along in first gear! What she means is that when the project team faces a challenge, or has a strategic decision to make, instead of weighing up what the problem really is and what would be best, it is culturally beholden to the in-house resources it already has at its disposal. Sandy thinks it may be a hangover from the pandemic. I suppose we all managed with what resources we could lay our hands on, became insular in our thinking, even adopting a scarcity mindset as we adjusted to the changing reality.

Project Management in...

‘What is project management’ is a pertinent question in healthcare management. Simply put, it is the process of planning, organising and then overseeing the...

Creating an organisational...

There are a number of different ways that an organisation can be structured. First of all, there is the classic hierarchy which is a...

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David writes blogs based on his many years in Project Management and also on ideas from the team here at Stoneseed. Light-hearted, insightful and funny, David’s blog cover all things Project Management, Leadership, Best Practice, PMO, Business Analysis and of course Project Management as a Service.  

Conflict management tips...

Conflicts are an all-too-common occurrence in the workplace. These are the situations where the needs, interests, values or goals of the stakeholders in the...

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