A recurring theme in IT project conversations lately, with colleagues and clients, is: “How come everything we do feels harder?”
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When King Charles IX forgot to tell France the New Year moved, chaos followed. Sound familiar? Avoid “April Fool” project moments with smart change communication and PMaaS support from Stoneseed.
Project management has evolved far beyond the confines of task allocation and timeline tracking. There’s now a much heavier focus on the ability to build relationships and navigate challenges as a team. At the heart of this evolution is the power of an extremely important soft skill: emotional intelligence, which is increasingly recognised as a critical,
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Navigating the PM landscape as a junior project manager can be both an exciting and challenging endeavor. With numerous responsibilities and expectations, it’s essential to equip yourself with the right technical skills to excel in this role. From mastering project management software to effective communication techniques, understanding these skills can set the foundation for a
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Discover how AI is reshaping IT project delivery — and why people still make the difference. From predictive planning to PMaaS, explore how human insight and teamwork keep technology on track.
IT Project Management in 2026 looks very different from just a few short years ago, but many of the challenges are the same – just worse.
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For decades, business success has been measured primarily through numbers: revenue, margins, growth rates, and market share. While these metrics remain essential, there is a powerful factor that often sits quietly in the background, underestimated and sometimes dismissed as “soft” or secondary. That factor is happiness. In a business setting, happiness is not about constant
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In an era defined by rapid technological change, global competition and constant economic disruption, the UK’s long-term prosperity depends not only on innovation and capital investment but also, and increasingly, on its people. Central to this is the concept of soft skills: the interpersonal, behavioural and cognitive competencies that enable individuals to work collaboratively, communicate
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Introduction Starting a project management role can involve a change in career. You might have started out in a more technical or specialised role and progressed up the chain or moved into project management after gaining skills in another industry. Early on in your project management career, you might find gaps in your knowledge, or
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How do leaders get to where they are? Getting to a leadership position takes a mixture of grit and determination, as well as having a range of technical and field-specific knowledge under your belt. Did you happen to notice anything missing from that list? You guessed it: it also takes soft skills. It is all
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