Opinion remains divided on working from home, even causing a rift in the UK cabinet, with one government minister calling for civil servants to return to the office and another questioning the focus on measuring numbers of bodies at desks, rather than productivity.
Over the last few years, projects have become more unpredictable, it’ll take more than mere management to deliver outcomes.
In an earlier article, I shared some of the best answers we received from Project journal readers in spring 2022 as part of our ‘Project Me’ series.
Mental health problems can be an issue that anyone experiences at any stage of their lives.
In the high-stakes game of project management, conflict is everywhere.
I have spent the past couple of years helping people in all kinds of organisations make their meetings more productive, inventive and engaging by making the most of everyone involved.
There has always been tension between running the business and changing the business.
Psychological safety is “the belief that the work environment is safe for interpersonal risk‑taking… feeling able to speak up with relevant ideas, questions or concerns.
Have you ever wondered why it seems so hard to apply agile methodologies to the construction industry? Why does work in construction seem so rigid and old-fashioned? Well, the easy answer to this question is: because you can’t build a wall twice and you can’t run a sprint to fix any mistakes to something as permanent as a wall.
The Government is at risk of failing to deliver its National Infrastructure Strategy warns the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) and, despite a backdrop of progress, they were right to raise the warning.