Is it time to clear out your company?
Whatever you call it – ‘sellotape’ drawer, cram-it-all-in cupboard – we all have one. That place you hide everything that doesn’t easily...
- Aug 3, 2021
- 2 min
The Answer to a Great Team? Psychological Safety
Have you ever been working on a complex project and finally feel like you’ve got it on track, when suddenly you're ambushed with a big...
- Jul 27, 2021
- 2 min
Do you Ever Feel Like you are Wobbling on a High Wire?
Sometimes the enormity of delivering your business goals, starting a new project or making change can feel a bit like walking the high...
- Jul 1, 2021
- 2 min
If You Don't Remember Why You Started, You'll Never Finish
What motivates you when you start something new? People will have lots of different answers depending on what their goal is, whether a...
- Apr 13, 2021
- 2 min
Getting Comfortable with Uncertainty
Getting comfortable with uncertainty avoids giving up on working towards our long-term goals when our inner critic gets in the way.
- Mar 23, 2021
- 3 min
Your Projects in the Tree Tops
Have you ever felt like your project goal is on the other side of a high wire? You’re at the start, can see where you’re heading, it’s not a
- Mar 9, 2021
- 3 min
Conquering your Clutter with Style
Everyone has some clutter. Learn how Projects that Deliver can help to declutter your business Junk Drawer.
- Feb 24, 2021
- 3 min
4 Reasons You Need to Focus on the Present for Project Success
It's a natural temptation to step out of the present. Looking to the future or fixating on the past. Either direction can provide an...
- Feb 22, 2021
- 2 min
When Certainty is a Bad Thing?
Minimising bad decisions is a theme in Maria Konnikova’s book ‘The Biggest Bluff’ - a depiction of her journey into professional poker....
- Jan 29, 2021
- 2 min
When 'good enough' is just not good enough
We’ve all been there. Up against a project deadline, dependencies all over the place for a piece of work being delivered urgently. There...
- Jan 22, 2021
- 2 min
How Losing Control helps make a Project more Successful
Many projects have too much control, and an unhealthy emphasis on micro-managing.
Is this a perpetual problem that needs disrupting?
- Jan 19, 2021
- 3 min
How to Move Past a Failed Project and Achieve Future Success
Has one of your projects recently stalled or failed to achieve what it set out to? Even with a great team behind you and hard work,...
- Jan 15, 2021
- 2 min
‘Psychological safety? What’s that got to do with the success of my projects?’
Have you, like me, been working on a complex project, finally feel you’ve got it on track & then are ambushed with a big roadblock from a...
- Dec 17, 2020
- 2 min
When is a project failure a success?
Can good project management turn a failed project into a success?
- Dec 12, 2020
- 2 min
Do you know why you do the things you do?
Good project management includes explaining the Why of the project. It helps people buy in and can avoid projects getting stuck or failing.
- Dec 4, 2020
- 2 min
Do problem premortems help project delivery?
This week's post is about how keeping problems front and centre helps project management and how that is critical to keeping projects on...
- Dec 2, 2020
- 2 min
The Facts of Project Failure
Project are generally considered a 100% success when the project fulfils what it set out to do on time and in budget. However, whilst...
- Dec 1, 2020
- 1 min
The Project Economy – can it turn your ideas into reality?
Problems no longer fit in neat categories such as operations, finance or technology. Project management needs to adapt to this....
- Nov 19, 2020
- 1 min
Can soft skills save a project?
Very few projects are straight forward or easy to do well. Most new projects are complex.