
Connecting the Dots Between Strategy, Planning and Your Portfolio
Many companies, especially large organizations, have entire teams dedicated to the Planning function, Strategy function and Portfolio...
Process Profanity: Why your process is no big deal until you realize how much it actually costs
Process Profanity: I’ve seen it quite a bit in my experience, and more importantly it never ceases to amaze me the costs associated with...

How to Move Forward When the Client is Right, the Vendor is the Expert and Both Positions Create Con
Delivering Excellence in Your Initiative You see many firms and vendors marketed as “the industry trusted advisor”, “your premier...

Maintaining Your Political Clout in an Uncertain Business Initiative
While the internet is full of lists of “deadly sins” for business initiatives and implementing new projects, I have developed my own set...

The Classical Painter Project Manager
Sometimes it starts with an intentional fixed gaze. Other times, it starts with awkward eye contact. And sometimes, it might have even...

Greece’s Real Problem Isn’t The Euro Or The Drachma, It’s A Lack Of Sustainable Jobs.
The problem with Greece isn’t that they owe so much money and can’t pay it back, but rather they have no sustainable income to keep...

Project Management Kryptonite
Ever have one of those mornings where you feel like things are going great, no flaming emails on your smart phone as you start your day,...

IT Governance: Spock Got It Right in the Nuclear Reactor
Think back to the Star Trek scene where Spock goes into the USS Enterprise nuclear reactor to save the crew and ship, and Kirk and Spock...
To Catch a Moving Target
THE CHALLENGE: A major global energy company was required to report certain assets and liabilities to a government agency or face...