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Planet in a Pickle!
There will be plenty who criticize business for lack of social responsibility or simply failing to connect with the lives of people on the planet. Take a look at Ian Chamber’s Planet in a Pickle song;...
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What if the people steering your project just don’t know how to drive?
There are lots of reasons why projects can go off the rails but shortcomings in the project steering group can be one of the most fundamental. Elizabeth Harrin’s short piece ‘Who’s in Charge Here?‘...
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Business Architects and Change Agents – the Dynamic Duo
Jonathan Whelan’s article on the British Computer Society website Business Architecture and the Management of Change is very clear on the need for a collaborative working strategy between architects...
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Is corporate collecting dead?
The international journal Art & Auction asked this question in 1988, one year after Black Monday, and answered “No.” In the wake of the 2008 economic crisis, what’s the answer now? The authors of...
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Global Sustainability CofP for Project Managers
Nearly 700 participants registered for the PMI Webinar on Sustainability in Project Management by Gilbert Silvius this week. For those who missed it and would like to see the presentation, it is...
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An interview with Bob Garlick for ‘Solutions’ shortlisted for a CMI...
Bob Says “I chat with Eric regarding this amazing business resource book. Eric helped organize and heard an assortment of business specialists that have done him proud. Not only is this book easy to...
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How do you achieve a high performing culture?
As Iain Adams explains in his recent article on Jane Sparrow’s new book, The Culture Builders, the one subject ‘big bosses’ are asking internal communicators more about these days is how to achieve a...
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There are good reasons why senior managers show scant interest in project...
Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez’ article in PM World Journal is a fascinating insight into why senior managers tend to ignore project management. I won’t steal his thunder – read the article, it is an...
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A Question of Balance – Ego and Silo Working
Recently, when David Willcock was conducting research for his book Collaborating for Results he found many workers referenced ego as being a large contributor to silo working. David looks into exactly...
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Validating Strategies: a new way to share, understand and integrate strategies
Gower author, Phil Driver is CEO of OpenStrategies PRUB strategy system, which offers a different way of doing strategy. Merron Simpson has been involved with OpenStrategies for around 5 years and...
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6 Business Tips from our Expert Governance and Leadership Authors
With Gower’s Governance and Leadership line covering an extensive range of topics within the Business and Management industry, we have asked six of our authors to each provide a tip for better...
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Charting a strategic roadmap for going mobile – 5 steps to success
The successful implementation of mobile solutions requires five steps says Gower author Priya E. Abraham on her blog. Charting a strategic roadmap for going mobile – 5 steps to success. Priya is the...
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Project Management Events for CPD in 2015 – Register now!
Stakeholder Management in a Matrix Organisation – Gower author Jake Holloway presents a webinar for the APM on Tuesday 25th at 12:30pm BST. Join the 300 who have already registered! See here for more...
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What do you do as an OD Consultant?
Taken from The Roles of Organisation Development by Annamaria Garden I was once hired to teach the managers of a company which had just bought out Nokia. The message I had to give them was that they,...
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Strategy at the Brink: Standing on the precipice of the Third Wave Industrial...
It’s easy to imagine Apple announcing the launch of its new market offering: a mobile car/office that is printed to a specific design and is driverless, energy efficient, safe. It is also city savvy:...
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Cope, plan, hedge … how is your business responding to climate change?
As Nigel Arnell demonstrates in this extract from his book A Short Guide to Climate Change Risk, adopting a practical, risk management, approach to climate change offers significant benefits for your...
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Why is risk management all about moving goalposts?
David Hillson has a wonderful knack for making the complicated and complex easily understandable. In this post from GpmFirst, he explains simply and clearly why risk management needs to be an iterative...
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