What is Good Corporate Governance? The media seems to focus on executive remuneration while the wider picture must involve the whole of an organisation, what it stands for, the way it works, and what it produces. The focu on pay is far too narrow, as I discuss in a short video available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-KdOUkfSQs Please have a look at it and share your thoughts on what governance is. What, for you and your Read More

Your organisation, your business, your project seems to be going well except for something but you are not sure what. Something is going on, going wrong, unspoken, and there is growing undercurrent of gossip and quiet malaise. You are aware of this but no-one has been open about it.   You need to encourage openness. There are various techniques, mostly involving talking to people, but whatever you have asked, no-one says anything. Read More

Projects, Portfolios and Programmes – What is the difference? At what point is it fair to describe a project as a programme? Is it a question of size, complexity, or some other aspect that might cause a project to make the transition to become a programme? Much has been written in other blogs and references – some are below – and here is my summary. What is your view? Of the examples I provide which is a project in its Read More