Things don’t get done

October 2, 2025

One of the truisms of projects is that things don’t get done unless people do them. Breaking that down, you need to know the things, the people, and that they’re... READ MORE

The over-complicators

October 1, 2025

There are people who make life more difficult. They specialise in niggling at wrinkles that aren’t really there, they worry the bone on contracts even after they’ve been signed, they... READ MORE

All that zip

September 29, 2025

You can spend a lot of time waiting. You can waste a lot of time waiting. You can use up a lot of angst and shoe leather and energy whilst... READ MORE

Done right

September 28, 2025

And we’re … almost done. We’ve put ourselves out and completed every substantive task on the to do list. All the big lumpy stuff. All that’s left now is tying everything... READ MORE

Human, but direct

September 26, 2025

All of us have to have difficult conversations some times. The contractual ones, the financial ones, the disciplinary ones, the he said she said ones. There are two ways to... READ MORE