Most projects start out blissfully don’t they? They have their sponsors, their charters, their teams. The scope looks reasonable. The plan looks doable. The budget appears manageable. The sponsors seem committed and energized. The team has the right number and … Read the rest ...
Author Archives: Drew Davison
Nine Practices for Infrastructure Transformation
“The IT organization can’t drive or lead a digital transformation. It has to come from the business and the business strategy, because they’re fundamental to how a company or an organization evolves.”
– Michael Dell
Founder and CEO of Dell … Read the rest ...
Big Dreams, Bigger Excuses
“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which one has overcome.”
– Booker T. Washington, American educator, author and advisor to presidents and a dominant leader … Read the rest ...
Power Planning with a Business Plan Framework
“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory, tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.”
—Sun Tsu, Ancient Chinese Military strategist
As a project or change manager, the more information you have about a planned change, the … Read the rest ...
Want to Start a Business? Treat It Like a Project.
“If you can dream it, you can do it.”
- Walt Disney
Wouldn’t it be nice to be your own boss? To be able to make your own decisions, plan your day and your future without answering to someone else?
It’s … Read the rest ...
Now We Can See Why a Change Management Mindset Really Matters
“The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence – it is to act with yesterday’s logic.
– Peter Drucker
I expect most of us are viewing the COVID-19 second wave with some trepidation. When and how will … Read the rest ...
It’s the Mastery that Counts
“He who knows best knows how little he knows.”
-Thomas Jefferson
How many times have we been challenged with a knowledge gap in our personal or professional lives? We need to learn a few words in a different language to … Read the rest ...
Six Strategies to Manage Project Chaos
“Our real discoveries come from chaos, from going to the place that looks wrong and stupid and foolish.”
– Chuck Palahniuk, Author
I’m sure we’ve all been racked by project chaos at one time or another – too many conflicting … Read the rest ...
The Great Canadian Payroll Debacle
“The beginning is half the whole.”
– Pythagoras (est. 569bc-475bc), Greek philosopher and mathematician
In last month’s post, Start Your Project with PACE, we talked about the need to start projects properly. Projects need the right stakeholders involved and … Read the rest ...
Start Your Project with PACE
Agnes Allen’s Law: Almost anything is easier to get into than out of
If you want to deliver a change successfully, start your project with PACE.
When we have a new idea about a product or service or a solution … Read the rest ...