We know that the active and sustained participation of a project’s decision makers is the primary contributor to project success. Even Project Management Institute (PMI) research reveals “that having actively engaged executive sponsors is the top driver of project success.” … Read the rest ...
Author Archives: Drew Davison
Nine Steps on the Way to Project Success
“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.” – Henry Ford
Often, it’s once bitten, twice shy. We try something. It doesn’t work out. We go on to something else. Yet, many discoveries and innovations are … Read the rest ...
It’s all about the Orgasm
It’s difficult to produce your best results when you’re under attack from your boss. Unfortunately, management applied duress, intimidation, pressure, bullying and browbeating on individuals and teams is a too frequent occurrence. And, it is incredibly costly in both the … Read the rest ...
Great Projects, Stronger Economies, Better Lives
We know how difficult it is to deliver projects successfully within an organization. Imagine the challenges involved in managing hundreds of concurrent projects in developing countries and communities around the world. That’s exactly what the Canadian Executive Service Organization (CESO) … Read the rest ...
The Devil Is in the Details
Technological complexities often pose significant challenges to project staff. That’s especially true when a number of companies are involved and the technologies run the gamut from hardware subsystems, system and application software and communications infrastructure. In these cases, the difference … Read the rest ...
Success is Relative
We work hard on our projects to ensure all our goals and stakeholders’ needs are met. Yet, sometimes when we reach the end of the road, we find some of our goals have not been achieved and one or more … Read the rest ...
The Importance of Principles
“A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.”
– Dwight D. Eisenhower.
This post is a bit different. It’s not about a project or a major change. It’s a story about one man’s values and the … Read the rest ...
Guiding Community Change
As the saying goes, “the road to hell is paved with good intentions”. Often, when one well-intentioned individual or a small group of like-minded people try and push through their agenda, it does not go well. The effort can raise … Read the rest ...
Ten Steps to Lean Success
“M&A is a mug’s game, in which typically 70%–90% of acquisitions are abysmal failures.”
– Roger Martin
Formerly Dean of the Rotman School of Management at UofT
The quote above from Roger Martin, in a June 2016 article in Harvard … Read the rest ...
Phase and Stage Your Projects for a Successful Journey
Abrams’s Advice: When eating an elephant, take one bite at a time.
Your organization is undertaking a major new project that will have a significant impact across the board. If we know anything about project risk, we know the bigger … Read the rest ...