I have a passion for proven best practices. They are the collective wisdom of others who have gone before. They can improve performance, reduce risk, accelerate delivery and increase satisfaction. They can be revised or discarded as appropriate. New ones … Read the rest ...
Author Archives: Drew Davison
Transforming Projects with Architecture
Architecture has had a significant impact on humanity over the centuries, whether in the form of planned structures, environments, societies, frameworks or technologies. In the technology sphere, architectural practices have contributed to everything from chip designs, to communication protocols to … Read the rest ...
Project Management Meets Design Thinking
The practice of Design Thinking has received accolades for transforming the way organizations solve problems. At the core, Design Thinking is about driving decision making from the human perspective, where business, organizational and technological solutions evolve from a human-centered exploration.… Read the rest ...
The Six Secrets of Project Prosperity
Imagine this. Your boss asks you to work with eight countries in West Africa. The assignment: to support the establishment of practices for the effective and equitable operation of microfinance lending to small and medium size business clients in the … Read the rest ...
Uncommitted Sponsors
We know that actively engaged sponsors are a critical success factor in effective project delivery. But, most senior executives who must assume the sponsor mantle are anything but actively engaged. At least initially. I call them the uncommitted sponsors!
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The Power of One
It’s easy to follow routines. But, good things often happen when someone senses an opportunity, deviates from the well-worn path and chooses to follow a new road to an uncertain but potentially brighter future, bringing others on the journey as … Read the rest ...
Make Your Boss a Star
Has your boss ever handed you an assignment you thought was downright crazy? Did you pull your hair out trying to figure out how to respond? Or, did you seek greener pastures to avoid the looming failure? If so, this … Read the rest ...
Missed Opportunities
Change is all around us, from those minor adjustments in our daily lives to world-shaping events. Excepting the whims of Mother Nature, in each change, someone is usually the catalyst, the driver. If the change affects us directly, we can … Read the rest ...
Change Management Lessons from Brexit
On June 23, 2016, the United Kingdom (UK) voted to withdraw from the European Union (EU). The referendum, called by Prime Minister David Cameron, produced a 52% to 48% win for the Leave side. Tellingly, the campaign has been dubbed … Read the rest ...
The Wonders of Wishful Thinking
Mergers and acquisitions are fraught, invariably, with peril. Wharton accounting professor Robert Holthausen, who teaches courses on M&A strategy, says that researchers estimate the range for failure is between 50% and 80%. Roger L. Martin stated in a recent Harvard … Read the rest ...