Lean, Design & Manufacturing Specialist
A few months ago I wrote about AI becoming one of the most valuable tools in my engineering toolkit. Since then, things have escalated slightly. I've used AI almost every working day across engineering management, SOLIDWORKS, PDM, project planning, machinery safety, manufacturing information, documentation, troubleshooting and process improvement. Some of it has worked brilliantly. Some... Continue Reading →
The future of project management depends on our ability to attract, engage, and elevate the next generation of leaders. As the professional landscape evolves, organizations have a unique opportunity to bridge the gap between academia and industry. Whether your professional goals are focused on agile methodologies, traditional frameworks, or creative leadership, connecting with the right... Continue Reading →
Let’s talk about the elephant in every modern project office: Shadow AI. While corporate risk committees debate 40-page governance charters, your engineers, planners, and analysts are quietly pasting meeting transcripts, schedules, and code snippets into generative AI models on their personal phones under their desks. They aren't doing it to be malicious. They’re doing it... Continue Reading →
You hit every milestone, satisfied every specification, and wrapped up execution right on the agreed completion date. The delivery team has a celebratory pint, packs up their kits, and signs off. Job done, right? Six weeks later, the operations team is drowning. The new software sits unused, the physical jigs are bypassed with manual workarounds,... Continue Reading →
Every project starts with pristine intentions until the "quick favours" start trickling in. A sponsor drops by your desk with an "informal tweak." An end user asks for an extra custom view. A developer decides to build an unrequested automation module because it felt like neat engineering. Before you know it, your baseline is shot,... Continue Reading →
There is a dangerous ego trip inside project management: the addiction to heroism. Everyone loves the project manager who steps into a burning crisis at the eleventh hour, pulls an all-nighter, reroutes resources, and miraculously gets the deliverable over the line. They get the praise, the executive call-out, and the pat on the back. Let’s... Continue Reading →
Let’s be honest: half of the project dashboards floating around British boardrooms are pure corporate wallpaper. Every Friday afternoon, project managers spend hours aggregating metrics, tinting spreadsheet cells amber, and fine-tuning PowerPoint decks just to keep stakeholders from panicking. It feels like governance. It feels like control. In reality, it is unadulterated operational waste. Dumping... Continue Reading →
Every organisation is currently experiencing the same phenomenon: team members are racing ahead, using generative AI to draft reports, summarise transcripts, and clean data at a pace that far outstrips formal corporate policies. It feels fast, it feels efficient, and everyone loves the productivity boost. Until things break. A model hallucinates a critical metric in... Continue Reading →
Let’s be honest: project management without a framework is just a high-stakes exercise in group therapy mixed with uncontrolled shouting. You’ve got stakeholders changing their minds like they’re picking outfits for a first date, budgets shrinking faster than an ice cube in a toaster, and a team looking at you like you’re supposed to pull... Continue Reading →
Generated with Gemini If someone had asked me twelve months ago whether Artificial Intelligence would become part of my day-to-day engineering toolkit, I'd probably have been sceptical. Like many engineers, I saw AI as an interesting technology capable of writing emails or answering questions, but I couldn't see how it would genuinely improve engineering. I... Continue Reading →
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