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 →
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 →
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 →
Stay with me here as I'll skip from friendly banter to a very important issue. OK, I know my blog is a pretty small community of mostly close (and from this suggestion warped) friends, so this post varies wildly from what I expected my blog to look like. Thanks for the suggestion Paula, I've made... Continue Reading →
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