APM Blogs

As well as being the stuff of dreams, the Caribbean can also be the stuff of nightmares.

Whether it’s the variety, the chance to make a difference, or earn an average salary of over £56,000 per year, project management is a sought after profession.

Dealing with the unforeseen is a key part of a project manager’s job.

I recently presented on a webinar on diversity for the Association for Project Management.

In the slew of stories and news on the transformation that technology is likely to make to our lives there has been a strong flavour of fear, or at least foreboding, about how robotics could cut a swathe through traditional jobs – mostly unskilled.

Successfully navigating emotions in projects is an important part of the role, and difficult to get right, especially when things don’t go to plan.

Projects and project management are no longer confined to traditional domains, but can be seen as a ‘golden thread’ helping to drive quality, efficiency and the effectiveness of strategic change in all sectors and organisations.

 Sir Tim Smit, co-founder of Cornwall’s Eden Project, explains how a galvanising message can hold a team together through the toughest of projects.

The construction industry has a homogenous problem; the higher up you go in the industry, the less diverse.

The project profession is not for the faint of heart.