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Out-there lessons for project managers from NASA Let’s start with an all-time classic.

‘Hyper agile’, ‘new agile’, ‘future agile’, ‘agile & flexible’ join the ‘agile’ buzzword culture throughout our organisations and daily life.

As the chartered body for our profession, Association for Project Management (APM) is responsible for setting standards and leading by example on behalf of the entire project community.

When you are attending an online or virtual training course it can be hard to be fully motivated.

The People Interest Network have a fantastic conference coming up in London at the Double Tree Hotel by Hilton, Tower of London on the 26th February 2025 where we will be touching on Autonomy, Teams and Tension with a focus on projects under stress, the tensions that may arise between autonomous leadership, teamworking and stakeholder inclusivity.

Recently a warning was issued by Sir Cary Cooper, a British professor and formal government adviser, that obsessive email checking is hurting staff’s health and productivity.

We can improve project outcomes by changing our understanding of communication.

Is a quote from the film Top Gun where Tom Cruise plays United States Naval Aviator Lieutenant Pete "Maverick" Mitchell.

In our industry, high performing teams are considered to be everything.

When the world was plunged into lockdown last year, project professionals had to adapt instantly to support a whole host of technical changes.