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Change managers or agents wear a multitude of hats and they can be involved in a number of roles through the life of a project, which is often dependant on the change in question and the organisation they are working in.
In my role as a creative producer, I am responsible for guiding my team and supporting our clients to achieve the project vision.
In business, there are often unwritten rules to which we feel compelled to conform.
I once attended a conference called People Deliver Projects.
The purpose of a project is to create change.
Where do you go, and what do you do, when you need some headspace to gain perspective on a particular problem? Building in a regular activity or break to give you space to think through chewy problems or take breathers from a back-to-back meetings can give you a precious chance to see things with greater clarity and allow your brain to have those eureka moments you might struggle to have otherwise.
Project failure is not an easy subject to think about, but the more we face up to it, the better prepared we will be to succeed.
As I prepare to say my goodbyes before handing over to a new chief executive, it is inevitably a time of reflection, but also excitement about what is to come for both APM and the project profession.
How might the nascent technology of quantum computing change the way we do business? Let’s start with an observation: we have no lack of computing power today.