APM Blogs

The most significant changes in our professional and private lives start with small steps.

We asked Alexander Budzier, Fellow in Management Practice at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School and Director of Oxford Global Projects, to give us the lowdown on his new book Intelligent Change: The science behind digital transformations, co-authored with Thomas Gottschalck, Kim Bjørn Thueson and Astrid Lanng and published by Wiley.

Our Power of Projects virtual conference saw over 30 expert speakers who delivered a range of thought-provoking and interactive sessions from 7 to 11 June about factors that lead to project success.

As we move through the 21st century, data and the insights it gives us will change how we see the world.

August 2021: a team of rocket scientists, engineers and physicists from British company Pulsar Fusion sit round a table in the Caribbean discussing hybrid rocket engines and the US-dominated space sector.

The reopening of the world has brought with it various considerations for individuals, and despite vaccinations and scientists putting their best foot forward, we may always be mindful of the risk of infection, wary of shaking hands, close contact and enclosed spaces.

Calder Hall at Sellafield was the world’s first commercial nuclear power plant.

The term VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) has long been adopted into business terminology to convey the unpredictable environment we live in.

Uncertainty is higher than ever – yet it is essential that business executives and sponsors lead and move forward, taking on the more challenging decision making process, and accepting there is less certainty about the future.

Over the past 12 months and more, our world has changed dramatically due to the pandemic, forcing a recalibration of norms and behaviours.