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Is it just me or is anybody else bamboozled or even mildly puzzled by the absence in project management literature of any helpful information on dealing with the challenges of achieving an integrated end-to-end supply chain? Some of the problem is undoubtedly down to language.

Diversity and inclusion is increasingly in the spotlight, with both benefits derived and shortcomings in performance alluded to.

In 2016, Shambala became the UK’s first annual greenfield music festival to go meat- and fish-free as part of a broader drive towards sustainability.

Project management certainly doesn’t sound as exciting as building something or going shopping! How do we promote project management to children, and girls in particular? I led a Girlguiding unit for 30 girls aged 10-14 (Guides) in north west London, and one activity we’ve run with different groups is the ‘construction game’.

Note: The original Gantt chart developed by Henry Gantt in 1910 was not the same as the one we use today; it actually showed resources against time (but that’s a topic for another blog post).

There is a growing recognition at senior management levels of the value that the application of programme management can generate and its impact on the achievement of an organisation’s strategy and the associated delivery of benefits.

Tony Robbins (author of Unleash the Power Within) says that three things are required to bring about change in a person: The desire to change, and/or desire for a result.

What does a global engineering company looking to develop their project management methods, a global manufacturing business introducing project management for their new product development lifecycle, and a national retailer going through a major and complex business transformation programme all have in common, apart from the obvious project management?Many businesses give considerable thought, investment and effort towards the professionalism of their project management community, and to determining and developing project management processes which are operationally fit for purpose.

I have written elsewhere about 2017 being a year of change.