During a recent keynote, speaker Karen Blackett spoke about building your own “Avengers” — the people who support your growth, challenge your thinking and encourage you to step forward when opportunities arise.
How do we, as organisations, regardless of whether we are public or private sector, achieve real value? This article will make the case that sustained stewardship and the patience to see things through, as well as ongoing benefits tracking and intervention well beyond ‘Gate 5’.
By the time stress and burnout took over my life, I couldn’t remember a time when I wasn’t stressed – when there wasn’t a deadline looming, a problem to solve or a decision that couldn’t wait.
A moment of professional reckoning When I set out to achieve Chartered Project Professional (ChPP) status through The Association for Project Management (APM), I was not seeking a badge or a credential for its own sake.
Becoming a Chartered Project Professional (ChPP) was always something I intended to do, but it was also something I kept actively not doing.
Transport for London’s (TfL’s) Silvertown Tunnel, which opened in April 2025 to ease congestion around the Blackwall Tunnel, created one of London’s most complex infrastructure projects.
I have learned many lessons through powerlifting – a competitive strength sport – that have had a positive impact on my working life.
The Home Office’s Hendon Evolution Programme won APM’s 2025 Digital and Technology Project of the Year Award.
I was in London recently delivering a keynote at an event co-hosted by the APM and Asana.
January has been and gone – and perhaps so too have your well-intentioned New Year’s resolutions – but don’t lose hope of chipping away at those bad habits.