Your path to business agility
Security breaches and data leaks are probably the biggest threat to the security of international firms. Cyber-attacks have been steadily increasing and criminals no longer have to try to gain physical access to a building wielding a weapon or sneaking in a window at night time. In recent years the world has changed significantly with...
When it comes to choosing new project management software, enterprises typically rely on scorecards, content (e.g. reports, white papers, articles, blog posts, videos, etc.), case studies, peer reviews, comparison matrices, demos, data sheets, and other tools to evaluate potential solutions. Naturally, all of these are key pieces of the decision-making puzzle. However, there is a...
Project managers face some epic clashes on the enterprise landscape. For example, keeping line managers from recruiting (or just as often, re-recruiting) essential project staff can involve tactical genius that would have impressed Napoleon. And telling some customers that their “simple” change request is out of scope may involve a series of conversations that make...
In theory, business agility and distributed teams are a match made in heaven. After all, business agility is all about working faster and smarter, and enterprises with remote workers should be able to tick both of those boxes. After all, what’s nimbler than being able to turn anywhere into a workspace, at any time? Yet...
For some years, the UK has been lagging behind many of its peers in the developed world when it comes to the fight against workplace inequality. One of the main initiatives that has been introduced to reverse this trend is new legislation that requires all companies with more than 250 employees to provide authorities with...
The pace of change in marketing trends can be head-spinning. From creating virtual reality experiences to trying to find influencers before they get outdated to everybody shifting their marketing focus to Gen Z after you’ve just spent the past three years reading dozens of articles about getting your message right for Millennials, the world of...
In today’s highly competitive and rapidly changing marketplace, businesses are investing in the development of efficient tools and effective practices that ensure growth and sustainability in their enterprises. Being an effective project manager is about juggling a large number of responsibilities and duties that can make the most of your team and resources. One of...
It is a normal part of professional life that an organization or specific team might go through difficult times. This could be major restructuring which results in layoffs, a breakdown in relations that leads to a lot of team members leaving or one of those periods where, for whatever reason, many clients leave within a...
Working smarter (not harder) could mean the difference between a so-so project and a successful one–this article will explore five tips for working smarter, not necessarily harder. The phrase, “work smarter, not harder” seems like an obvious piece of work advice. Who wouldn’t want to use their brains to deliver increased success along with more free...
Ah yes: chat apps. Those cool tools with all kinds of bells and whistles that promise to bring together distributed teams and enable real-time collaboration. But as many enterprises are experiencing, the reality isn’t living up to the hype. Yes, people are frenetically sending messages back and forth. But they aren’t necessarily advancing the work...
