Category Archives: Projects@Risk™ – Malcolm Peart

#272 – THE FIRST PANDEMIC WAR? – MALCOLM PEART

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COVID-19 is real. It’s affecting the entire world and, being a virus with no ‘intelligence’, it has no clue that it is wreaking havoc on our sophisticated life form that also infects, or is it inhabits, this planet Earth. Some say that we are at war with the virus, and they use nationalistic appeals to the masses and describe the virus as virulent, insidious, unrelenting etc. But are we really all at war, or are warmonger advocates merely beating their war drums so that they may manage the outcome? Continue reading →

#271 – PANDEMIC. PANDEMONIUM. RISK MANAGEMENT – MALCOLM PEART

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COVID-19 is now among the ranks of The Black Death, Spanish ‘Flu, and SARS.  Another submicroscopic demon is attacking humanity and bringing the mankind of this Information Age to its knees both physically and economically despite its insignificant size.

Viruses have been around longer than man and, when we become part of a future paleaontological record, they will still be plaguing whatever species takes over from us.  Continue reading →

#269 – CULTURE, COMPETENCE & CONSEQUENCES – MALCOLM PEART

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Major projects, particularly infrastructure projects, can be spectacular in terms of their scale, timeframe, public and private investment, and the capital cost for their implementation.  Completion is often celebrated and overruns of time and cost are temporarily put aside, technical calamities become bygone memories, and ‘success’ is the order of the day. Continue reading →

#267 – PRIMA DONNAS AND IVORY TOWERS – CONVENIENTLY AVOIDING RISKS – MALCOLM PEART

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We rely upon skilled, able and talented individuals to assist in the successful delivery projects and improve businesses.  They are gifted in their niche areas of expertise and without their stellar performances, where would we be?  They are akin to the Prima Donna of an operatic performance and they are respected for their superior skills and ability.  But when respect turns to reverence the lesser mortals around them may flail in the wake of the rising star. Continue reading →

#252 – RUSHING TO WAIT – FAILING TO PLAN? – MALCOLM PEART

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Just Do It!; “He who hesitates is lost”; and “Strike while the iron is hot” are all expressions used with impunity when a project is about to start as we are encouraged to ‘get on with it’ as nothing can go wrong, go wrong?, wrong! 

After all, ‘a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step‘ and projects have to start sooner or later.  Continue reading →