How can we deliver projects in a timely, workmanlike and effective manner; there are many guides. This is an A to Z process linked to delivery, required decisions, and the establishment of an ethical project environment in which people may work. People may then realise their potential and the potential for their project to be delivered successfully. Continue reading
After the Australian’s risk management standard (AS/NZS 4360:2004) walked on ISO’s world stage in 2009, management system users from other countries have shrugged their shoulders over the need to determine the context BEFORE getting into the familiar plan-do-check-act (PDCA) cycle. However, what lies between the organization and meeting its objectives is uncertainty. Continue reading
Failure to continuously improve processes across the enterprise faster than competitors creates insidious enterprise threatening risk. Not dramatic. It might just be death by 1,000 small cuts. Continue reading
The failed Risk Management practice of the ubiquitous risk matrix will finally be laid to rest in the 2020s. Vague subjective estimation of likelihoods and consequences will be replaced with Predictive Analytics objective predictions, based historical patterns and current trends, leading to informed risk based decision making. Continue reading
Being anticipatory often boils down to the ability to see what everyone else misses. How can you do that? One way is to simply look where no one else happens to be looking. And how and where you look can help broaden both your and your organization’s capacity for being anticipatory. Leveraging the Law of Opposites isn’t just about being contrarian or being different just for the sake of being different. Continue reading