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#367 – FOOLED OR JUST FOOLISH – MALCOLM PEART

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Abraham Lincoln is attributed to have famously said “You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.”  A more recent US President coined a more manipulative spin on Lincoln’s erudite words… “You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on.”  Preying on ignorance is a human trait which, although frowned upon, certainly thrived in history, and definitely thrives today. Continue reading →

#366 – DEADLINES A PROJECT NECESSITY – MALCOLM PEART

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The term “deadline” hasn’t been around that long, about 160 years in fact.  The first written mentions were in 1863 during the American Civil War.  The “dead-line”, as then, was defined as “a line drawn within or around a prison that a prisoner passes at the risk of being shot” and shot dead at that.  Prison conditions could be so deplorable that some men crossed the line on purpose, some survivors wrote that they had wished they’d crossed it to end their misery.  Deadlines in those days were lessons in ultimate liability. Continue reading →

#365 – DATA EVERYWHERE AND STILL PROJECT INDECISION – MALCOLM PEART

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“Water water everywhere, not a drop to drink” is the modern and well-known phraseology from the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s 1798 poem “The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner”.  In essence this means that despite being surrounded by an abundance of something one cannot benefit from it.

In today’s Information Age we are surrounded by data.  It’s everywhere and often available at the touch of a button, or rather a screen.  Instant and easy access is demanded but despite computers and the internet the right data is not always so easily or readily found.  Data, and the right data is an essential ingredient for decision making. Continue reading →

#364 – PROJECT COMMUNICATIONS RISK: MATTER OF RESISTANCE – MALCOLM PEART

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In conflicts, or just differences of opinion, people push-back when opinions or ideas are different to theirs.  These differences may not necessarily be wrong, but, a mere difference can constitute change to somebody and, as with any change there is inevitably some resistance to a greater or lesser extent.

As Newton discovered, ‘For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction’ and the same is true of people.  This reaction, in the absence of open minds, may not only be opposite but, if coupled with ineffective communication produces increased resistance to change and, inevitably, friction. Continue reading →

#363 – OMICRON: JAB FIRST AND ASK QUESTIONS LATER – MALCOLM PEART

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Omicron, the new variant on the block!  This is the latest strain of the COVID virus but, within a few days of its arrival, or rather announcement that’s it’s been found, countries are closing their borders and travel restrictions are being imposed! There has been no rhyme or reason for this but this decision, as with many others related to COVID, seems to have been made arbitrarily and with a preponderant paucity of ‘data’. Continue reading →