#296 – GREAT COMMUNICATIONS – A MATTER OF TIMING? – MALCOLM PEART

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Punch lines, ad-libs, and instrumental solos, even a single note on a Tibetan singing bowl, all depend on one thing…timing.  Project Communication is also about timing and, whilst many people speak and opine with impunity the timing of written communication and converting possibly wild words into black & white can often mean the difference between collaboration and cooperation or resistance and antagonism. Continue reading

#293 – CHANGE AND RESISTANCE ARE FUTILE – MALCOLM PEART

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Organisations exist in a dynamic world where business uncertainty and socio-political volatility can adversely affect their existence.  The mass of data available and the contradictory interpretations that can be made add ambiguity and complexity to the mix.  Our modern day organisations, or at least their management or leadership team realise, or should realise, that their operating environments are changing and, in order to adapt and survive, they too need to change. Continue reading

#292 – THE NEW NORMAL – AGAIN! – MALCOLM PEART

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The last ‘new normal’, by definition, was generally recognised in the aftermath of the 2008-2012 global recession.  Before that it was the financial crisis of 2007-2008 and before that, at least in Asia, it was in 2004 after SARS.  COVID is now causing another ‘new normal’ as people adopt various governmental mandated behavioral changes.  Continue reading

#289 – PROJECT COMMUNICATIONS – MALCOLM PEART

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George Bernhard Shaw once said, and it’s now been written down and put on posters and the like: “The problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place”. 

In this ‘Information Age’ we have access to, receive, generate, and send more information than ever before.  People can suffer from infoxication as a consequence of ‘information overload’ and decision making has, we are told, become more difficult as a consequence.  Continue reading

#277 – THE NEW NORMAL: WHAT WAS THE OLD ONE? – MALCOLM PEART

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Working From Home (WFH)…just one of the things that the “New Normal” will bring according to a few voices from the populations of various workforces who have contributed to economies during lockdowns.  People seem to have enjoyed the utopia of ‘flexible’ working hours with a freedom to work when they want, attending virtual meetings and collaborating in on-line virtual offices.  Continue reading