#437 – JUMPING TO CONFUSION: WIN-WIN SITUATION – MALCOLM PEART

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There’s a difficult job, a real problem, the metaphorical hot potato which, once touched, spells doom.  But, somebody somewhere at some time has to do something.  In the ensuing crisis, and just as one person’s problem is another’s opportunity, we have an opportunist.  As Machiavelli wrote “never let a crisis go to waste”, every cloud can have a silver lining for some, and opportunity rarely knocks twice. Continue reading

#436 – HUMAN RIGHTS: WHAT’S WRONG? – MALCOLM PEART

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Human rights in some form or another have been around since humankind began.  Some people had more rights than others while others had less.  This depended on the power held and influence through either benevolence or fear.  As in Animal Farm, “all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others” with correspondingly more rights. Continue reading

#415 – PROJECT MANAGEMENT: INGREDIENT FOR SUCCESS OR RECIPE FOR DISASTER – MALCOLM PEART

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Project Management proponents can make, or break, a project through an amalgamation of theory, practice, and experience. As with any amalgam, and even if the right ingredients are selected, if those ingredients aren’t mixed properly and in the correct proportions or at the right time, the end result can be disastrous.  Project management isn’t just adding water and mixing! Continue reading

#414 – PROJECT LEADERSHIP AND FOLLOWERSHIP – MALCOLM PEART

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There are thousands of studies on leadership.  We have a multitude of postings on social media as well as a myriad of academic tombs, dissertations, and theses as to what leadership is and sometimes what it isn’t.  People strive to understand leadership be it inspirational, transformational, situational, charismatic, transactional, autocratic, democratic, strong, or weak…the qualifiers go on. Continue reading

#404 – ORGANIZATIONAL TOXICITY: OFFENSIVE? OR DEFENSIVE? – MALCOLM PEART

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One man’s meat is another man’s poison” as coined over 2000 years ago by the Roman poet Lucretius still rings true today.  In these days of recycling, it’s akin to “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure”.  But what about toxicity? Continue reading