I shared this with my French team.  Hallowe’en isn’t a big thing in France, except among the American expat community.
But sometimes it’s good to learn about other cultures, especially when it provides a welcome relief to the stresses of the office.

The kind folks at the British Computer Society are throwing a bash for me to launch my new book, Project Management in the Real World. I give an entertaining yet informative speech for around 45 minutes, then take questions from the floor, pose for photos and sign any copies people feel inclined to buy. [...]

How is it possible to ladder a pair of fishnet tights? They already have holes in. Fishnets are, for the second autumn in a row, the must-have fashion accessory for the project-manager-about-town. Normally, when tight-wearing season kicks in, I put a spare pair in my desk drawer for just such an emergency. [...]

One of the great things about living overseas is being able to understand another culture. For example, did you know the French don’t understand the British desire to mix orange juice and champagne in the same glass?
At work, culture is never more pronounced than when international teams work together on projects. If you’re [...]

I was given a fab new wheelie suitcase as a gift at the weekend, which is great as I seem to be doing a lot of travelling at the moment. On the way to the UK at the weekend I found myself sitting next to a guy in a leather jacket. He obviously [...]

IBM, EDS, Telecom New Zealand and Synergy are in the UK this week recruiting for ICT specialists including business analysts, project managers, project directors and programme managers.
There is more information about their recruitment campaign to poach UK talent on the New Zealand Now site. They also have a list of recruitement agencies, but searching [...]

“I came in last week and and you wouldn’t let me collect my debit card,” says the man in front of me in the queue. “You said I had to put money in the account and then I could have the card.”
“We sent it to your home in the UK on Friday,” says the [...]

The next carnival of project management will be on 23 October. Please submit your articles relating to any aspect of project management at Blog Carnival.
Don’t know what the carnival’s all about? Read the previous issue.

Last week was all go, so I was glad to have last weekend in Villefranche-sur-Mer, looking at the houses set into the cliffs, making the most of a little bit of free time before the project kicked off.
Launch week for any project is always busy, but it’s my favourite time. It’s the moment when [...]