Interviews

Talking about risk: interview with Wilhelm Kross (part 2)

April 22, 2013

Last week I spoke to risk expert Dr Wilhlem Kross about risk communication and the challenges facing project managers talking about risk. Here is the second part of that interview, in which Wilhelm and I talk about how project managers can best communicate about risk on their projects. Wilhelm, you talked about how sometimes people [...]

Talking about risk: interview with Wilhelm Kross (part 1)

April 15, 2013

It can be hard to talk to stakeholders about risk, but project status reports should include information about the risks faced by the project. Last month risk expert Dr Wilhlem Kross, a partner of Plejades and the Amontis Consulting network, spoke at Project Zone Congress in Frankfurt about real-life risk management. I caught up with [...]

Improving project management standards at Airbus

March 18, 2013

Change is hard, and project managers aren’t particularly good at doing it to themselves – in my experience we prefer to implement change for others. Kevin Baker, Head of Project & Programme Management Operations at Airbus, took on the challenge of changing the way they manage projects. I spoke to him about how he implemented [...]

Managing your personal brand: an interview with Dr Andrew Makar

March 4, 2013

Today I’m interviewing Dr Andrew Makar, IT programme manager, blogger and author of Project Management Interview Questions Made Easy, about managing your personal brand at work and building a professional project management profile. Andy, why is it important to have a professional project management profile? Would you hire an individual dressed up in a bed [...]

Behind the scenes at PMI: Interview with Brian Weiss

January 28, 2013

I didn’t have the opportunity to meet Brian Weiss, VP of Practitioner Markets for PMI, at Synergy last year because Hurricane Sandy stopped him from making it to London. However, since then I have had the chance to catch up with Brian and find out more about his role at PMI. Here’s what he had [...]

Gossip at work: turning it into something useful

January 7, 2013

We all like a good chat about our colleagues, don’t we? On challenging projects with big teams there is always plenty to comment about, from why so-and-so was late to work to whether someone else is doing a good job. I spoke to workplace behavioural expert Beverly Flaxington from The Collaborative about gossip, and how [...]

Day of Gratitude 2012

December 19, 2012

It’s the end of the year, almost, and time to say thank you to those people who have helped make my blog a success over the last 12 months. This year I’ve written dozens of articles for this site and others, worked with some talented companies and had a great time. Here are some of [...]

Building a project management career: interview with Helen Hitchmough

November 28, 2012

Earlier this month we celebrated International Project Management Day and one of the themes this year was women in project management. I wanted to get someone else’s view on being a woman in project management so I spoke to Helen Hitchmough, a senior project manager at project management consultancy firm Acando, about her project management [...]

How men and women manage risk differently

November 21, 2012

Earlier this month International Project Management Day took as one of its themes the role of women in project management. I spoke to Angela Minzoni Alessio, PhD, an industrial and business anthropologist from the Ecole Centrale in Paris, about how men and women approach project risk differently. Angela, you’ve spent a lot of time researching [...]

What makes a brilliant project leader?

October 22, 2012

What makes a brilliant project leader? I spoke to Mike Clayton, author of Brilliant Project Leader, about the key skills and talents of people who make excellent project leaders. This is what he had to say. Mike, let’s get straight to it. What makes a brilliant project leader? There are so many things that contribute [...]

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