I have been almost permanently hungry since Saturday and I have no idea why, but it’s not one of the symptoms of swine flu so I’m not too worried.  I knew that I wouldn’t be getting dinner until late last night as I was going to the Gurteen Knowledge Café, hosted by the BCS as [...]

This month, on my mission to turn you all into Office Goddesses, I spoke to Heather White, CEO of The Magic of Networking Ltd, a coaching, training and consultancy firm packed with experts in corporate and career networking.
Networking is often something women find especially hard to do.  I mean, what’s the point?  It’s all chewing [...]

“Most books on branding,” Adam says, “focus on what it takes for a brand to be great: follow these steps, tick the boxes on a flow chart.”
“PRINCE2 training is just like that,” I reply.  “If you complete these documents your project will be a success. That’s not how things work in the real world.”
I’m talking [...]

The economic situation being as it is, things are not so rosy in the garden of recruitment.  While all the signs are that project managers are not being hit as hard as other roles there are also signs that things will get worse.  So it’s heartening to know that there are people who still want [...]

W-Tech has been cancelled due to bad weather, and will happen later in the year.  It’s disappointing, but I’m glad in a way as I wouldn’t have been able to attend myself and at least postponing it means I have a chance to attend.  Hope the weather with you is better!

I was recently awarded with a place on the 2009 Courvoisier Future 500 list of innovative business brains and creative talent.
Courvoisier The Future 500 is a membership network of “the rising stars in the UK”.  I’ve known for a couple of weeks, but the official announcement of the 2009 intake came out on Sunday in [...]

Remember the new London women’s networking group, WeAreTheCity?  Their launch event was a huge success:  hundreds of women queuing around the Monument branch of House of Fraser, all anticipating a free makeover, champagne, a fashion show and a prize draw with some excellent gifts.
Two glasses of champagne and two fairy cakes later (the main trays [...]

I’m running late. Not very – in fact, I’ll probably arrive just about on time. But the person I’m meeting has already sent me a text to say she’s there. I dash through the revolving doors and up the stairs. As she said, she’s sitting at the first table.
“Hello, are you [...]

Last Thursday I had dinner in Café Royle – Google’s staff canteen. Google were hosting a birthday event for Girl Geek Dinners (strapline: definitely does compute) to celebrate their third anniversary.
Girl Geek Dinners is a bit of a phenomenon. Sarah Blow set up the non-profit community in London over three years ago and [...]

The Project Management Institute (PMI), is the world’s leading member association for the project management profession, but it hasn’t really got the reach of PRINCE2 as a standard approach in the UK. Not yet, anyway. PMI over here is growing, and they are holding a conference in Malta in a couple of weeks [...]