What would you choose to do on a gap year from work? Hit the beach, write a book, learn to sail? How about help plant 90,000 trees? Project Manager Jason Sellars chose the latter when, on a year’s break from managing mega IT projects for the banking and insurance sector in Canada, he helped lead the National Trust’s largest ever tree-planting project at the Wimpole Estate, Cambridgeshire.
I recently facilitated a virtual discussion regarding why we don’t consistently apply good governance principles on projects and programmes.
Adam Grant’s book Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know wants us to embrace rethinking.
A recent news feature on the BBC News website may have gone largely unnoticed by many.
Did you start the year with resolutions that have been forgotten about? We begin with the best intentions but alas, it’s April and I’ve barely walked outside let alone run.
Over the past 10 years, change management has boomed in popularity.
Employability is a “big conversation” at the moment, according to Killian Underhill, talent acquisition partner at global property and construction consultancy Gleeds.
If we’re going to reduce carbon emissions, nuclear power has to be a component of our energy generation portfolio.
As the 21/22 financial year draws to a close and we think about work, appraisals and whether the sun will last all day or not, it’s a good time to set ourselves goals and think about our career aspirations.
On Christmas Day 2021, NASA launched the largest space telescope ever developed – the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).