I did this interview for The Economist’s Intelligence Unit five years ago for an article on “Mitigating project portfolio risks in the financial services industry” on how companies track projects to mitigate risks, and how they identify projects that are failing to reduce the impact on the company, the team, and the bottom line. Surprisingly many…
Project Management has continued to evolve over the past years, becoming more and more relevant in both organizations and governments around the world. There are a few developments which I believe will become mainstream in 2016. I recently talked about this in Portfolio Manager with PMI Today. My views are based on my own experience as Head…
During the past century, companies’ efforts to achieve their strategic initiatives have led to the improvement, and thus reduction, of operational work (run-the-business activities) and to an increase in projects (change-the-business activities). This slow but inevitable trend has had a significant impact on strategy execution. Unfortunately many companies remain ill-equipped to manage this shift. Thus, as the…
Over the past years we have seen unprecedented changes in the world, which have transformed the business landscape in which organizations operate. Besides the acceleration of the changing consumers needs; CEOs, Boards, directors, executives, leaders and senior managers have to face: a) a never ending financial crisis, b) languish market recovery and c) an increase…
Nokia, Blackberry, TWA, Kodak, Olivetti, Enron, Blockbuster, Delta Airlines, Swiss Air, Arthur Andersen, General Motors, Chrysler, Lehman Brothers, Worldcom…and many other world known companies went busted …one of the main reasons for their failure is because they failed to become ambidextrous The most accepted definition of organisational ambidexterity is a balance between explorations and exploitation; organisations capable of exploiting their…
