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Triangle of Project Management – Scope, Cost, and Time

The Not-So-Magical Triangle of Project Management

If you have ever taken any project management courses or even read any articles on project management, you have...

More Quitting

There’s an interesting tension in the work we do as advisors to our clients. Organizations seek us out because...
The Reluctant Consultant – Self-discovery

The Reluctant Consultant: The Job I Never Wanted (and Love)

I’ll start this with this simple fact – I never wanted to be a consultant. If I am being...
Embracing the Unexpected Path – Careers at IA

Embracing the Unexpected Path

If you would have told me five years ago that today I'd be working for an HR advisory firm,...
Growing Pains – Value in the Journey

Growing Pains

This post originally appeared in IA's April Newsletter. If you're interested in subscribing, you can do so here. They...
Lessons Learned from a Pandemic Year – Changing Work Environment

Lessons Learned from a Pandemic Year

Janine and I have been talking about all of the lessons learned from this COVID pandemic year. I recently...
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no change

PMO is managing the plan, but is anyone managing change?

You can run a project exactly as designed and still miss the outcome that mattered most. I’ve seen it...
change routine

Routinizing change: Making continuous transformation a leadership discipline

If the past five years have taught the C-suite anything, it’s that transformation is no longer episodic. It’s pervasive....
analog

Why going analog still matters in project and program management

As workers in a modern society embracing technology, we are surrounded by dashboards, collaboration tools, AI copilots, and beautifully...
high performance

When High Performance Costs Too Much

Work was never meant to cost people their health. Yet for years, the highest performers have often been those...
retro

Reflection with Purpose: The Year-End Retrospective

Ah, here we are. That beautifully awkward time of year when we’re straddling the mad dash to wrap up...
bigtransform

5 ways to build transformations that really matter in 2026

Every year gives transformation leaders a clearer view of their systems, their culture and their capacity for change. But...