Truthfully, it should be near the top. But sustainability encompasses so many facets, and knowing where and how to start can be challenging. Historically, in the corporate world, sustainability is a word that has often been used to describe business programs, products, and practices related to environmental and social considerations. Until recently, sustainability was viewed […] The post Where should sustainability fit within the realm of projects, new products and service delivery?  appeared first on Doing the right things, the right way, for the right reasons ..read more

Does Your Business Case Pass The Toddler Test? I have written, reviewed, and signed off on Business Cases for over 15 years.  I have been a parent for three and a half years.  It took me two years of being a parent to realize the not always obvious overlap between these two important roles (one […] The post Does Your Business Case Pass the Toddler Test? appeared first on Doing the right things, the right way, for the right reasons ..read more

Investopedia explains Return on investment (ROI) as a performance measure used to evaluate the efficiency or profitability of an investment or compare the efficiency of a number of different investments. ROI tries to directly measure the amount of return on a particular investment, relative to the investment’s cost.  This post is not about that.  I […] The post The Risk of Inaction (ROI) appeared first on Doing the right things, the right way, for the right reasons ..read more

There is an ongoing debate about whether it is better to be a specialist or a generalist in the marketplace. Some recruiters have provided a recommendation of playing it safe by positioning yourself as a “specialist, with breadth.” In a Forbes article they recommended being a specialist in your topic and desire, and being a […] The post The importance of being multi-disciplinary with Sustainable Project Management appeared first on Delivering a better world, one project at a time ..read more

This is the final of four posts based on my experience at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Executive Education for Sustainability Leadership program that I took in November 2017, led by Dr. Leith Sharp, integrated with some of our GPM Global content where appropriate. The intent of these posts is to show […] The post Lessons from Harvard 4: How Adaptive Project Teams can work with Command & Control appeared first on Delivering a better world, one project at a time ..read more

This is the third of four posts based on my experience at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Executive Education for Sustainability Leadership program that I took in November 2017, led by Dr. Leith Sharp, integrated with some of our GPM Global content where appropriate. The intent of these posts is to show […] The post Lessons from Harvard 3: Discovering the Squiggle on Projects appeared first on Delivering a better world, one project at a time ..read more

This is the second of four posts based on my experience at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Executive Education for Sustainability Leadership program that I took in November 2017, led by Dr. Leith Sharp, integrated with some of our GPM Global content where appropriate. The intent of these posts is to show […] The post WORK ON: Lessons from Harvard 2: Understanding Organizational “Operating Systems” appeared first on Delivering a better world, one project at a time ..read more

This is the first of four posts based on my experience at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Executive Education for Sustainability Leadership program that I took in November 2017, led by Dr. Leith Sharp, integrated with some of our GPM Global content where appropriate. The intent of these posts is to show […] The post Lessons from Harvard 1: Organizational Dynamics Set the Stage for Change appeared first on Delivering a better world, one project at a time ..read more

We in the Project profession must rethink what leadership means. The textbook dictionary definition of “leader” is a person or thing that leads or a guiding or directing head, as of an army, movement, or political group. “Directing hand” is close but doesn’t quite exemplify what we need in order to raise capable successors.  We […] The post We Need to Raise Capable Leaders; Yesterday. appeared first on Delivering a better world, one project at a time ..read more

When COVID-19 decided to lay claims to 2020, every organization on the planet was impacted. As we search for the light at the end of the tunnel (and hope it is not an oncoming train), we are all faced with the question, “what now?”  I am sure many of us during this pandemic have felt […] The post Putting 2020 in the Rearview Mirror appeared first on Delivering a better world, one project at a time ..read more