Thinking of Adding a Chief AI or BI Officer? Here’s the role you need first
There has been an emphasis in project-based organizations to create executive leadership around big data and artificial intelligence, and for good reason. But organizations need to make sure they don’t put the cart before...
How AI Can Unlock the Final Frontier of Project Management
Most opportunities for digital disruption have happened when there is wasted capacity because of a disconnect with demand. How many empty houses were there before AirBnB connected people leaving town with people who wanted...
What Is the Most Overlooked Risk in Enterprise Organizations?
This article first appeared in UpJourney. You can read the full piece here. Hope is not a strategy. Risk Management is. Risk management is a framework that allows you to identify risks, evaluate which...
3 Questions to Ask a Leadership Talent Provider
Vetting talent is hard enough. How do you vet the firms that vet talent? Finding a good leader can be a critical first step toward success for your initiatives. Unfortunately, many companies still struggle...
3 Advantages to Using a Specialized Talent Provider to Fill Project Leadership Needs
Project management is a challenging job, but finding a good project manager might be an even taller task. Facing mounting talent shortages in an already competitive field, many companies have turned to talent solution...
Getting Beyond PMPs and Acquiring Excellent Project Leaders
Traditional staffing firms are tried-and-true at placing professionals into technical roles, but a different approach is needed for finding project leaders. PMP certified skills are enough to make a project manager qualified on paper,...
Project Failure = Leadership Failure
Projects are often complex undertakings filled with a series of interdependent people, parts, and processes. Envisioning and bringing them to fruition takes a significant amount of expertise and planning. And with the amount of...
Have a Mission Critical Project? Take these 4 steps to ensure project success
Project failure rates have been so high for so long that executives have almost grown accustomed to failure. The problem is failure is not always an option. Some projects are too central to the...