Last week I met some interesting people at the Public Procurement Show at London Excel. A whole bunch of small social enterprises and Community Interest Companies (CIC’s) have banded together to share marketing and branding. To join the ‘club’, businesses must offer good quality jobs for severely disadvantaged people within supportive and successful enterprises. [...]
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At one time, it was unthinkable for a man to walk into an office without a neck-tie, or for a woman to arrive in trousers. Just as that taboo slips off quietly into history, so others arrive to replace them. Curiously, we let some of our most damaging taboos go unchallenged. The needs [...] This article was first published in 2001 and is copyright © 2001, Richard Byford and Kevin Potts. All commercial rights reserved. Richard Byford and Kevin Potts assert and give notice of their rights under section 77 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the joint authors of this publication. [...] Article originally published in Project Management Review, November 2001. Copyright 2001 (c) Richard Byford Teamwork is based on harmony, as Richard Byford explains in this light-hearted look at the benefits gained when team members sing to the same song sheet The studio is dark, illuminated only by a few soft [...] Originally published in Project Management Review in 2003. Ever since the day the Romans landed in Britain, people have hailed them as the master strategists and civilising influence. Few realise, however, that it was an unknown Essex man who gave them one of their greatest innovation in logistics. Almost as soon as they landed, [...] Richard Byford’s speaker’s notes from Project Challenge 2002 conference, Birmingham, England, 2nd May 2002. Just enough process The conventional wisdom about project assurance usually focuses on the processes, procedures and tools used. These include the use of planning and scheduling tools, requirements, configuration, resource and change management – and procedures to guarantee safety, accountability [...] I spent a very frustrating day trying to explain the difference between ‘MEAT’ and ‘the cheapest bid’ to a very nervous civil servant. MEAT, if you haven’t come across it, means Most Economically Advantageous Tender. I had been called in by a senior responsible officer (SRO) who was growing increasingly concerned the team running [...] If you don’t ask for evidence – you can only expect to get marketing hype. If you are trying to select a suitable supplier/contract for a high-risk project, you need to be cleverer than that. Here is a rather funny example of how something negative can be given a positive ‘spin’. [...] SAMPLE BLOG USED FOR TESTING SITE FUNCTIONALITY It’s OK chaps, the recession is over! At the start of February, there was an official announcement that Britain had achieved positive growth and was therefore, officially, slightly, a bit out of recession (I believe it has to be for three consecutive quarters before the Whitehall corks [...] SAMPLE BLOG USED FOR TESTING SITE FUNCTIONALITY I have just returned from meeting up with a guy I first met at a Leadership Academy meeting last week. He is remarkable in many ways: Firstly, having once been a professional singer/entertainer, he can hold an audience of any size – including me, sitting opposite him [...] |
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