by Leonie McCarthy | Mar 29, 2023 | Leadership
Why is it important right now for us to double down on how our teams are evolving and working, how we’re collaborating and communicating? Garters’ 2023 CIO research reported that CIOs expect IT budgets to increase by 5.1% against a projected global...
by Leonie McCarthy | Feb 9, 2020 | Project Management, Team & People
There are four foundation project roles that are essential to ensure your project has in place to start well, keep momentum and finish strong. Like the four wheels on a car, they need to be pumped to the right level and all aligned in the same direction to work at...
by Leonie McCarthy | Apr 22, 2019 | Project Management, Team & People
An upsetting recent experience Have you ever felt like the person you’re speaking to is just not listening? Last week, we pulled the plug on a server migration. If you’ve ever done a move like this, you know how hard a call this is to make. The team had been...
by Leonie McCarthy | Jun 19, 2018 | Project Management, Team & People
“In good decision making, frugality matters,” says Malcolm Gladwell;taking complex problems, and reducing them to the key levers that help us choose is a critical skill. Getting to the heart of the decision, however, isn’t always so easy! I was recently...
by Leonie McCarthy | Jun 2, 2018 | Project Delivery, Team & People
Years ago, I worked on a project where we took a legacy horse race rating system used by a bookmaker and upgraded it to a modern technology platform. I spent a lot of time with guys who were professional gamblers, they were incredibly knowledgeable about horses and...