
Blog
I love to write, which is probably a good thing given what I do professionally.
My blog is mostly about change and project management related topics. I have a keen interest in digital marketing and love to incorporate emerging techniques in the work that I do.
I also write a lot about awareness and attitudes about domestic and family violence. As a survivor I believe that it's important to challenge attitudes and behaviours to encourage an open conversation about creating a world that home is a safe haven for everyone.
Going Agile: throwing the baby out with the bathwater?
Organisations need to consciously enable agility if they want to keep up with the rate of change. Everyone seems to be moving to Agile ways of working… but you can’t just add water and hope that it grows your organisational agility.
Read MoreStep away from the burning platform
Talking about the elephant in the room is one thing. Defining what ‘effective executive sponsorship’ actually looks like is a bit of different conversation. There is mounting research that is challenging the traditional ‘burning platform’ “change or die” leadership approaches we so commonly see advocated in traditional change management.
Read MoreDigital Transformation—it’s time to talk about the elephant in the room
Over the 20 years Prosci has been conducting the Change Management Best Practices research, sponsorship has been ranked the #1 contributor to the success and failure of initiatives. Which makes it surprising that in a recent article, “Digital Transformation Is Not About Technology”, the Harvard Business Review (HBR) avoided the elephant in the room. This is despite reporting that…
Read MoreChange management in Agile projects
Last night I had the privilege of facilitating a session with Yohan De Silva about Agile and Change Management for the South Australia Chapter of the Change Management Institute. Much like the projects we all work in, the session I had planned to run and the session I ended up facilitating were a little different.
Read MoreChange Management vs Project Management
Research tells us that when using excellent change management, projects succeed 95% of the time. Given the research into projects from all over the world reporting the same thing time and time again, how are we still getting it so wrong?
Read MoreNot another newsletter!
A project newsletter is a great start but it’s rarely the answer. Communication is only one aspect of managing change effectively.
Read More5 tips for developing easy blog content
With the continued updates to Google’s mono-coloured zoo of search engine algorithms and optimisation, developing and posting regular, quality content has never been more important for your search engine rankings. Writing doesn’t have to be your forte to blog. You don’t even have to be a ‘writer’. Personally, I love writing. I don’t always have…
Read MoreHow websites work
I’ve been asked this a lot recently so I thought I’d take my scribbles from the back of a napkin and share it :) This is a simplified version of how the technical stuff fits together…
Read MoreIs email marketing still relevant?
With social media becoming the status quo of communication, is email marketing even worth bothering with? I’ve been hearing for a few years that the death of email marketing is imminent. I still think it’s alive and kicking based on the amazing results from client campaigns. According to a recent MarketingProfs article, 89% of marketers…
Read MoreHow many ways do you split?
What makes you open an email? Do you do that last minute email check before you head off to bed? Maybe I’m just weird? I normally skim the sender, subject line and I have the mini-preview setting on my primary inbox……I know, I know, I should be off and counting z’s. Some subject lines are just too tempting! Do you know what makes your readers open up?
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