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26
May
Das Schiff hat eine Seele
Klabautermann - and the soul of the organisation.
In den alten Hafenstädten der Nordseeküste glaubten die Seefahrer nicht nur daran,
5 min read
12
May
The Countdown
In 1981, John Carpenter gave us the anti-hero Snake Plissken in the film, "Escape from New York" -
3 min read
06
May
Reality Is Negotiable: The Day 1 Skill That Determines Everything
Tim Ferriss once said, "Reality is negotiable." Most people treat this as motivational philosophy. For Project Managers, it&
5 min read
21
Apr
The Eye of the Storm - The Missed Opportunity
There is a meteorological phenomenon that most people misunderstand the moment they hear it described.
The eye of a storm
5 min read
08
Mar
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SUBJECT: Leadership Intelligence - Redaction as Craft |
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CLEARANCE: Storm-Tested™
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7 min read
05
Mar
I Got 99 Problems But the PMO Ain't One (hit me!)
Why projects don't die from governance - they die from lost belief.
In 2003, Jay-Z gave us one
5 min read
25
Feb
The Silent Shipwrecks, Part 2: Emptying the Coffers
In "The Silent Shipwrecks, Part 1: Mediocrity is the Slow Death to Obscurity", we explored how organisational cultures
9 min read
17
Feb
The Silent Shipwrecks, Part 1: Mediocrity is the Slow Death to Obscurity
While sailing the high seas of complex IT delivery, I watched a team make a "strategic" decision that
7 min read
13
Jan
Bound to the Mast: Navigating the Sirens of Scope Creep
An Odyssey through Discovery and Delivery
Every Project Manager knows the moment. You're sailing smoothly toward delivery when
10 min read
05
Jan
Blessed by Mountains: Why the Hardest Paths Lead to the Truest Self
A 2026 reflection on leadership, resilience, and why enduring challenge shapes the leaders who last.
There's a mountain
6 min read