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
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
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
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
Bonenkai: The Anti-Pattern to "Lessons Learned"
Why strategic forgetting might be more valuable than one more retrospective
Every winter, before the long crossing, Captains face a
The Sting of Hindsight: Shaping those Critical Moments
How nine words can transform team dynamics when deadlines loom.
The Universal Human Experience
There's a feeling every
Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast: The Leader's Guide to Revolutionary Thinking
Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." - Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking
Keep Your Powder Dry: The Art of Measured Leadership in Stormy Seas
When the cannons are firing and the deck is chaos, the Captain who keeps their powder dry is the one
Relational Capital: The Currency of Sustainable Delivery
Why the strongest crews are built on trust, not compliance
The Moment of Truth
There's a moment every
It's Always Someone's First Day & Someone's Last Day
The profound leadership lesson hiding in a poolside conversation
The Pool Revelation
Sometimes the most profound insights emerge from the
