by Peter W | Mar 27, 2025 | Business Coaching, Industry Opinion, Innovation
Modern life is a terrible time waster. Consider social media, that invention designed to be a very effective time waster and distraction. (How do you feel after a social media session? Refreshed?) The rest of our lives can quicky disappear under the weight of a mass...
by Peter W | Dec 9, 2024 | Business Coaching, Construction Industry, Industry Opinion, Management Consulting, Project Management
Have you noticed that we as human beings, when faced with a very large problem, tend to focus on the details? Have you for instance observed, when you are involved in a group problem solving activity, where the conversation normally goes? Down a rabbit hole – if the...
by Peter W | Oct 23, 2024 | Bid Management, Business Coaching, Construction Industry, Industry Opinion, Management Consulting, Project Management
The most difficult question I face in my work in Leadership in the engineering and construction industry shows up with integrity. By this I mean if I am in integrity (I do what I say I will do, on time and to the standard we have agreed) what do I do if the system I...
by Peter W | Sep 30, 2024 | Business Coaching, Industry Opinion, Innovation, Management Consulting
I was recently given a book by a colleague of mine with a very impressive gift for selecting books. It’s titled “Surrounded by Idiots” by a Swedish guy Thomas Erikson and is one in a series of four books he has written on organisational psychology. The title is an eye...
by Peter W | Oct 9, 2023 | Business Coaching, Construction Industry, Industry Opinion, Infrastructure Construction, Innovation, Management Consulting, Project Management, Rail Technical, technical consulting services
Of all the concepts that a small business needs to take on board as it grows and matures, Governance is the one that sounds most “corporate”. Especially since Governance encompasses words such as authority, accountability, direction and control. The evolution of...
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