How small changes in the way that choices are presented can lead to significant, measurable improvements. Paper presented at the SPE Intelligent Energy Conference in September. Nudge paper at SPE Intelligent Energy September 16 Save Save Save Save Save Save Save Save Save Save Save Save Save
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Using nudge techniques to influence behaviour in an engineering office
Organisational EffectivenessOur SPE Intelligent Energy conference paper “Using Nudge Techniques to Influence Behaviour in an Engineering Office” has now been published. Abstract below: “Nudge techniques have led to a revolution in the way organisations think about the hierarchy of choice. Small changes in the way choices are presented — nudges — can have a significant impact […]
Agilis at SPE Intelligent Energy Conference
CommentMatt will be presenting our paper “Using ‘Nudge’ Techniques to Influence Behaviour in an Engineering Office” at the SPE Intelligent Energy Conference Technical Session 10: People Making It Work on Wednesday 7th September. We will be talking about simple low-friction techniques to get teams working better. Save
Social Networks: understanding how your organisation really communicates
Insights Organisational EffectivenessHow social network analysis can be used to improve team performance in the June issue of Rail Professional. Social Networks article in Rail Professional June 16
Why projects go wrong
Issues & Requirements Identification Project Management Risk ManagementAccording to the PMI only 64% of projects completed in 2014 successfully met their original goals and business intent, with 15% deemed to be total failures. Project success rate decreases with increasing size, oil and gas mega-projects are particularly unsuccessful with a 78% failure rate including: average cost overruns of 33% execution schedule slips of […]
Managing Project Uncertainty: The Delphi Method
Insights Issues & Requirements IdentificationAgilis describe how their Delphi Workshop can be used for uncertainty management in the March issue of the Journal of Petroleum Technology. Delphi Article JPT March 16 Save Save Save Save Save Save Save Save Save
Being more agile in oil & gas projects
Project Management Risk Management Value ManagementTraditional defined project control mechanisms require project scope to be broken down into well understood, discrete, interdependent tasks. This is ideal for activities where there is a clear picture of the final outcome and where there is low likelihood, requirement, or desire to accommodate change. Such approaches are well suited to the later detailed engineering, […]