Back in late 2016 I wrote an article for the APM’s Project journal about how projects that adopt values-led approaches to leadership, rather than traditional controls-based approaches, were more likely to be a successful and positive experience for all concerned. Given how long ago 2016 now seems, I wanted to revisit what I wrote then […]

The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function.Professor Al Bartlett You have a beautiful pond in your back garden. On Monday you spot a lily pad in one corner. By the end of Friday lily pads are starting to take over a noticeable area of the pond, if […]

Recent events have provided a sudden and dramatic push towards virtual working. At a recent presentation to the Travivas Network Kate put these changes in working practices into a broader perspective. She shared some approaches, tips and challenges related to the set-up and operation of virtual organisations, based on recent Agilis experiences of promoting and […]

Words are powerful. They can be used to articulate and communicate ideas and visions for the future. But equally our ideas and ambitions are shaped and potentially limited by the language that we use. Language is constantly evolving. However, words that have ambiguous or unclear meanings or that seem to be an exercise in sales […]

Kate Parker set out the wider context for the move towards digital technologies, and some of the opportunities and challenges that Agilis have found in establishing a new digital project mindset. “Beyond the digital hype – delivering a better project” Speakers from Equinor, BP, Abyssal, i-tech 7, WFS and Fugro shared case studies that demonstrated […]

Kate Parker joined fellow panelists from WideTech, Aker BP, FutureOn Corporation and Siemens Oil & Gas Offshore for a panel discussion on “Designing and Building a Digital Asset”. The panel explored the interactions between people and technology, the importance of keeping a clear focus on value benefits, and the issues that arise in communicating new […]

Kate Parker led three well-attended sessions, each with a wide variety of contributors. The discussions highlighted the confusion around digital technologies and terminologies and the gap between ideas and actual implementation, and the opportunities to make more effective use of data that is already available. It was striking that while everyone had heard of digital […]

Lakshan Saldin joined the panel at a techUK joint briefing session on 11th January to explore why having a resilient communications infrastructure is essential to realising the mass adoption and take up of cloud computing services across the UK. Key questions discussed: How important is it to have resilient, ubiquitous telecoms infrastructure for the cloud […]

Our 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 […]

Matt 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