Japan’s brilliant systems
What an organised and efficient place Japan is – I love it. (Tips here for when you visit). They have thought about every detail of everything. Here are some examples…. […]
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Japan’s unusual food
(first four are actually from Singapore – visited on the way to Japan) Obviously the sushi was brilliant. Good price too. Breakfast – could not have been more different to
“Do we have to….?” The benefits of project management
For individuals 1 – Deliver your projects on time and on budget. 2 – Feel (BE!) in control 3 – Less stress when managing projects 4 – Less waste (or
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Logic isn’t solid
After today’s debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, Trump was asked if he was going to have a second debate with her. He replied “Since I did really well
PMP – everything you need to know
What is it? PMP is the best Project Management qualification, by far. It’s basically a chartered project manager, and helps hugely if you are applying for a job as a
Some of my LinkedIn Learning courses shared: made free for you
These links will take you to free courses, but once you click through to the course you only get it for 24 hours from when you first start viewing it.
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If you want to know more…
Subject Video courses Books Other options: Time Management For one person For a group Paper and kindle instant guide minibook. Big Book: Fully updated second edition out in 2025
Whose fault??
Mistakes are rarely made by one person – in fact they are usually down to EVERYONE, because anyone could have done something to avoid it, but nobody did. This is
Why is Time Management so different to Project Management?
Project Management is about planning something where the tasks are related – some of them have to be done before some of the others, so you start by working out
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What is better than training?
Training followed by coaching is FAR better than just the training. (And also, training AND coaching is far better than just coaching). You need BOTH. And yet most organisations don’t
Do you get better prices if you negotiate?
Do you get better prices if you negotiate? Let’s look at four ways you could set and communicate your price… 1 – you set a fixed price at the optimum
The two levels of time management – The Optimisation Octopus
The first job of time management is to reduce the unimportant stuff (you’ll never get rid of it all) to maybe 20-30% of your time. Even though it’s urgent and
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Do you REALLY understand the difference between important and urgent?
People often tell me that urgent means you have to do it, or that important means you need to do it soon – and these are both totally wrong! Urgency
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Pricing when you have limited capacity
Should you charge the price that fills your diary? Not necessarily! Here are some thoughts about optimising your pricing, using an example as an illustration: say you were thinking of
The secret to successful jobs-to-do lists
Correct use of jobs to do lists…. this is important! Often there are things that are too big to contemplate, so you put them off, but actually the first step
it’s Robo-Chris!!
With a lot of help from my friend Keith Thomson we have created this strangely fascinating A.I. clone of me, which you can use as a coach… Should I call
