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Project management is a profession that many people are interested in but they don’t even know.

If your projects are anything like my projects, you may have noticed a trend for giving punchy names to teams, processes and even the project themselves.

We’re probably all familiar with those classroom movie scenes depicting a group of bored, bubble-gum chewing US school kids, refusing to listen to the pleas of a screaming, middle-aged teacher.

Good communication is the lubricant for any successful project.

In 2016, Shambala became the UK’s first annual greenfield music festival to go meat- and fish-free as part of a broader drive towards sustainability.

Ask any experienced project professional what skills are needed to thrive in a project management career and the chances are you'll be bombarded with a whole host of suggestions: good communication skills, a good memory, good listening skills, the ability to build relationships, the ability to adapt and respond to quickly changing situations, diplomacy, emotional intelligence – the list is endless.

In those bygone days of working in an office or on site every day, it was fairly easy to tell when there was a conflict brewing between your team members.

When I started my degree in chemistry, I never thought I would find myself project managing nuclear decommissioning projects.

Gender inequality is a problem that impacts on all sectors.

Could the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao be built partly from the carcasses of decommissioned Soviet submarines? It’s an intriguing possibility that arose after I took a look back at one of the most successful construction projects of the last 50 years for Project journal.