Let me start in the spirit of that classic US game show ‘Jeopardy  …

Answer: ‘a PMO’

Question: (and therefore actually the correct answer; that is just the way it works on the game show trust me – or look it up) ‘What is the department or group that defines and maintains the standards of process, generally related to project management, within an organization?’

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‘The Road to Co-operation’ (out in April) reviews the why and how of the Anglo-American collapse in business leadership over the past thirty years. It identifies practical routes back to a genuinely business supportive regime. The key initiative is the involvement in leadership of all stakeholders, not simply those who regard themselves as the agents of the owners. The road from where we are now might look long and hard, but after the first few steps in the right direction, progress might not be too difficult. Read the rest of this entry »