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Is a Project Manager or Project Leader a type of storyteller?

Is a Project Manager or Project Leader a type of storyteller?

Is a Project Manager or Project Leader a type of storyteller?

By Sandra Hirschberg A ttribution: <a href=" https://www.vecteezy.com/free-photos/storybook">Storybook Stock photos by Vecteezy</a> In creative writing “reverse storytelling” is a technique where a story is told backwards, revealing earlier events in reverse order, to show how the conclusion was reached (think the movie Memento or the Usual Suspects). I’ve long thought of a Project Manager or Project Leader as a reverse storyteller. I visualise my project as a story or col

Oct 283 min read

4. How to re-balance in tough times

4. How to re-balance in tough times

4. How to re-balance in tough times

Dr Mike Florence PhD,MBA ibizflo.com Series Link It can be difficult for...

Aug 283 min read

3. Where to Start?

3. Where to Start?

3. Where to Start?

Dr Mike Florence PhD, MBA; ibizflo.com Series Link The last article...

Aug 193 min read

Making the matrix work more effectively right now

Making the matrix work more effectively right now

Making the matrix work more effectively right now

<In future years, BioPharma organisations will need to work as efficiently as they can to thrive in a much more challenging commercial...

Aug 65 min read

2. How is your balance - where is your organisation now?

2. How is your balance - where is your organisation now?

2. How is your balance - where is your organisation now?

By Dr Mike Florence PhD, MBA Series Link The last article ...

Aug 53 min read

1. Balance - why it matters

1. Balance - why it matters

1. Balance - why it matters

By Dr Mike Florence PhD, MBA Series Link The key to keeping your...

Jul 313 min read

Series Intro

Series Intro

Series Intro

How can you grow your organisation with efficiency, innovation and with happy customers? This series of articles will help you...

Jul 261 min read

When Things Go Wrong - Working with Service Providers: Anticipating, avoiding and remediating issues

When Things Go Wrong - Working with Service Providers: Anticipating, avoiding and remediating issues

When Things Go Wrong - Working with Service Providers: Anticipating, avoiding and remediating issues

A report from the Lets Talk session on 17th June 2025. Moderated by John Surtees The transcript of the session is shown below. There are...

Jun 174 min read

3. The Organisation's Castle

3. The Organisation's Castle

3. The Organisation's Castle

( Series Index ) <In future years, BioPharma organisations will need to work as efficiently as they can to thrive in a much more...

Jun 24 min read

Leading across Silos

Leading across Silos

Leading across Silos

Accountability without Authority. A report from the Lets Talk session on 20th May 2025. Moderated by John Faulkes. Below you will...

May 213 min read

2. Functional Silos - alive and well?

2. Functional Silos - alive and well?

2. Functional Silos - alive and well?

( Series Index ) <In future years, BioPharma organisations will need to work as efficiently as they can to thrive in a much more...

May 194 min read

Mastering CDMO Selection: Matching your API's Chemistry for Scale-Up Success

Mastering CDMO Selection: Matching your API's Chemistry for Scale-Up Success

Mastering CDMO Selection: Matching your API's Chemistry for Scale-Up Success

A report from the Lets Talk session on 14th May 2025. Moderated by Dr Urvish Pandya . A transcript of the conversation is shown below....

May 142 min read

Let's Talk - Project Management Capability

Let's Talk - Project Management Capability

Let's Talk - Project Management Capability

This is a report from the "Lets Talk' session on 8th May 2025, moderated by Tom Halliwell. Below you will find the slides from the...

May 141 min read

Future Matrix Management - Series Introduction

Future Matrix Management - Series Introduction

Future Matrix Management - Series Introduction

In this series of articles, we discuss how BioPharma organisations will need to work as efficiently as they can to thrive in a much more...

May 141 min read

1.How we got here

1.How we got here

1.How we got here

(Series Index) In future years, BioPharma organisations will need to operate as efficiently as they can to thrive in a much more...

May 143 min read

Let's Talk - the Elite Athlete Mindset

Let's Talk - the Elite Athlete Mindset

Let's Talk - the Elite Athlete Mindset

This is a report from the Let's Talk session on 16th April 2025 Dr Yvette Henry was the moderator for this session. Below you will find a...

May 84 min read

Lessons learnt at CRUK Centre for Drug Development

Lessons learnt at CRUK Centre for Drug Development

Lessons learnt at CRUK Centre for Drug Development

As part of the closeout of a project, you really must conduct a formal ‘Lessons Learned’ exercise, right? Well, no, not necessarily. A...

Apr 303 min read

Let's Talk - Project Success factors

Let's Talk - Project Success factors

Let's Talk - Project Success factors

A report from the Let's Talk session on 21st March 2025. Tom Halliwell was the moderator for the session. Key to Tom's input were recent...

Apr 205 min read

Are we learning from experience?

Are we learning from experience?

Are we learning from experience?

Lessons learnt in life science projects Over the decades since formal project management was adopted within life science, much ‘standard...

Mar 153 min read

Why is PIPMG needed in the late 2020s?

Why is PIPMG needed in the late 2020s?

Why is PIPMG needed in the late 2020s?

Lunch and Learn session for INDICRO We were asked in January 2025 to participate in a Lunch and Learn webinar for INDICRO, a new network...

Mar 131 min read

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