by Benjamin Ellis | Aug 9, 2011 | Leadership, Management, Milestone Planner, planning, Project Management
You’ve made plans, got people on board and kicked off your project.. but as the focus turns to delivery, how do you keep the momentum going? We’ve found that much of the trick of successful project management is helping people to make clear commitments,...
by Benjamin Ellis | Jun 28, 2010 | Leadership, Milestone Planner
Last week I caught Doug Richard, known from Dragon’s Den, and now the School for Start ups, at The Centre for Creative Collaboration. He was talking about Entrepreneurship and creativity. I’m sharing what he said here because the majority of Milestone...
by Benjamin Ellis | Jun 17, 2010 | Leadership, Management
Sometimes it takes a night’s sleep to digest a talk. Fons Trompenaars session yesterday here at Orange Live 10 was one such talk. It provoked a huge deal of discussion and argument in the Blogger’s room afterwards, and with a title like “riding the...
by Benjamin Ellis | Jun 16, 2010 | Leadership, Milestone Planner, On the road
I’m in Amsterdam, at Orange Business Live 2010 – An event Orange Business Services runs each year, looking at the challenges and changes in the communications space. At the pre-event evening event one thing that really struck me was the value in networking...
by Benjamin Ellis | Jun 8, 2010 | Leadership
I would like to bring some research to your attention. Depending on where you are in the organisation, you might not want to show this to your boss – it might cost you money. But if you are the boss, you need to know about this. It might revolutionise your...
by Benjamin Ellis | May 19, 2010 | Leadership, Management
Outcome-based planning seems to attract a different type of leader. I had the opportunity to catch up with a few of our biggest Milestone Planner advocates on the phone today. I always come away from those discussions energised – they are a very different crew...
