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Insights on Project Management & Delivery

I share practical observations and lessons on Medium, drawing on experience delivering complex projects, recovering troubled programmes and working with organisations through change.

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Seven (ish) cognitive biases every programme manager needs to know

Optimism bias, the planning fallacy and other predictable thinking traps that quietly derail programmes — and practical ways to counter each one.

Programme Management · 7 July 2026

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Security & Behaviour Change

How to Run a Security Awareness Programme That Actually Changes Behaviour

Why information alone rarely changes behaviour, and how capability, opportunity, defaults and habits can make secure behaviour the easy choice.

6 July 2026

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Topics I am writing about

Planned articles for Medium. Links will appear here as each piece is published.

Five signs your project is drifting before the dashboard turns red
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Why a recovery plan is not simply a revised schedule
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What an experienced Project Manager should establish in the first 30 days
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Why governance should accelerate decisions, not slow them down
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When fractional project management makes sense for SMEs
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How to restore confidence in a troubled project
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