by Leonie McCarthy | Jun 22, 2020 | Project Delivery
A few years ago I got so sick of the word ‘Omnichannel’ that I developed a bit of a nervous tick in reaction to it. A little like the words ‘unprecedented’ and ‘pivot’ in recent times (overuse is exhausting) ???? Omnichannel, it turns out, is an easy shorthand for the... 
by Leonie McCarthy | Jun 2, 2018 | Project Delivery, Team & People
Years ago, I worked on a project where we took a legacy horse race rating system used by a bookmaker and upgraded it to a modern technology platform. I spent a lot of time with guys who were professional gamblers, they were incredibly knowledgeable about horses and... 
by Leonie McCarthy | Mar 9, 2018 | Project Delivery, Project Management
We’ve reached ‘that stage’ in the project, the learning curve is steep. Last week one of my team members was showing people how to open multiple browser windows and explaining that this was not a feature of the browser-based system they’re training on but rather of... 
by Leonie McCarthy | Oct 10, 2016 | Project Delivery, Project Management, Team & People
While time is a finite resource, energy is infinite, although it may not always feel that way. That is because it doesn’t just happen by itself, you have to establish rituals to build energy. Individuals and businesses that understand this succeed and as a... 
by Leonie McCarthy | Sep 4, 2016 | Project Delivery, Project Management, Team & People
Whilst on a practice hike preparing for a trip to the Kokoda track earlier this year; I overheard one of the teens on the hike, who had done that particular track before, relate that the last kilometre of our day would be the longest, there was a collective sigh of... 
by Leonie McCarthy | Aug 18, 2016 | Project Delivery, Project Management
“Not all meetings are a waste of time, some of them get cancelled.” This is one of my dad’s favourites and definitely one that I can hear in the back of my head when I am in malfunctioning meeting. The numbers are not pretty: “In the US alone we “enjoy” 11... 