April was a busy month for all of us at GPM. We have activity buzzing all over the globe which is exciting! In this post, which we would normally issue a press release for, I chose a blog format as I wanted to share some personal thoughts rather than a quote. On April 16th, I […]
Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain! The difference between CSR and Sustainability.
What is the difference between CSR and Sustainability? I get asked this question a lot and so I thought it would be good to provide a clear and concise response. Here is an explanation of both. Sustainability balances resource usage and supplies over time thus ensuring that future generations will have the resources that we do. […]
The Stakeholder in the Stakeholder; Overcoming Adversity
According to ISO 21500, Guidance on Project Management, a stakeholder is a person, group or organization that has interests in, or can affect, be affected by, or perceive itself to be affected by, any aspect of the project. It is commonly taught that stakeholders are identified, analyzed and managed. Manage however is a curious word. […]
Keep on scammin’ on: The evil brilliance, success and recurrence of The Playbook
Leading student in business propaganda, Australian social scientist Alex Carey persuasively argues that the 20th century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: the growth of democracy; the growth of corporate power; the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy. Noam Chomsky, World Orders: Old and […]
Our Passive Acceptance of Child Labour
The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis. Dante Alighieri, Italian national epic poet (1265 – 1321) A recent Harvard Business Review (HBR) post, Why Companies Are Blind to Child Labor, got my blood boiling, and reminded me of this quote warning us that our […]
The Value of Value Management
This post highlights the importance of incorporating value management into sustainable change delivery. This blog post is part of a series that provides a foundation for understanding sustainable change delivery. There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. Peter F. Drucker Management of Value (MoV) was the […]
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