Episodes

Great teams rely on their people working and communicating openly and effectively, technology should always be seen as the enabler not the solution The post A people first approach to modern virtual teams appeared first on ULFIRE.

Modern project virtual teams have evolved into incredibly complex constellations of individuals requiring carefully planned communications. The post Extreme virtual teaming appeared first on ULFIRE.

I am going to start this with a confession – I am, in several ways, an Introvert. This may come as a shock to some who know me, but functionally I am very much an introvert. I get tired quickly when I spend time around people and need peace to recharge and recover, I also like to have time to myself during the work day. Unlike many of my extrovert friends and colleagues, I am not always comfortable picking up the phone to ring people either. That said, my introversion is relatively small and bal...

Over the past 15 years there has been a significant shift in the structure of virtual teams, predominantly driven by increasing work from home. While many things have changed the fundamentals of supporting the team remain the same The post So what is modern work from home? appeared first on ULFIRE.

Several years now after the enforced remote and virtual team work of the COVID years and returning to the podcast after a few years break I want to think about what we have learned. Are we better than we were before or are we just doing remote work more. All in all I believe things have drifted back to more or less where we were before COVID, yes, we are talking on Teams and Zoom more than we were on the virtual platforms available before COVID, BUT, we still have not really embedded the value o...

This episode is a podcast conversation with Sharon Koifman of Distant Jobs, Sharon is a remote working expert and shared many great thoughts to make remote work better for all involved The post Conversation with Sharon Koifman, remote work expert appeared first on ULFIRE.

In this episode I consider the need to establish some boundaries in your work from home workplace and how and how frequently we communicate with colleagues. This would include finding a place at home to establish your workplace, how you dress for working from home, putting some sensible boundaries around your time spent working from home and managing the volume of video and phone meetings we are all seeing a surge in.

This article discusses how we will all come to either love or hate working from home. Everyone will have their own experiences and find the good and the bad in the process The post Working from home during Corona virus part 10 – love it or hate it appeared first on ULFIRE.

This article discusses the challenge of finding and maintaining balance in life when moving to a work from home situation as a result of the corona pandemic The post Working from home during Corona virus part 9 – Balance appeared first on ULFIRE.

The article discusses the balance between sharing and over sharing in a work from home situation. Finding the right balance can be challenging for many The post Working from home during Corona virus part 8 – Sharing appeared first on ULFIRE.

This article discusses the challenges faced by individuals and businesses adapting to a comprehensive work from home situation in response to virus control The post Working from home during the virus outbreak part 7 – adapting appeared first on ULFIRE.

This article discusses flexibility in a mass work from home situation, one where entire families may be all trying to live and work in a common location The post Working from home during the corona virus part 6 – flexibility appeared first on ULFIRE.

This article discusses how marginalisation can occur in a work from home setting and provides both individuals and managers some tips to reduce its occurence and impact The post Working from home during corona virus part 5 – marginalisation appeared first on ULFIRE.

In this article I discuss the challenges of conflict in the workplace when personnel are working from home in an environment of social isolation and stress The post Virtual teams during viral separation part 4 – conflict appeared first on ULFIRE.

This post discusses ways of maintaining an environment of trust when your organisation suddenly adopts a work from home policy. Without trust teams can fall apart and productivity suffer The post Virtual teams during viral separation part 3 – trust appeared first on ULFIRE.

For the second post in this quick series I thought I would consider engagement. How do a team of people who are used to seeing each other daily in an office environment maintain their engagement with each other and the organisation when they are suddenly separated. And conversely, how does the organisation maintain its engagement with its people. Inward engagement For the employees of an organization finding themselves working remotely from their colleagues for the first time there are many th...

This is the first of a short series of posts aimed at supporting and providing advice to those now to working remotely. I've addressed them in terms of what you should consider if you are suddenly faced with having to move your team to work from home t...

This is the final theme from the complexity series I began some time ago. Environmental uncertainty complexity impacts the complexity of the project through issues such as the uncertainty of the marketplace for the product and surrounding the project while it is being undertaken; the ways in which the project communicates with its stakeholders; the stakeholders influence over the project and; the political landscape influencing the project and its outcomes. Marketplace – Many projects are under...

After a number of years of quiet we are starting to see the new wave of resources projects initiated. Now is the time to ensure personnel leading and within these new projects learn from the past and prepare for the future,

This podcast is the second of a two part interview with Betsy Clark, President of Software Metrics. In the interview we discussed a case study Betsy contributed to the recently published book 'Integrating Program Management and Systems Engineering'.

This podcast is the first part of an interview with Betsy Clark, President of Software Metrics. In the interview we discussed the recently published book 'Integrating Program Management and Systems Engineering'.

This podcast is a special interview with Stephen Townsend, Director of Network Programs at the Project Management Institute (PMI). In the interview we discussed the recently published book ‘Integrating Program Management and Systems Engineering: Methods, Tools and Organizational Systems for Improving Performance‘. The book is a joint effort between PMI and International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE). The book is the product of five years of research and writing by a large team of contr...

Understanding the impact of method and scope complexity on a project is an increasingly important requirement. Projects are getting bigger and the interfaces continue to grow. In this environment, understanding how mature the definition of the project ...

Goal complexity in project environments includes issues such as the clarity of project objectives, any bias the project may have toward particular outcomes and solutions, how mature the decision making policy is and the overall understanding of any req...