How to Build a Happy Ending to Your Strategy
When the Strategic Story Stops Matching the Work Every organization runs on a strategic story….
How to Build a Happy Ending to Your Strategy
When the Strategic Story Stops Matching the Work Every organization runs on a strategic story. “We put members first.”“We are an innovation leader.”“We are growing minded.” That story shows up in town halls, board decks, earnings calls, and strategy off-sites. It explains why you exist and where you are going. It also decides who gets…
What is a PPMO? Why is It Important?
Most people hear “PMO” and think, “the project group that tracks status and sends reports.” Project Portfolio Management Office (PPMO) is different. The best PPMOs operate as a fully integrated service, combining the structure and execution discipline of a PMO with the portfolio-level leadership and resource visibility essential to executing your strategy at scale. They see…
PMOs Get Better Using the ROPE Framework GPT
The ROPE Framework GPT is an execution advisor designed to help PMOs operate as control systems, and strategic partners not document factories. See the impact on the bottom line.
Read a Portfolio Dashboard in under 5 Minutes
Most executives have a portfolio dashboard problem. You walk into a review with 10–15 minutes to understand, decide, and act.Instead of clarity, you get 14 pages of charts and color.By the end, you still don’t know what initiatives are at risk, what changed, or what you’re supposed to decide. This isn’t a software issue. It’s a structure…
Why You Can’t Software Yourself Out Of A Structure Problem
As the saying goes “You Can’t Software Your Way Out of a Structure Problem.” Yet every enterprise software vendor sells the same promise: Better visibility. Smarter insights. Seamless execution. It sounds like the cure for every leadership headache, especially when strategy execution starts to wobble. Dashboards promise clarity. AI summaries promise insight. Workflow automations promise…
This Is Why AI Transformation Is Hard?
Short answer: because AI transformation is still transformation. The same forces that stall big change stall strategic AI initiatives. In this article we will explore those forces and see how to overcome them. Where execution breaks How to make it easier (what we run in practice) Bottom line: AI Transformations aren’t hard because people don’t care; they’re…
6 Reasons PMOs Fall Short and How to Fix Strategy Execution
Executives invest in PMOs with good reason. On paper, a PMO should create more control, better alignment, and faster delivery. Yet for many reasons PMOs fall short, and research shows a large percentage dissolve within five years of being created. That doesn’t mean the idea of a PMO is flawed. It means most are set…
Six Questions to Make Sense of PMOaaS Labels Now
Because the Label Doesn’t Mean Anything Anymore I once met a VP who thought they were buying strategic PMO as a Service (PMOaaS). What the vendor delivered was not much more than a SharePoint folder, some templates, and a few freelancers in Poland. That story’s not unique.You’ve probably seen your own version. The potential ROI…
What is PMO as a Service (PMOaaS)? A Practical Definition You Need to Know
PMO as a Service (PMOaaS) is a loosely defined outsourcing model where a vendor provides some or all of the capabilities of a traditional Project Management Office (PMO)—typically via remote teams, standardized tools, and shared delivery frameworks. Depending on the provider, this can range from basic administrative support and reporting templates to full-scale portfolio management…
Why Some CIOs Lead Real Transformation While Others Stall
Less than half of digital initiatives deliver. Learn the 4-phase playbook top CIOs use to lead real transformation and outperform the rest.
