“The early bird may get the worm, but its the second mouse that gets the cheese.” No idea who said this. “Sometimes the early bird gets the worm, but sometimes the early bird gets frozen to death.” Myron Scholes Many of us instinctively procrastinate and delay. There are times though, where the cost of delays […]
COVID-19 Sustainable Lessons 01: Summary
The world is trying to deal with and understand the recent challenges and upheaval caused by COVID-19. Though it is still early to wrap our heads around what is happening and what the future will entail, it is possible to taken in some of the early lessons learned and reminders that are coming out of […]
COVID-19 Sustainable Lessons 04: Transformational Change Requirements
The COVID-19 pandemic has turned the world upside down, and many countries and communities have been forced to make dramatic changes in lifestyle, plans and expectations. What is being demanded in many of these communities is a dramatic transformational change. Sustainable project management can help provide guidance with this. What is being asked worldwide is […]
COVID-19 Sustainable Lessons 05: People or Economy – What is more important ?
With the recent COVID-19 responses, a question came up regarding what is more important for certain segments of society: people or the economy? The backdrop to this question is something called the Triple Bottom Line (TBL): People, Planet and Profit (or Prosperity). NOTE: GPM Global believes that each of the parts should be treated with […]
COVID-19 Sustainable Lessons 03: Three Keys to Project Work During the Outbreak
The worldwide coronavirus outbreak is not the first world war, nor the great depression nor the second world war. For those with an awareness of history, we know that those events were horrific and challenging times that we got through and fortunately came out stronger on the other side. The worldwide coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and […]
COVID-19 Sustainable Lessons 02: References
GPM Global is dedicated to ensuring that our posts are transparent and fact based from sources that can be trusted. Providing these references can also take up a lot of space and distract from the blog post. We have provided the detailed sources for our COVID-19 Sustainable Lessons below. References [1] Carboni, Joel, et al. […]
How we can empower our children, and not rob them of the ability, to dream of a better future.
As part of being a parent dealing with current school challenges, I have had a number of worrisome conversations with teachers recently about the ability of their students to dream of a better future. When asked to write about their future or humanities future, a consistent observation is that many (if not all) of their […]
Bio-Diversity’s freefall can be mitigated through sustainable project management.
This week, more than 11,000 researchers from around the world issued a report that spoke of the “untold suffering” that will be caused by climate change if humanity doesn’t change its ways. (Before anyone poo-poos this, think to yourself, how often do scientists like to agree? #funfact: The don’t.) Bio-Diversity as a whole is already in freefall. […]
How an organization can avoid SDG-washing. Yes, it is a thing…
This post provides concrete steps to align project work with SDG Targets and goals.
Lessons for Change from Bungee Jumping
I went bungee jumping over twenty years ago in Ottawa at the Great Canadian Bungee Jumping site at Wakefield, Chelsea Quebec. During that memorable experience I was reminded of several important lessons that I believe are valuable for change initiatives. For context, “Visualize an amphitheater of solid limestone, 200 ft. high, surrounding a 160 ft. […]
