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New member spotlight: The Crown Estate
9th September 2026
We shine a spotlight on new Association member The Crown Estate.
New member spotlight: Transport Scotland
24th August 2026
We shine a spotlight on new Association member Transport Scotland.
New member spotlight: South East Water
29th July 2026
We shine a spotlight on new Association member South East Water.
A Well-Adapted UK: What it means for major projects
28th July 2026
An overview of the report A Well-adapted UK and what climate adaptation means for major projects.
A farewell message from Manon
22nd July 2026
As she retires after 21 years, Manon Bradley reflects on the people and initiatives that shaped her time at the Association.
The King’s Speech 2026: A More Connected Agenda for our Major Projects?
13th May 2026
The Association’s Executive Director Andy Murray explores what today’s King’s Speech could mean for Association members and the future delivery of infrastructure across the UK.
Inclusion is not a side conversation – it belongs in the rooms where power sits
4th March 2026
Al Simmonite challenges us to take real responsibility for creating genuinely inclusive project environments.
The 2026 Green Book: Not a Rewrite, but a Reframing
16th February 2026
The Association’s Executive Director, Andy Murray, provides an overview of the changes to The Green Book and what it means for members.
The Procurement Act 2023: A New Regime Governing Bid Challenges
13th January 2026
This fourth blog in our series examines how the Procurement Act 2023 changes the rules on bid challenges, including new approaches to standing, standstill and remedies.
Contract Performance under the Procurement Act 2023: A New Era of Accountability
12th January 2026
This third blog in our series explores the Procurement Act 2023’s new contract performance regime and its implications for public procurement.
Collaborating across the Supply Chain to Unlock Sustainable Outcomes in Major Projects
6th January 2026
Sustainable outcomes demand collaboration. Alice Poole, Chris Ramsay and Florence Stoppani-White from PA Consulting reflect on supply chain lessons from last October's member-led event.
Help Shape the Future of Sustainable Careers in Major Projects
17th December 2025
Former MPA Rising Stars are invited to take part in an important research study exploring sustainable careers in major projects.
Collaboration Over Competition: Lessons From HS2
2nd December 2025
This blog shines a spotlight on what meaningful, purposeful collaboration really looks like on the ground.
Budget 2025: Key Takeaways for Major Projects
26th November 2025
Executive Director Andy Murray shares the key Budget points most relevant to our members.
Welcome our new Board Directors
25th November 2025
We’re delighted to announce the formal appointment of three new members to the Major Projects Association Board.
Building Safer Cities: How CLOCS Is Reducing Construction-related Road Risk
21st November 2025
Kate Cairns and Andy Brooke explain how CLOCS is reshaping the construction sector’s approach to safer logistics.
The Procurement Act 2023: An Updated Regime for Direct Awards
14th November 2025
This second blog in our six-part series examines the Act’s updated direct awards regime.
The Procurement Act 2023: A New Regime for Exclusion and Debarment
14th November 2025
This blog discusses the changes to the exclusion and debarment regime introduced by the Procurement Act 2023.
Measure What Matters: Why Project Management Must Become a Science
12th November 2025
In this blog the authors of 'How to Measure Anything in Project Management' argue that better measurement is the key to better outcomes.
Reporting Back From The AI Frontier: A Compass For Project Leaders
21st October 2025
How ready are we as project leaders to remain the ethical compass guiding intelligent systems rather than being steered by them?
The Evolution Of Major Infrastructure Projects: The US vs China
25th June 2025
A comparison of America’s Interstate and China’s Belt and Road reveals how major infrastructure has evolved in scale, financing, technology and impact from national ambition to global strategy.
From Strategy To Systems: What The UK's Industrial Strategy 2025 Means For Major Projects
23rd June 2025
We explore how the 2025 Industrial Strategy affects the way we think about major projects, especially through the lens of interconnectedness between people, place, and sectors.
Celebrating International Women in Engineering Day
23rd June 2025
We celebrate the women who shape, lead and deliver the world's most ambitious and complex projects.
What The UK Infrastructure Strategy Means For Major Projects
20th June 2025
We highlight some key features of the 10-Year UK Infrastructure Strategy.
What The June 2025 Spending Review Means For Major Projects
11th June 2025
We take a close look at the June 2025 HM Treasury Spending Review to identify what’s most relevant to our members across the major projects landscape.
What Does The Strategic Defence Review 2025 Mean For Major Projects?
4th June 2025
We summarise what the Strategic Defence Review 2025 means for the major projects community.
NISTA Launches: What The Merger of IPA And NIC Means For UK Infrastructure
1st April 2025
In this blog, the Major Projects Association offers its analysis of what the creation of NISTA means for the future of major projects, the implications for industry, and why the accompanying release of the Teal Book deserves particular attention.
Who The Bleep Is Alice? A Technological Revolution At The Major Projects Association
31st March 2025
To celebrate 20 years at Major Projects Association, Manon Bradley reflects on one of the most pivotal shifts she’s helped lead at the MPA — our technological revolution.
Leading Through Urgency: The Role Of Leadership In The Navigation Of Urgency In Major Projects
26th March 2025
Early findings from research on the role of leadership in the navigation of urgency in inter-organisational projects.
The Decommissioning Alliance: Elevating Leadership Through Training
18th March 2025
In this blog, Malcolm Wall explores how TDA’s leadership training programme has transformed its workforce, enhanced partnerships, and set a benchmark for leadership excellence in the sector.
Major Projects Association Appoints New Chair
3rd March 2025
We are pleased to announce that Nirmal Kotecha has been appointed as the new Chair of the Major Projects Association.
Driving Transformation Through Collaboration: The Success Of BIM In Peru
11th February 2025
In this blog, Gianina Caballero reflects on the success of the implementation of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in Peru and shares the valuable lessons from this success story which industries beyond construction can learn from.
Write A Blog For The Major Projects Association In 2025
8th January 2025
We invite you to become a voice within our major projects community by contributing to our blog.
Seeking A New Chair For The Major Projects Association
2nd December 2024
The Major Projects Association is seeking a new Chair. Nominations are now open.
No Planet B, So What Can I Do? Major Projects Sustainability Playbook Launch
18th November 2024
This week sees the launch of the Major Projects Sustainability Playbook, developed to support project professionals in defining, procuring, designing, constructing and operating sustainable projects.
Invest 2035: Industrial Strategy
22nd October 2024
The UK Government’s green paper Invest 2035: Industrial Strategy provides a glimpse of the long-term economic vision that a new industrial strategy (expected in Spring 2025) is likely to be based on.
Revolutionising Infrastructure With AI
24th September 2024
EY’s report with International Federation of Consulting Engineers “How AI can unlock a new future for infrastructure” explores how AI can be used to help the sector build assets more efficiently, cost-effectively and sustainably.
Cancellation Of Major Projects: Perspectives On Rethinking The Approach To Major Projects – Inspired From HS2 Phase 2 Lessons
17th September 2024
Announcing the publication of our Perspectives Report 'Cancellation Of Major Projects'.
Inclusion Moments – Our Commitment To Equality, Diversity And Inclusion
11th September 2024
Do you have a story to tell and think you can weave it into a powerful Inclusion Moment linked to any of our events going forward? Would like to join our newly refreshed Inclusion Hub?
Creating Places That Work For Women And Girls
10th September 2024
Our guest blog is written by 2023 Rising Stars cohort member Kuljeet Sibia who shaped the vision of the London Legacy Development Corporation’s handbook 'Creating Places that Work for Women and Girls'.
What’s In The King’s Speech For Major Projects?
1st August 2024
The bills announced in the King's Speech that may affect the world of major projects.
Prestige Lecture 2024: The Politics of Projects
12th June 2024
Andy Murray, Executive Director of the Major Projects Association, reflects on the thought-provoking Prestige Lecture 2024.
While We’ve Made Good Strides In Accident Reduction, Our Next Mega Project Should Be Improving Mental Health
20th May 2024
In this guest blog, Mark Coates from Bentley Systems believes that while health and safety on construction sites needs to remain a top priority of the industry, the construction industry’s next mega project needs to be a focus on mental health.
Keeping Up With AI
20th May 2024
Read about the launch of ChatGPT-4o and what events we have coming up on the topic of AI.
Five Client Carbon Commitments: Setting A Path To Net Zero Construction
1st May 2024
This week saw the launch of Five Client Carbon Commitments, a five-point plan for the construction industry to transition to net zero.
Infrastructure Needs To Square The Circle – We Must Embrace The Excitement And Challenge Of Delivering More Sustainable infrastructure
29th April 2024
In this guest blog, Mark Coates, Vice President of Infrastructure Policy Advancement at Bentley Systems, argues that we must not only accept our transition to a circular economy, but also fully embrace it.
Data Analytics and AI in Government Project Delivery
20th March 2024
Today we announce the publication of a new framework which sets out how the government will use data analytics and AI to boost performance and make projects more cost effective in a joint paper between IPA, MPA, APM and CDDO.
Sustainability Journey At Fluor
12th March 2024
Himangshu Dey, Director of Global Sustainability at Fluor, a member organisation of the Major Projects Association, shares Fluor's sustainability journey and net zero achievement.
International Women's Day 2024
6th March 2024
Manon Bradley, Development Director of the Major Projects Association, shares and celebrates the inspiring initiatives across our membership and beyond aimed at promoting the role of women in the initiation and delivery of major projects.
Are Modern Projects Too Complex To Deliver To Budget?
28th February 2024
Project failure is due to project management practices not keeping up with new aspects of complexity that projects now face, argues David Whitmore, Managing Consultant at MI-GSO | PCUBED.
The International Day of Women and Girls in Science
13th February 2024
In honour of International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we are sharing a poem by Brian Bilston.
National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline 2023: Main Updates To The 2021 Report
5th February 2024
Andy Murray, Executive Director of the Major Projects Association, shares some of the key findings of the IPA's 2023 National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline.
Major Projects: The Art of Orienteering
8th January 2024
Project Management Consultant and Strategy Advisor Tunde Ajia shares his insights on how the ever-evolving major project landscape now necessitates a reorientation of strategies and methodologies.
COP28: A Changing World Will Soon Transform The Significance Of Major Projects – Requiring New Tools And Worldviews
20th December 2023
Masterplanner and Director of URBAN Silence Martina Juvara reflects on her personal takeaways from COP28 in Dubai, with a special focus on the built-environment professions.
Equal Pay In Major Projects: What Is The Latest Data And What Do Our Members Think?
21st November 2023
We asked some key members of the Association on their thoughts about the latest data on equal pay.
Launching The Dr Martin Barnes Bursary for The Challenge of Major Projects
15th November 2023
In honour of the late Dr Barnes, we have established a bursary fund to offer this opportunity to someone who may not otherwise have the chance to join the 4 part CMP course which runs from January 2024.
Can Creating a Learning Culture Help Build Better Major Projects, Build Better Organisations, and Solve the Skills Gap?
8th November 2023
Mark Coates examines the value of creating a learning culture in an organisation engaged in major projects.
Tools, Models And Reorienting Our Profession: Lessons For Major Projects From International Development
1st November 2023
Harry Jones, Freeports Programme Director at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, considers why we must apply the same tools, principles and mindset to our Major Project delivery as those used in International Development projects.
The Value of Mentoring: What Does Successful Mentoring Look Like?
25th October 2023
Executive coach Alex Oliver examines the value of mentoring and how both the mentor and the mentee can get the most out of it.
In Pursuit Of Outcomes: Navigating The Shifting Currents With An Outcome-based Approach To Major Projects
19th October 2023
Project Management Consultant and Strategy Advisor Tunde Ajia shares his insights on how adopting an outcome-based approach can redefine the success trajectory of major projects and the managers who deliver them.
Wellbeing In Leadership: An ABCDE Guide To Building Resilience And Dealing With Stress
11th October 2023
Executive coach Alex Oliver explains her simple ABCDE approach to dealing with stress in the workplace.
Is the Government Taking Charge of EV Charging Points?
7th September 2023
In this guest blog, Mark Coates examines whether the infrastructure is keeping up with the growth of EVs.
The UK Will Benefit From New Green Jobs In The Coming Years But Will We Maximise The Gains Or Be Left Behind?
4th August 2023
In this guest blog, Mark Coates explores the environmental and economic race to net zero.
The Hack! A Business Analyst's Introduction to the World of Projects
27th July 2023
A Business Analyst reflects on her introduction to the world of projects.
Don’t just do it, but do it well: Reflecting on the Prestige Lecture 2023
20th July 2023
Andy Murray, Executive Director of the Major Projects Association, reflects on the memorable Prestige Lecture and dinner on 5th July.
After six years, I now know what success sounds like
25th May 2023
This blog is a personal reflection of six and a […]
Wearing your values on your sleeve
18th May 2023
The Major Projects Association was established over 40 years ago […]
Just what exactly are you intending?
11th May 2023
Of all the questions you can ask someone who is […]
What may be the unintended consequences of your policy?
4th May 2023
There’s a lot to be said for the Black Walnut […]
A manifesto for data-driven projects
27th April 2023
A 2019 APM report estimated that project management creates between […]
Vertical Buildings: What Asset Owners and Contractors Need to Know about Britain’s New Building Safety Regulator
20th April 2023
The ninth in a series of guest blogs provided by […]
The bigger they are ... the more we need to learn
6th April 2023
When the Crossrail was in full swing, for a time […]
Leadership in a Data-driven Age
23rd March 2023
The seventh in a series of guest blogs provided by […]
Grand Paris Express: What We Learn from City Centre Transport Megaprojects in Paris and London
16th March 2023
The sixth in a series of guest blogs provided by […]
Why AI won't transform project management
9th March 2023
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has rapidly emerged as one of the […]
International Women's Day 2023
8th March 2023
Thoughts about International Women’s Day #IWD from our Development Director, […]
Architecting Giga Projects
6th March 2023
Exploring what it takes to ensure Giga Projects succeed today, […]
From data poverty to data driven. We need to stop ‘winging it’ when it comes to project management.
2nd March 2023
When I graduated in the early 90s, I worked for […]
Is collaborative leadership just good leadership?
23rd February 2023
In the literature, collaborative leadership is defined as the delivery […]
For Electric Vehicle Charging, 'Going Dutch' Means Being Open, Transparent, and Interoperable
16th February 2023
The fifth in a series of guest blogs provided by […]
A Smarter Way to Future-proof Our Water Supply
9th February 2023
The fourth in a series of guest blogs provided by […]
Since the Census Helps Plan Infrastructure and Housing, Could a National Framework for Data Help Overcome the Shortcomings of the COVID-19 Census?
2nd February 2023
The third of a series of guest blogs provided by […]
The Light Rail Trail: Budapest and Manchester show the importance of light rail integration
19th January 2023
The second of a series of guest blogs provided by […]
A Bird’s Eye View: How the World’s First Digital Twin of a Nation Can Help Create Better Cities
13th January 2023
This is the first of a series of guest blogs […]
The value of naked self-interest
5th January 2023
At the start of every year the Association surveys all […]
It is really all a matter of choice.
22nd December 2022
I have almost completed my review of the Associations archive […]
What have you learned this week?
15th December 2022
At lunchtime today, I helped co-facilitate the final webinar in […]
Peer Mentoring Programme - one year on
8th December 2022
A year ago this week we launched our trial Peer […]
From Project Success to our Ambitions for the Next 40 Years
1st December 2022
At the end of this year, Sir Tim Laurence steps […]
Rising to the scale of the climate change challenge. Are we doing enough?
17th November 2022
Flying has been an overwhelming force for good over the […]
New Chair for the Major Projects Association
14th November 2022
The Board are pleased to announce that Emma Howard Boyd […]
Organisations share documents, people share knowledge.
10th November 2022
This is the conundrum for most organisations: since tacit knowledge […]
Is any of this making any sense to you?
3rd November 2022
In our most recent podcast episode on Systems Thinking, Systems […]
On the jelly surrounding complex questions
27th October 2022
Has it ever occurred to you just how many companies […]
Do you remember when ... ?
20th October 2022
Events, like projects are perceived by the general population through […]
Just how do you recruit rebel thinkers?
13th October 2022
Matthew Syed’s book, Rebel Ideas, was the subject of this […]
The three tools of systems leadership
6th October 2022
The recent Association event (Systems Thinking, Systems Leadership, September 2022) […]
Designing a knowledge taxonomy should be simpler than you think
29th September 2022
When our Knowledge Repository first went live in 2017, it […]
Talk amongst yourselves ...
22nd September 2022
I am amazed that more organizations don’t take advantage of […]
The system integrator's eight lookings
8th September 2022
The recent Association Roundtable looking at Systems Integration through the […]
Are we prisoners of our own echo chamber?
1st September 2022
In his 2022 book, Language vs Reality: Why Language is […]
In praise of the soundbite
25th August 2022
In this age of rolling news and wall-to-wall social media, […]
Which is your favourite Taskmaster task and what does that tell you about the work you do?
18th August 2022
In February 2021, The Guardian produced a ranked list of […]
What is a major project after all is said and done and what does that tell us about what we value?
11th August 2022
Although new ways of measuring project value – for example […]
There are lots of reasons why linear hierarchy is unhelpful in a delivery model
4th August 2022
Models of corporate hierarchy that put the client or the […]
What nearly happened, there?
28th July 2022
The 2013 Major Project Association conference, A Successful Project Every […]
How might we make knowledge stickier?
21st July 2022
There is an inherent issue around people in major […]
Communityship as an organizational philosophy for major projects
14th July 2022
Inspired by my ongoing review of the Major Projects Association […]
One of the most powerful and underused tools for project assurance
23rd June 2022
“Asking questions is the only tool non-executives have” This […]
A Life in Projects
16th June 2022
In this interview with Professor Graham Winch Stephen Wearne recalls how it all started and reflects on his work and the work of this extraordinary group.
Why Governance Isn't Working
9th June 2022
If you find yourself following mandatory reporting or assurance […]
Have you ever considered the value of trees?
24th May 2022
Trees are significant in major projects, particularly infrastructure projects for […]
The Association seeks a new Chair
19th May 2022
Sir Tim Laurence standing down After almost a decade (in […]
Activating the mycellum - sharing the hidden knowledge
12th May 2022
Wouldn’t it be amazing if major projects had access to […]
Looking for a little tacit understanding? Try video.
29th April 2022
We started the Major Projects Association YouTube channel in September […]
Understanding the Challenges of Major Projects
26th April 2022
I was fortunate enough to take part in a project […]
What is a knowledge asset and how do you acquire it?
21st April 2022
As part of my review of the Association’s archive I […]
How many languages do you need to master in order to manage major projects?
13th April 2022
We often think of languages in terms of the foreign […]
Big Infrastructure Projects Can Tell Us So Much About Ourselves
7th April 2022
It’s perhaps no surprise given the development of the […]
Think of what you are doing in terms of 'the bit in the middle'
31st March 2022
During the recording for our April Podcast (Reimagining Global Supply […]
Supporting our Academic Members
31st March 2022
At the end of our 40km sponsored walk yesterday the […]
Phantom Risks and Data Analytics
24th March 2022
The recent seminar report published by the Association on last […]
How much of what we have lost during the pandemic is hidden?
10th March 2022
Hidden Learning is one of three themes I am helping […]
Different Ways of Organising and Delivering
2nd March 2022
The upcoming (15th March) Association seminar in Manchester, Reimagining Global […]
20 minutes to change the world (or at least your project)
24th February 2022
I recently observed a skills practice session (essentially a role […]
How do we connect emotion and reason?
17th February 2022
It’s too easy to condemn infrastructure, engineering and construction projects […]
How do you know if your sponsors are any good?
10th February 2022
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the performance of […]
Resources to facilitate the transition to hybrid working
3rd February 2022
The first lockdown was a shock to most systems, human […]
You should be ambiguous about soft skills
3rd February 2022
The clue is in the name. Soft skills are soft: malleable, […]
Are you asking the right people the right questions about risk?
20th January 2022
In July 2021 as part of the process of […]
PhD Grants and the Importance of Academic Research
13th January 2022
Each year the Major Projects Association awards two grants to […]
We are what you make us
6th January 2022
The purpose of the Major Projects Association is very simple […]
Will we still be talking about major projects in 2030?
23rd December 2021
This year, much of the buzz (pandemic aside) has been […]
Major Projects Association - Beyond the fringe
17th December 2021
In 2019, we learned, along with much of the major […]
Who exactly are 'your people' and what are they like?
9th December 2021
There is one thing that we both recognise and ignore, […]
Cognitive Diversity - Show and Tell
2nd December 2021
You may already be convinced of the value of cognitive […]
Do you have the skills required for 'cross-disciplinary collaboration within and between companies and cultures?"
25th November 2021
Martin Barnes’ complete quotation, from which I have […]
Greasing the wheels or providing the glue to hold everything together
18th November 2021
The Knowledge Sharing session of the Project Sponsorship network on […]
Keep your friends close and your assurers closer!
11th November 2021
‘Assurance needs to be closer to the project and progressive. […]
What's the current state of play on progress towards Net Zero amongst Major Projects Association members?
4th November 2021
We recently surveyed those of our member companies who are […]
Recognition is a basic building block for personal, organizational and sector development
28th October 2021
The classic 1990s training video, The Sid Story, hits the […]
Imagine the stories they'll tell!
22nd October 2021
Western (and other cultures) are filled with children’s stories, myths […]
For complex questions you need to gather as many and as diverse a set of answers that you can.
14th October 2021
CoP26 may feel like a watershed in our rebalancing the […]
The Great Reconnection
7th October 2021
This year feels a little different. As part of my Ego to Eco work, I […]
Leaving a major projects legacy
30th September 2021
Rewilding practitioners across Europe have have co-formulated a set of […]
If you thought a project data analytics 'hack' was all about data, then you couldn't be more wrong!
22nd September 2021
I had the privilege to be invited to judge one […]
Equality and Diversity - Time for Action
13th September 2021
Our aim with this event was to show our members […]
Sad passing of Prof. Peter Morris
7th September 2021
It is with great sadness that we learned of the […]
'Always On' engagement
26th August 2021
Our most recent QUBE@Work workshop on 19th August tackled the […]
Insight and Value from the Most Unexpected Quarter
25th August 2021
Way back before the Pandemic, I was invited to help […]
How do we reconcile build, make, grow, with the need to reach Net Zero?
19th August 2021
Whilst those in the industry have been banging this drum […]
Explaining what you do is more than an art ... it's a required competence
12th August 2021
This year’s Major Project Association annual conference, Major Projects 2061: Lessons, […]
Major Projects Association - the first 10 years (1981-91)
5th August 2021
40 Years of Reports on Major Projects and their Management […]
The best way to engage and consult stakeholders is to transport them to a new world
29th July 2021
Don’t take that too literally. The last thing we want […]
Avoiding Burnout - Lessons from Elite Sport
26th July 2021
The heatwave last week was a fitting backdrop to the […]
There is more to the Vaccines Taskforce Programme than simply a way out of the pandemic.
23rd July 2021
At the recent Major Projects Association Prestige Lecture, Dame Kate […]
Decommissioning Moves Ahead ... Again!
1st July 2021
Next week’s event: Building Transferrable Skills – Lessons Learned from Nuclear […]
"There is a need at the end of a project to produce some sort of written review"
1st July 2021
Over the forty years that the Major Projects Association has […]
Embedding Sustainability into Project Delivery
28th June 2021
The second question posed at the recent World Cafe organized […]
Beyond Zero: how can we achieve resilience and sustainability in the built environment?
24th June 2021
At the second of three Major Project Association Sustainability webinars […]
Brain-friendly change 101 ... avoid terrifying those involved!
21st June 2021
Imagine you are preparing for your first ever sky-dive. How […]
Constructive Conversations: How industry and universities can work together
21st June 2021
With £1m invested in a raft of innovative research projects, […]
Why COVID-19 offers a real opportunity to accelerate transition towards urban sustainability in the UK
4th June 2021
At a recent Major Project Association Sustainability webinar in association […]
Don't let's ever fall into the trap of thinking 'job done'!
3rd June 2021
I don’t think it is a project management thing – […]
Are the digital solutions we want to implement brain friendly?
20th May 2021
How to help create rewarding and safe approaches to change […]
Achieving Sustainability in Architectural Design
14th May 2021
This 90 second soundbite from Dr Asif Din, Sustainability Director […]
Funding the Energy Transition: how will projects be supported and financed?
13th May 2021
The UK Government promises to ‘Build Back Better’ and deliver […]
Just what does success look like for the Levelling Up Agenda?
6th May 2021
The series of events the Association has run on the […]
Generating the Big Picture of benefits delivery
4th May 2021
Welcome to the last of our series exploring Benefits Management […]
Benefits Management 3.0 - measuring and integrating benefits realization management
22nd April 2021
Welcome to the third in a four-part series exploring Benefits […]
We need a rethink to urban planning that is as radical as that of Baron Haussmann
21st April 2021
“The underground galleries are an organ of the great city, […]
Energy Transition and Project Execution: Is it All Green Lights from Here?
20th April 2021
The global shift towards renewable energy has brought about significant […]
One shared idea may not change the world but a shared behaviour just might...
15th April 2021
As project managers, you may subscribe to the idea that actions […]
How to Manage Benefits in a Virtual World
15th April 2021
Welcome to the second in a four-part series exploring Benefits […]
From paramedics to a full-blown health system
14th April 2021
During the recent Roundtable (March 29th, Realising Social and Economic […]
The Scope of Benefits Realisation Management
8th April 2021
Welcome to the first in a four-part series exploring Benefits […]
Delivering Net Zero
6th April 2021
Key members of the Major Projects Association Sustainability Ambassadors network […]
The Use Case for Project Analytics
1st April 2021
In this final article of the Project Analytics series, now […]
Can Energy Transition Herald a Different Approach to Project Structures and Risk?
31st March 2021
This is one of an occasional series of blogs from […]
Project Sponsorship 'must consult' resources
31st March 2021
To support the new Project Sponsorship network that now has […]
The Four Phases of a Project Analytics Roadmap
25th March 2021
In this article, we continue our discussion into the process […]
What's next in the Major Projects Association Events Calendar?
24th March 2021
Find out what's coming up next in the Major Projects Association Programme of Events 2021.
Major Projects Procurement: High Time for a Change of Tune?
24th March 2021
To coincide with our Association event Procuring for Broader Social […]
Real Lessons from a Simulated Project
22nd March 2021
Major Projects Association has had to learn to translate things […]
How to implement a data engineering strategy for your Project Analytics initiative
18th March 2021
In this third article of our Project Analytics series, we […]
Project Analytics - getting to know your data
11th March 2021
Welcome to part 2 of our 4 part series exploring […]
Choose to Challenge #IWD2021
8th March 2021
International Women’s day should be a day to celebrate the […]
The Evolution of Project Analytics
4th March 2021
Welcome to the first in a four-part series examining the […]
If you don't know what good looks like ... then benchmarking is always going to be a struggle!
3rd March 2021
To coincide with our Association event on 17th March on […]
What the slow food movement can teach us about Major Projects
1st March 2021
Over the three months of November, December and January, the […]
People getting things done
26th February 2021
This is the last or our weekly blogs throughout February […]
Ensuring psychological safety is just as important as keeping people physically safe
18th February 2021
At the heart of our conference on Emotional Intelligence was […]
The Vulnerable Leader
12th February 2021
The idea of using Emotional Intelligence as the theme for […]
The power of storytelling
3rd February 2021
We recently published our “How to” guide on the importance […]
Learning to Lead in Major Projects
21st January 2021
Today, 21st January 2021, we held a virtual breakfast session […]
Construction, like life, is full of options (if only we can recognise them)
14th January 2021
For the second in series of blog posts in January, […]
Sustainability: It's what you do, how you do it and how you are seen to do it
7th January 2021
For the first series of blog posts in January, I […]
A Systems Approach to Infrastructure Delivery – An Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Review
4th January 2021
The current approach to delivering complex infrastructure projects is facing […]
Energy Transition: The Political and Legal Framework
4th December 2020
This month we welcome a team from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer […]
Disability - diversity, innovation and resilience
3rd December 2020
Today, on International day of people with disabilities, I am […]
Sustainability: the foggiest project of all
27th November 2020
This is the final blog in our series inspired by […]
How we deliver projects more sustainably ... at least that's the plan
12th November 2020
This is the second in our series of blogs that […]
Tomorrow's railway ... today
5th November 2020
In support of our current theme of radical uncertainty, Julian […]
Working out how to work sustainably
5th November 2020
It seems a lifetime ago that the Association membership came […]
In celebration of international project management day!
30th October 2020
Thursday 5th November 2020 is international project management day and […]
An anti‒fragile rail system?
29th October 2020
In support of our current theme of radical uncertainty, Julian […]
What if we all started working from home? Some thoughts on anti‒fragility and the rail network
19th October 2020
In support of our current theme of radical uncertainty, Julian […]
Is your major project inadvertently excluding people?
12th October 2020
Inclusive design is often treated as a compliance or box-ticking […]
Does your level of Emotional Intelligence help you to manage stress?
9th October 2020
To coincide with our Annual Conference on the theme of […]
Ambition for Project Data Analytics to deliver a 10 fold performance improvement in 5 years
7th October 2020
The Major Projects Association supports the newly formed Project Data Analytics Task Force. The Task Force has thrown down a gauntlet to use data analytics to tackle poor project performance. To find out why and how you can get involved, read on.
Reinventing webinars: Tips and Tricks for Online Meeting Design and Delivery
2nd October 2020
Reinventing webinars_ tips & tricks for online meeting design and […]
Do you use your Emotional Intelligence effectively to build relationships and make sound decisions?
1st October 2020
To coincide with our Annual Conference on the theme of […]
Are you using your Emotional Intelligence to Express Yourself?
24th September 2020
To coincide with our Annual Conference on the theme of […]
Coming next in our annual conference fringe
20th September 2020
We launched our innovative Conference Fringe last week, immediately following […]
One week into a revolutionary conference!
20th September 2020
I need to be careful not to overstate what we […]
Are you an emotionally effective project manager?
17th September 2020
To coincide with our Annual Conference on the theme of […]
Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but foresight is better!
30th August 2020
Thus far on our Path to Enlightenment (and Desired Outcomes), […]
New road ahead! Guest Blog by Tom Jarman
26th August 2020
Over the next four weeks, Tom Jarman will be talking […]
Procuring for value. Guest blog by Tom Jarman
26th August 2020
In January 2020, Tom Jarman gave a talk at the […]
Does construction have the foundations for fundamental change? Guest blog by Tom Jarman
26th August 2020
This is the third in Tom Jarman’s series of 4 […]
Client Leadership - Guest Blog by Tom Jarman
26th August 2020
This is Tom Jarman’s fourth and final blog in this […]
Emotional Intelligence Unbound at the Annual Conference Fringe
25th August 2020
a programme of fringe events; a variety of events and activities all linked closely to the emotional intelligence theme of the main programme.
What's been the real impact of the Covid 19 Lockdown on the behaviour of people in projects?
25th August 2020
As part of 2020's annual Major Projects Association conference, we've teamed up with Lumina Learning to undertake a short research project to understand how Lockdown has changed people's personality
The horse’s arse and the space shuttle
21st August 2020
So far on Alexandra Chapman’s Path to Enlightenment (and Desired […]
Lessons from Lockdown: Construction and Covid-19
18th August 2020
The Major Projects Association convened a virtual roundtable discussion about […]
Turnkey Projects aka ‘The Big Explosion’
14th August 2020
In The Path to Enlightenment (and Desired Outcomes), Alexandra Chapman […]
The Path to Enlightenment (and Desired Outcomes)
6th August 2020
This month's Guest Blogger is Alexandra Chapman of Totally OptimizedProjects. She'll be exploring different ways of looking at your projects to optimize the outcomes and she kicks off with a piece that looks at project mental models.
Lessons from Lockdown: Lockdown through the lens of EDI
5th August 2020
In the latest in our series of posts called Lessons […]
Lessons from Lockdown: the psychodynamics of being 'on the call'
4th August 2020
Many people now have to meet virtually. It’s not as rich an experience as meeting in the flesh, but there are plenty of things you can do to optimise your experience, detect what is really going on and make more of an impact.
Lessons from Lockdown - How to See Opportunities in Threats
30th July 2020
Our continuing weekly blog series of insights and reflections, Lessons […]
Lessons from Lockdown - Influencing at a Distance
30th July 2020
In our continued series of weekly blogs sharing Lessons from […]
Lessons from Lockdown - Risk and Decision Making During Deep Disruption
30th July 2020
We continue our weekly series of Guest webinars from a […]
Lessons from Lockdown - Behaviour and Mindsets
30th July 2020
In our continuing weekly blog series, Lessons from Lockdown, created […]
Lessons from Lockdown - a Revolution in Creativity and Innovation
30th July 2020
Continuing our weekly series of posts on the theme of […]
Lessons from Lockdown - Resilience
30th July 2020
Continuing our weekly series of posts on the theme of […]
Lessons from Lockdown - Collaboration
30th July 2020
In the second of their emerging series of blogs, Sarah […]
Lessons from Lockdown - Introduction
30th July 2020
Today we are opening a weekly series of Guest blog […]
Character Strengths in You - Pathways to Peak Performance Pt 1
30th July 2020
In her July series as our Guest Blogger, Ruth Pearce […]
Character Strengths in the Team - Pathways to Peak Performance Pt 2
30th July 2020
In the second in her series of guest blog posts […]
Goal Setting with Strengths - Pathways to Peak Performance Pt 3
30th July 2020
In this, the third in a series of blog posts […]
Navigating Change with Strengths
30th July 2020
In recent group coaching sessions, we often hear that people are “not experiencing anything different than usual”. They regularly or habitually work from home. It is “just the same”. When we pause and think about the truth of that statement, we are often surprised, and it turns out that the only thing that seems the same is the idea of working from home.
Character Strengths in Adversity - Pathways to Peak Performance Pt5
30th July 2020
Ruth Pearce completes this initial exploration of what character strengths are, how they show up - for you – how they show up in others. Today she enables you to practice strengths spotting AND developing a practice of spotting strengths in others.
Replacing Blame with Accountability
22nd May 2019
Blame is powerful. One act of blame destroys years of […]
Honing Your Leadership Traits
15th May 2019
Should you be confident or humble, aware or focused, decisive […]
