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Leadership is such an interesting and evocative abstract noun.

  Passport blues When it emerged that our new post-Brexit blue passports are to be printed not in the UK but by Franco-Dutch owned Gemalto, it generated a media storm, questions in Parliament, and the possibility of a protest by the unsuccessful bidder, a reminder that you can’t please everybody all the time.

The ºìÌÒÊÓƵ Enabling Change SIG and the PMO SIG partnered together for an afternoon event, to address the subject of change and how it can impact those involved in the change themselves.

Earlier this month we had the great pleasure of hosting Dr Phil Driver, founder of OpenStrategies, who delivered two excellent events at Newcastle University Business School.

The Board of ºìÌÒÊÓƵ is delighted to announce that John McGlynn has accepted its invitation to remain as chair.

On the evening of the 26th April at BAWA in Bristol, around 60 excited sponsors, customers, mentors and team members attended the fourth South Wales and West of England (SWWE) Project Management Challenge Finals and Awards Night with four down-selected teams competing for the winner’s trophy.

The ºìÌÒÊÓƵ Aberdeen chapter hosted another successful CPD event on 17 May 2018, which included a very insightful talk by Paul Foy (Value Performance Ltd), asking the question “So you think you understand risk?”.

Prepared by members of the ºìÌÒÊÓƵ Assurance Specific Interest Group and led by Roy Millard.

The ºìÌÒÊÓƵ Project Management Awards, sponsored by RPC UK Ltd, are now open for 2018 and the hunt is on for our profession’s finest.

In many ways there’s never been a better time to be a contractor in project management: the 2018 ºìÌÒÊÓƵ Salary and Market Trends Survey showed confidence and satisfaction levels were high, day rates had remained at an average £450 and more people were working on longer-term contracts that offer greater stability.