Project Effectiveness
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IS YOUR LEADERSHIP PIPELINE RUNNING DRY?
A case for mentorship in leadership development Developing and sustaining a continuous pipeline of leaders is a challenge for most companies under normal circumstances but is now an even greater need to develop and deploy solutions in the energy transition environment. The urgent demand for...
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Connecting the Digital Data Dots
Data is Key to Asset Life Cycle ROI Asset management and engineering and construction are distinctly lacking the single-point entry of data that disseminates to all project planning and delivery applications, but more importantly meets the needs of operations and maintenance throughout the...
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The Law of Unintended Consequences - Part 2
In last week’s Decommissioning blog post we learned about the Law of Unintended Consequences or LOUC for short. We also discussed the attitude of a decent portion of the public not familiar with the oilfield and observed that: There is negativity to the oilfield among those unfamiliar with the...
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Organizations Don't Perform Work, People Do
Organization Don't Perform Work, People Do “The strength of the pack is the wolf. The strength of the wolf is the pack.” – Rudyard Kipling, Law of the Jungle Silo Busting On capital projects , strong leadership is required to unite the various functions, organizations, and companies around...
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Lean Six Sigma: Where does it fit within Operational Excellence?
LSS vs OE: Same Tools, Different Names? There seems to be a lot of noise and general misconceptions about Lean Six Sigma (LSS) and Operational Excellence (OE). Are they different terms for the same thing? Are they just different approaches to the same end goal? If they are different, which one is...
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Building Organizational Capability of Capital Project Leaders
Given that strong, quality capital project leaders are a key determinant of successful capital project outcomes, and leadership is one of the more frequently cited risks to achieve these, the development of bench strength in project execution organizations requires a clear strategic path forward....