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Most people think project managers manage schedules. The best project managers manage decisions. Every project generates an endless stream of information: status updates, risks, issues, testing results, stakeholder feedback, budget reports, project plans, and performance metrics. Yet the challenge on most projects is rarely a lack of information. More often, the challenge is making sense of it. Teams are surrounded by data, but data alone does not create understanding. That's

By Katrina McCullough | McCullough Management The Current Landscape Organizations are implementing technology at a relentless pace. 96% are undergoing some form of transformation. More than half completed a digital or IT initiative in the past year. The majority of organizational projects are now technology-related. Change is no longer a periodic event. It’s a constant condition. And here’s what that means for change managers: The organizations you’re walking into have almost

By Katrina McCullough | McCullough Management Quick — when your phone pushes a software update, do you read the developer notes? Most of us don't. We tap "update," wait a few minutes, and figure it out. But here's where most organizations get it wrong: they're still managing change as if employees are fighting the technology itself. In many cases, they're not. That casual, almost instinctive relationship with technology change is telling us something important about how the w

A Research-Backed Framework for CHROs on Technology Implementation That Actually Drives Retention and Growth Executive Summary Despite unprecedented investment in HR technology—with 48% of HR leaders planning to increase budgets in 2024—most organizations are failing to realize expected returns. Research from Gartner reveals that only 24% of HR functions are maximizing business value from their technology investments, while 58% of HR leaders report their systems don't meet cu

Why that one project that just worked wasn’t luck—and how to recreate it We’ve all been part of a project that just clicked. The team stopped feeling like a collection of individuals and started moving as one. Showing up felt energizing, not exhausting. People stayed late, worked weekends, and somehow it didn’t feel like burnout. You remember that project. Maybe you still talk about it. And maybe you think it was lightning in a bottle, that perfect mix of people, timing, and