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11 top tips on the best way to pass a remote interview
Being interviewed remotely is becoming the norm As the world moves on following the COVID-19 pandemic a very high percentage of work now involves some sort of remote element. Many companies are working to a hybrid model and an increasing number are moving to even...
The pros and cons of remote working
Positives and Negatives While there are many positives, some people find it hard to adapt to home and remote working. Being unable to physically meet people can lead to frustration and insecurities and give rise to fears that the social element of work will...
The ridiculous myth that remote work stifles creativity
The ridiculous myth that remote work stifles creativity is the favourite theme of the anti-remote work brigade. The office environment makes people ‘innovative, creative and full of ideas’ according to these guys. Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said that...
8 best coworking spaces for hybrid work
Remote working isn't going away While there are some stalwarts who have a Canute-like passion to hold back the tide of remote working, the pandemic has firmly fixed the demand for flexibility in most office workers minds. They’ve tried it, it works for them,...
Do I really need a Test Strategy?
The most important part of a project Testing might not be as exciting as design and development but getting it wrong is a sure fire route to sleepless nights and needing to scan the job pages! Get testing wrong and you potentially end up wrecking your...
The hybrid working disaster
The hybrid working disaster Once the pandemic had subsided and it was safe to return to offices, many employers were looking forward to a return to the good old days with everyone back in offices and sat at their desks. However, the tsunami of demand from...
The future of office work
The future of office work We agonised over the title for this article, but ‘the future of office work’ seemed to fit best, because that's what’s at stake right now. The office is coming up for its 300th anniversary. First set up by the British East India...
“Your screen is frozen!” 6 ways to beat the video conference screen freeze
So why does my video conference screen freeze? As the use of video conferencing has exploded, so has frustration with the frequency of video conference screen freeze, jerkiness and loss of sync between audio and video that everyone has experienced at one time...
The best project management books of all time
Our top 9 project management books Search for ‘project management books’ on Amazon and you get 75 pages of hits. That’s around 1500 titles, so there’s no shortage of project managers anxious to go into print and spread the word. You’d be very impressed if I...
Buying a project management package – top 21 features
The top 21 features you need to look for when buying a project management package As with buying anything, if you don’t know exactly what you want it usually doesn’t turn out well. When buying a project management package making a mistake can end up being very...
