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Enterprise AI in 2025: What the latest global research means for productivity in Australian organisations
AI is reshaping how work gets done, yet most organisations are still struggling to realise meaningful productivity gains. While investment in AI has surged, capability uplift has not kept pace, leaving many teams overwhelmed, under-prepared and unable to translate AI tools into measurable outcomes.
OpenAI’s latest State of Enterprise AI 2025 report provides one of the clearest views yet into how high-performing organisations are using AI to improve productivity, and where others are falling behind. For Australian organisations navigating rapid change, the findings offer a practical roadmap for where to focus next.
2021 Jan Project Management Professional (PMP)®
PMP certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI)® has long been considered the ‘gold standard’ for professional/career project managers. Those with a PMP certification garner a higher salary (20% on average) then those without a PMP certification. [1] Latest Global Research In June 2019, as a result of a Global Practice Analysis market research study,
Measuring Value from your Projects
What is it that makes a project successful? Is it if the project comes in on time and on budget? If the product is built within scope? Or is it measured by customer satisfaction with the delivered product or service? Traditionally, project managers have measured and managed time, cost, quality and scope. But by focusing
Encouraging Enterprise Agility with AgileSHIFT®
Undoubtedly, there is value in moving to work in a more agile way – faster delivery of new services, faster return on investment, a higher quality end-product that’s closer to the customer requirements, and the ability to quickly identify when a new product isn’t going to work out – to name just a few. But
Organisational Agility in the Public Sector: The Case for Change
The public sector is arguably one of the more resilient parts of society when it comes to disruption. It is, perhaps, hard to envisage a world where large parts of the public sector are replaced by organisations that are able to offer the same services better, cheaper and in a more efficient manner. Or is
Kanban: A Sign of the Times
Kanban, particularly Kanban boards seem to be emerging as the ‘norm’, even expected, in today’s dynamic business environment. But what value does Kanban bring to projects and business as usual? Let’s look beyond the hype and buzzwords and understand the true value of the Kanban Method. What is Kanban? The word Kanban can literally be
Project Management – What is the Next Major Milestone?
Project Management is no dusty relic of the past. Rather, Project Management continues to grow, evolve and influence individuals. Looking at the modern history of Project Management, we can note several key milestones, including: 1917 – Henry Gantt created the Gantt chart 1958 – The US Navy developed the Program Evaluation Review (PERT) for its
Finding Balance in Managing Projects, Programmes and Life
Quick riddle: What is something that everyone wants, yet few of us manage to achieve? There are probably many great answers to this question, but a top candidate is definitely work-life balance. A poll[1] of 3,000 Australians by SEEK (which runs a portfolio of employment, education and volunteer companies) found work-life balance was the number
What is Agile – philosophy and principles
Agile. Agility. What really is agile? What are the values and philosophy behind it? What is an agile mindset or agile way of thinking? What agile methods, tools and techniques are available? What are the common agile roles? These are some of the topics we explore in a series of articles looking at demystifying agile*.
PM-Partners group Backs Super W and Partners with Waratahs
PM-Partners group, a project and transformation management consultancy, has announced its continued support of the Super W team for 2019, providing a platform for women in sport ahead of the 2021 Women’s World Cup. For PM-Partners, this represents the alignment of a high-performance business with a high-performance sporting team that displays characteristics of conviction, courage
Ways to reduce Transformation Fatigue
Today’s challenge is constant change at a velocity that has created fatigue in most organisations we work with. Typically, no sooner has the latest new initiative been completed than a new one starts – or commences half way through the previous programme which is often abandoned because the world is moving faster than our ability