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		<title>Major Projects Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2015 07:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Some years ago I posted about the comments made by Sir Edward Leigh in regard to the conduct of major projects when he retired as Chairman of the UK Parliaments Public Accounts Committee. It would seem that the comments made &#8230; <a href="https://petermsalmon.wordpress.com/2015/03/30/major-projects-part-1/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>I Love Cricket</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2015 23:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A little bit of whimsy &#160;]]></description>
		
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		<title>We Have Met the Enemy &#8211; He is Us</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2014 22:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This was the title of my presentation at the #ITx2014 conference yesterday. I have embedded the slideshow. In the next few days I will try and put up a version with an audio commentary reflecting what I said on the &#8230; <a href="https://petermsalmon.wordpress.com/2014/10/10/we-have-met-the-enemy-he-is-us/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The ITx Conference &#8211;  Auckland &#8211; 8-10 October 2014</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2014 05:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This conference will soon be upon us. I have been fortunate enough to have a paper selected for presentation. The programme is here and my offering is here. You can register here What is ITx? Established in 2014, ITx is &#8230; <a href="https://petermsalmon.wordpress.com/2014/09/04/the-itx-conference-auckland-8-10-october-2014/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Input Sought</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2014 04:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am putting together a couple of papers for possible presentation/publication sometime in the future. The working titles and content outlines are below. Paper 1 We have met the enemy – it is usOutline of proposed paper Why do so &#8230; <a href="https://petermsalmon.wordpress.com/2014/07/11/input-sought/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The IRD Transformation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2014 22:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Went to the IITP Breakfast at The Wellesley this morning to hear Revenue Minister Todd McClay talk about the reasons behind the IRD Transformation project. An informative presentation on some of the thinking behind the major programme IRD are proposing. &#8230; <a href="https://petermsalmon.wordpress.com/2014/06/26/the-ird-transformation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Aspects of Project Failure &#8211; The Seven Deadly Sins</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2014 00:09:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I posted an item on 10 Things Great Project Managers Do. This post popped up on Facebook, as do my other posts, and a friend and former colleague Andy Cawston responded. We entered into a brief discussion as to &#8230; <a href="https://petermsalmon.wordpress.com/2014/06/18/aspects-of-project-failure-the-seven-deadly-sins/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Digitization -the Services Revolution</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2014 20:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I found this video at McKinsey &#38; Co, it discusses how consumer experiences are impacting expectations of service delivery. Whilst there are no jaw dropping insights it does make some interesting points and contains some interesting nuggets of information, such &#8230; <a href="https://petermsalmon.wordpress.com/2014/06/18/digitization-the-services-revolution/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>10 Things Great Project Managers Do</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2014 03:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I came across this slideshow on 10 Things Great Project Managers Do today whilst browsing some online newsletters I subscribe to. Whilst they may seem a little motherhood and apple pie to some,  it is when the basics are executed &#8230; <a href="https://petermsalmon.wordpress.com/2014/06/17/10-things-great-project-managers-do/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>PwC Alumni Function</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2014 09:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Went along to an alumni function at PwC on The Terrace this evening. Caught up with some former colleagues, including one who had just recently walked the Camino de Santiago. Sounded most intriguing. The highpoint of the function was an &#8230; <a href="https://petermsalmon.wordpress.com/2014/06/16/pwc-alumni-function/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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