Peter Taylor

The Invisible Project Manager: Why Artificial Intelligence Will Run Tomorrow’s Projects ―Without You

Artificial intelligence has arrived in project management with the confidence of someone who read half the brief and decided that was enough. Some people see it as the Stairway to Heaven. Others see it as the Road to Hell. As a lazy project manager, and I mean that in the most professional sense possible, I see it as both, and as I explored in my new book ‘The Invisible Project Manager’ the real question is not whether AI is good or bad but whether it helps the project manager disappear in the right way. Let’s start with the [...]

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Big News from the (Comfortable) Armchair: The Audiobook Is Here!

Well, well, well… look who’s been productive. Not me, of course—I’ve been winning lazily as always—but something exciting has happened while I was reclining with a nice cup of coffee (possibly tea, depending on the mood). The wait is over, dear readers, listeners, and fellow professional procrastinators… “The Lazy Winning Project Manager” is now available as an audiobook! Release Date: 22nd April 2025 Narrated with just the right mix of charm and cheek (naturally) Now, you can enjoy my latest exploration into how to [...]

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Now is an amazing time to be in project management

[Extract From: The Lazy Winning Project Manager: Embracing Project and Personal Productivity in an AI Empowered World by Peter Taylor] Uniform In my well-known ‘keynote’ of productive laziness, based on my first book, I start by declaring that we have a problem in project management. We are, or we certainly were it seemed to me all those years ago, somewhat invisible. I joke that when you go to project management parties play this game (come on, you’ve been to hundreds of those haven’t you?). OK, the game – find a project [...]

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Leadership and Team Dynamics

The article explores the interplay between leadership and team dynamics, emphasizing the critical role of effective leadership in cultivating a productive and motivated team environment. It discusses how leaders can foster trust, enhance communication, and encourage collaboration, ultimately leading to improved team performance and resilience. The article also highlights strategies for leaders to adapt their styles to different team needs, address challenges, and create a supportive culture that empowers team members to succeed. For more [...]

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Why EQ Is a Must-Have Project Management Skill in the Age of AI

Check out the conversation with Peter Taylor and Niels Juisthttps://lnkd.in/ez3btu5bAnd the supporting articlehttps://lnkd.in/e_bxU_c6Capterra is the #1 destination for organizations to find the right software and services, with 100,000+ solutions across 900 software types. We offer access to over 2 million verified reviews, in-depth product comparisons, and data-backed annual software ranking reports for over 350 types of software— helping organizations save time, increase productivity and accelerate their growth. https://lnkd.in/eZTNDuda [...]

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A Project Management Coach’s Game Plan for Greater AI Readiness

It’s time to upgrade your use of artificial intelligence (AI) to manage projects if you want to keep pace with your peers. A new Capterra study of project managers worldwide* found nearly half (46%) are already using AI-enabled project management tools and expect to increase those AI investments by an average of 36% by the end of the year.  If you’re on board with the idea of more AI in your company’s PM processes but concerned about the execution, start with the steps below from thought leader Peter Taylor.[1] Taylor has more than [...]

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The Squid of Despair

A new podcast from Peter Taylor (The Lazy Project Manager) Unscripted musings on business life, leadership, creativity, transformation and all the myriad of other work-life events that get in the way of a good nights sleep. The Squid of Despair is a conceptual summation of what can go wrong, and often does, with mind-mapping or other creative techniques. Born out of an idea for a book back in 2010, David and Peter have now made this mythical beast rise once again, phoenix like (from under the ocean waves, so a bit soggy probably), to [...]

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AI and the Project Manager – free masterclass and book launch

Book your place today https://sharktower.ac-page.com/webinar-ai-and-the-pm https://sharktower.ac-page.com/webinar-ai-and-the-pm Fuente: The Lazy Project Manager (AI and the Project Manager – free masterclass and book [...]

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AI and the Project Manager

How the Rise of Artificial Intelligence Will Change Your World A new book from the author of #1 best-selling book ‘The Lazy Project Manager’ Enabling project managers to adapt to the new technology of artificial intelligence, this first comprehensive book on the topic discusses how AI will reinvent the project world and allow project managers to focus on people. Studies show that by 2030, 80 percent of project management tasks, such as data collection, reporting, and predictive analysis, will be carried out by AI in a consistent [...]

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Big Favour

I am working on my latest book ‘Team Analytics: How to run high performance teams and accelerate project success’, in conjunction with Bentzy Goldman of Perflo, and as part of this we are undertaking a survey to understand your team/project experiences If you could do two things for me that would be amazing Complete the following short survey https://lnkd.in/d54pMj8 Send the survey link to all of your colleagues and your social network Thank you – and if you have any specific stories of challenges, and how you overcame [...]

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