9 Signs Stakeholder Chaos Is Quietly Running Your Project
Stakeholders rarely take over a project loudly. Most of the time, it happens politely, gradually, and without accountability. By the time you feel it, the damage is already baked in.
11 hours ago4 min read
The Project That Accidentally Became the P.A.T.H. Initiative
The meeting had ninety seconds left when the stakeholder asked what P.A.T.H. stood for.
Someone made it up.
Everyone agreed.
And that was how a small project quietly became an enterprise strategy.
3 days ago3 min read
🐺 The Big Bad Wolf Stakeholder
The Big Bad Wolf Stakeholder wasn’t on the invite.
He joined halfway through the meeting, smiling, camera on, apologizing for being late.
“I’ll be quick,” he said.
This was the first lie.
6 days ago2 min read
Everything Is Green: 7 Ways Risk Gets Neutralized Before It Can Escalate
There’s a moment in many projects where risk doesn’t get solved. It gets neutralized . Not eliminated. Not mitigated. Just rendered non-threatening enough to stop traveling. If you’ve ever wondered how a project can stay “green” right up until it very suddenly isn’t, these patterns will feel uncomfortably familiar. This isn’t a guide on how to fix risk management. It’s a field guide to how risk quietly loses its teeth inside modern governance. This pattern is explored in nar
Jan 212 min read
The Risk Register That Was Declared “Negative”
The Risk Register wasn’t wrong.
It was just inconvenient.
So it was archived, recolored, and declared “negative” —
not because the risks were gone,
but because they were no longer useful to acknowledge.
Jan 203 min read
10 Signs Stakeholder Alignment Is Fake (And Delivery Will Pay for It)
Why everyone “agrees” in meetings — until work actually starts It usually ends with a smile. The meeting runs long. The deck is approved. Someone says, “Sounds like we’re aligned.” Heads nod. Calendars close. Action items are… implied. For a brief moment, the project feels safe. Then delivery starts. That’s when alignment quietly disappears — not because anyone disagreed, but because no one ever aligned in the first place. Below are 10 signs stakeholder alignment was never re
Jan 143 min read
The Scope Creep Games
An Event Nobody Trained For A satirical PMTales story reframing scope creep as a competitive sport — complete with requirements gymnastics, timeline pole vaults, and ceremonially ignored scope. The project did not experience scope creep. It hosted it. With snacks. It started with a meeting labeled “Final Scope Review.” This was optimistic branding. The scope was displayed proudly on a slide titled: WHAT WE ARE DOING (And Nothing Else) Someone asked a question. Not a change re
Jan 113 min read
