The Human's Guide to Managing Change

Project management is one of those professions that has sort of evolved into what it is now. It started as part of management and then became more specialized. I think the problem is that project management has never really been a proper discipline (in the same way marketing or engineering). A lot of people stumbled into project management, almost like something to do on the 'side of their desk.' as part of their normal job. With the massive amount of change in progress, there needs to be proper discipline. This is one of the motivations for writing this book because I thought I could contribute to the knowledge and experience base to try and support project management generally. Paul Taylor is a Consultant with over 30 years of experience implementing change across the financial services, oil/gas, charities and professional bodies. Author and speaker on a variety of subjects (such as Change, freelancing, technology, financial services, research approaches, plus others). Published several books covering Financial Services, Technology, Contracting and Change. Chair and NED for a variety of industry and social enterprises Mentor to various people in areas of career planning, career changes, etc. Associate Lecturer for the Open University STEM School Teaching Technology Management. Obtained an MBA from the Open University.

Project management is one of those professions that has sort of evolved into what it is now. It started as part of management and then became more specialized, I think the problem is project management has never really been a proper discipline (in the same way marketing or engineering). A lot of people stumbled into project management almost like something to do on the 'side of their desk' as part of their normal job. With the massive amount of change in progress then it needs to be a proper discipline This is one of the motivations to write this book because I thought I could contribute to the knowledge and experience base to try and support project management generally