By Lisa Harrison - Learning and Leadership Consultant

Lisa Harrison is a Sydney-based learning and development consultant and founder of The Learning Pyramid, where she helps project managers and technical experts make the shift from ‘doing’ to truly leading. She specialises in practical, evidence-based programs that turn project managers into confident people leaders who can engage stakeholders, motivate teams, and deliver results. Her flagship Certificate in Project Leadership focuses on the human side of projects – lifting team performance, reducing burnout, managing tricky stakeholders, and boosting project outcomes. If you would like to hear more about the skills for leading successful projects, you can connect with her at www.thelearningpyramid.com or at https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisajharrison/

By Melissa Barras, PMO Solutions

Rising Complexity, Smarter Delivery: A PMO Look Back at 2025

If one message defined 2025, it was this: The complexity of organisational delivery rose faster than the capability required to manage it.

Across industries, particularly capital intensive and public-sector environments, we saw organisations facing an uncomfortable truth. Their governance frameworks, decision-making processes, and delivery practices were no longer fit to support the scale, pace and strategic pressure of their investment portfolios.

2025 became a year of reckoning. A year where governance and delivery finally collided. A year where aspirational strategies met organisational reality. And for PMOs, it was the year that transformed their purpose.

By Lisa Harrison - Learning and Leadership Consultant

Lisa Harrison is a Sydney-based learning and development consultant and founder of The Learning Pyramid, where she helps project managers and technical experts make the shift from ‘doing’ to truly leading. She specialises in practical, evidence-based programs that turn project managers into confident people leaders who can engage stakeholders, motivate teams, and deliver results. Her flagship Certificate in Project Leadership focuses on the human side of projects – lifting team performance, reducing burnout, managing tricky stakeholders, and boosting project outcomes. If you would like to hear more about the skills for leading successful projects, you can connect with her at www.thelearningpyramid.com or at https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisajharrison/

Insights from Niamh O'Brien's Quiet Power Workshop | September 29, 2025

Your expertise is solid. You've earned your place at the table. But when it's time to speak up in that meeting, pitch your idea, or advocate for yourself—something stops you.

You're not alone. And here's the good news: the skills to communicate with quiet confidence are completely learnable.

Last week, Niamh O'Brien—communication coach and former management consultant—shared her journey from socially anxious and barely able to speak, to becoming a top-performing industry leader. Her secret? Learning to engage with her whole self: how she speaks, shows up, and carries herself with authenticity.

By Adrian Morey

Adrian is a globally recognised Project, Program and Portfolio Governance (P3G) expert, market-leading advisor, international speaker, and co-author of the best practice P3G Guide.  He helps organisations deliver strategic outcomes with clarity, confidence, and control. From ensuring investments contribute meaningfully to strategy, to establishing or uplifting governance frameworks and ways of working across projects, programs, and portfolios, he brings practical insights and deep expertise to create the conditions for sustained success and value. With over 30 years advising on projects, programs, and portfolios across infrastructure, technology, and transformation — and sectors including transport, health, water, energy, government, and more — he brings pragmatic solutions and a global perspective to every engagement. He’s passionate about bridging strategy, delivery, and outcomes to drive measurable impact and uplift in performance. He regularly speaks at global forums — including PMI, IPMA, and DIPMF — on evolving governance trends and the future of sponsorship. His work is grounded in better practice, real-world experience, and a deep understanding of what makes governance succeed (or fail).