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.
16 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.
4 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
A PMTales Dispatch: The Risk Was Addressed (Vol. 1, Issue 14)
Status: Comfortingly Green Confidence Level: Extremely High Reality: Pending clarification Good Thursday from the trench. This week, the risk was addressed. Not mitigated. Not reduced. Not resolved. Addressed. Which, as you know, is the most efficient state a risk can achieve inside a functioning system. The register is green now. Not “mostly green.” Green-green. The kind of green that reassures executives, frightens delivery teams, and triggers spontaneous nodding across
7 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
A PMTales Dispatch: The Week Everyone Was Aligned (Vol. 1, Issue 13)
A PMTales Dispatch about a week full of alignment — efficient meetings, smooth decisions, and just enough agreement to keep everything moving confidently in different directions.
Jan 151 min read
