10 min read · November 3, 2026

Does Your Vendor Do Everything Your Prototype Does, and Everything It Never Could?

The best vendor evaluation starts with something you already built. How do you evaluate a strategy platform after building your own? Run five tests: parity... Read more

Bastin Gerald
Bastin Gerald
November 3, 2026  ·  10 min read
Project Management
7 min read · March 31, 2026

Why Project Portfolio Management Implementations Fail at Adoption

TL;DR Most project portfolio management implementations achieve technical go-live within a reasonable timeframe. Most fail to deliver the promised ROI…

Bastin Gerald Bastin Gerald
Project Management
11 min read · March 31, 2026

Why Your Project Portfolio Management Vendor Selection Is Failing

Karthick Nethaji Kaleeswaran Director of Products | Strategy Consultant Published Date: March 31, 2026 TL;DR Most enterprise project portfolio management…

Bastin Gerald Bastin Gerald
Project Management
7 min read · April 16, 2026

Why Strategic Portfolios Drift And How to Detect It Before the Damage Is Done

Karthick Nethaji Kaleeswaran Director of Products | Strategy Consultant Published Date: March 30, 2026 TL;DR A portfolio can achieve strong…

Bastin Gerald Bastin Gerald
Project Management
6 min read · March 31, 2026

What Makes a Good Project Request? A Practical Guide for Business Units

Karthick Nethaji Kaleeswaran Director of Products | Strategy Consultant Published Date: March 30, 2026 TL;DR Most project requests fail at…

Bastin Gerald Bastin Gerald
Project Management
6 min read · March 31, 2026

Why OKRs Make Better Portfolio Governance Tools Than Most PMOs Realize

Karthick Nethaji Kaleeswaran Director of Products | Strategy Consultant Published Date: March 31, 2026 TL;DR OKRs and project portfolio management…

Bastin Gerald Bastin Gerald
Project Management
9 min read · March 31, 2026

Why Your PMO Gets 200 Requests But Funds 80 Misaligned Projects and How to Fix it

Karthick Nethaji Kaleeswaran Director of Products | Strategy Consultant Published Date: March 30, 2026 TL;DR Most organizations spend significant energy…

Bastin Gerald Bastin Gerald
Project Management
6 min read · March 31, 2026

How to Deconstruct Strategic Objectives Into Actionable Intake Criteria

Karthick Nethaji Kaleeswaran Director of Products | Strategy Consultant Published Date: March 31, 2026 TL;DR Strategic objectives fail as intake…

Bastin Gerald Bastin Gerald
Project Management
6 min read · March 31, 2026

Why Project Portfolio Management Migrations Fail

Karthick Nethaji Kaleeswaran Director of Products | Strategy Consultant Published Date: March 30, 2026 TL;DR Project portfolio management migration failure…

Bastin Gerald Bastin Gerald
Employee Recognition
8 min read · March 31, 2026

How to Celebrate Employee Birthdays at Work Without It Feeling Awkward

Employee birthday recognition at work has a credibility problem in most organizations: the mandatory office cake, the round-robin birthday card…

Bastin Gerald Bastin Gerald
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