by Richard Catalano | Jul 22, 2020 | Blog
According to Christopher Booker’s The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories, there are seven basic plots. The Meta-Plot, Overcoming the Monster, Rags to Riches, The Quest, Voyage and Return, Comedy, Tragedy, and Rebirth. Now I am not going to... 
by Richard Catalano | Jul 14, 2020 | Blog
Worldwide, we are now coming to terms with the depth and the projected lengths of this pandemic. As I was listening to The WHO Director-General talk about “No return to the ‘old normal’ for the foreseeable future” in terms of our personal and professional lives,... 
by Richard Catalano | Apr 11, 2020 | Blog
Honestly, as most Star Wars villains and heroes tend to rise from the shadows or are catapulted to prominence because a pure and noble need has arisen, so too is the EPMO concept awakening. (Awe, come on! Who doesn’t love a Star Wars reference!?) This paradigm... 
by Richard Catalano | Apr 7, 2019 | Blog
My career (and more recently my company) has been built on being an independent consultant or voice for those programs or projects that are leaders within the constructs of a Project (Program) Management Office. The reasoning is/was always clear to me, but the...
