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Enterprise AI in 2025: What the latest global research means for productivity in Australian organisations

AI is reshaping how work gets done, yet most organisations are still struggling to realise meaningful productivity gains. While investment in AI has surged, capability uplift has not kept pace, leaving many teams overwhelmed, under-prepared and unable to translate AI tools into measurable outcomes.

OpenAI’s latest State of Enterprise AI 2025 report provides one of the clearest views yet into how high-performing organisations are using AI to improve productivity, and where others are falling behind. For Australian organisations navigating rapid change, the findings offer a practical roadmap for where to focus next.

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L&D advisory

L&D Advisory: the PM-Partners approach By blending expert advisory and consulting with specialist in-house training, our approach is proven to achieve effective, long-term results. We customise every solution to meet your desired outcome, leading to a noticeable impact on operational performance and your bottom line. A combined training and advisory solution that’s tailored to your

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Are you missing out on real agility?

Are you concentrating on ‘doing’ agile as opposed to ‘being’ agile? At the coalface, Agile practices, approaches, methods, tools and techniques are becoming standard for many organisations, but are you experiencing real business agility and adaptability? For an organisation, in any sector or environment, to survive and continue with a competitive edge, it is necessary

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Delivering Success with Project Assurance

Do you have confidence that your project will achieve its objectives and deliver the anticipated value and benefits? Are you confident that your project is really on track to deliver? Is there a shared understanding of what is to be achieved/what has been achieved so far? Is the overall project structure, monitoring and resourcing appropriate?

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Nature or nurture: the agile mindset

Does collaboration, trust and being change friendly come second nature to you? How about always being customer-focussed? These behaviours may be inherent in the nature of work for some but others in your organisation may have another mindset – at least some of the time. What are ‘agile’ behaviours? Key agile behaviours which typify the

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Big A Agile vs small a agile

When it comes to Agile implementation, many organisations seem to think they have some level of experience and understanding of what that could look like. “Ah yes, Agile” we hear management say. I’ve heard it works for those guys over there – the IT guys who wear those stripy socks – but it’s not really

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Four Key Lessons from Major Program Assurance Reviews

Over the last three years PM-Partners group have provided Assurance services for large and transformational programs worth over $1.0B. These reviews have evaluated all aspects of program delivery with the aim of – in most cases – implementing remediation measures. With that, we’ve pulled together four key lessons from the field, derived from the extensive

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5 tips for collaborative working between PMs and BAs (or how to avoid the ‘us’ versus ‘them’ mindset)

How a project manager and business analyst interact can mean the difference between a successful project and a poorly executed one. But what does great collaboration look like and what areas should you focus on to improve this dynamic? Read on to find out.

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Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®) 5.0 – what’s new?

SAFe is a framework for scaling Lean, Agile and DevOps across an enterprise, helping cross-functional teams collaborate more effectively. As you can imagine, the Scaled Agile Framework was always going to evolve and now Scaled Agile Framework 5.0 is here. It was originally referred to as the ‘Agile Enterprise Big Picture’ (Agile Software Requirements, Dean

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What is the role of an Agile Coach?

Organisations have found themselves in a vortex trying to deal with today’s turbulent market and the greater demands of their customers. The context, confusion and the overall understanding of these aspects has led to businesses restructuring or ‘transforming’. This is usually followed by alerting employees that these changes are happening and there will be a

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Scrum: The Product Owner

Scrum is a popular Agile method using an iterative timeboxed approach to product delivery. As with all Agile methods, the ‘voice of the customer’ needs to be heard. In Scrum, the Product Owner role addresses the wants, needs and concerns of the customer. Tell me more about the Product Owner… The Product Owner is accountable

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