Ian Heptinstall

For the past 20 years I have advised friends to go to @Wickes for kitchens. UPDATE. Don't use @Wickes unless they change back to how they were. Delivery booked for today - 10 days ago - never happened. No contact. Nada. (And the materials are lower quality too).

Has Luke Pearce not got the memo from @SixNationsRugby? I thought from watching yesterday we weren't penalising slight forward passes this weekend. #rugby.

Come in @biffa if you want to contract for @CarFest at least keep on on top of the bins. PS, and no this is not the only one. The campsite has loads.

Is it me or is this just plain wrong? "Single malt whisky" and "Mixing"! What is the world coming to? I guess it is a way of monetising your QA rejects @TheGlenmorangie ?

Great to see three of our recent graduates travel to the University of Birmingham campus to receive their MSc in person. Well done Tom Robinson, Efrain Funes and Javier Anzola, and of course to all our other summer graduates who couldn't be there. #Mas…lnkd.in/eQUgHK82

Prompted by a student post on our MSc discussion boards. Now how to turn it into a paper for a top peer-reviewed journal 🤔 #FridayRant #ProjectManagement #Agile lnkd.in/eRXy753b

How classical economics can drive the construction sector into inefficiency and low productivity. Lauri Koskela presenting the paper he co-wrote with Glenn Ballard and Trond Bolviken at #IGLC31 lnkd.in/eBjJq5BF

Honoured to receive an ELMO gift from Cynthia C.Y. Tsao, Ph.D. today at #IGLC31 here in Lille. She promises me it is not to tell me E nought!! L et's M ove O n Thanks Cynthia. lnkd.in/eRGNU6CE

As an academic and researcher I love this takeaway from Neal Symmons during #LGLC31 day 2. Investing in research and education can pay great dividends. lnkd.in/eXrUvnG5

Cory Hackler, Fabien FONT and Sophie Muhlsteff sharing their experience of Takt Planning in a #LGLC31 workshop today. Great stuff. lnkd.in/e7NPTucq

It's been a while since I travelled for work. Looking forward to learning about how the ideas of #LeanConstruction are being used around the world to improve the performance of construction projects at the International Group for Lean Construction' annua…lnkd.in/eFaUhkaU

Looks like poet Shel Silverstein predicted ChatGPT last century. Including giving wrong answers with confidence! The Homework Machine, Oh, the Homework Machine, Most perfect contraption that's ever been seen. Just put in your homework, then drop in a d…lnkd.in/egWtT58p

Friday rant. With all of today's AI super powers, why can't my spell checker understand the QUERTY keyboard? The correct word is more likely to be found by looking at the nearby keys on a keyboard than nearby words in the dictionary. Until they sort th…lnkd.in/e6wMJMnk

A rare occurrence - two trips to campus in week. This time for a #ProjectManagement research workshop organised by Dr. Ambi Ambituuni University of Birmingham lnkd.in/ezS5Gz9w

Glad to have been able to support Emna ATTOURI, PhD.Eng and @alanmossman in the final stages of completing this paper which will be presented at #IGLC31, the International Group for Lean Construction's 32's annual conference, in the last week of June. Th…lnkd.in/eWxkRUnN

Armourers' Hall always amazes as a venue. And @QUBEcc always amazes and energises with his presentations. #FollowThat. #EVA28 off to a great start today. lnkd.in/egqy985v

A timely reminder listening to Keith Sawyer's great book Group Genius in London this morning. He is describing the power of collaborative webs to facilitate the serendipitous and unstructured sharing of experience and ideas. Exactly why events like today…lnkd.in/d2EsUq4p

Whilst @evaintheuk's EVA events incorporate the idea of #EarnedValue in the title, they go way beyond a specific project control technique. They are about project value in the broadest sense, and how we manage, lead and control projects. And the next on…lnkd.in/dAhM6e8V

Should those of us involved in projects do the same? Why do we often split responsibility for preparing and defining a project, from its delivery? I get how different skills are needed at different stages, it is the overarching management of the project…lnkd.in/e2N-27e4

“Our students learn how to go beyond today’s common practices in project management and to assess and critique new practices". Great to see an intention turn into reality. lnkd.in/d46aaw3E