The cost of project failures across the European Union was €142 billion in 2004.
-The Chartered Institute for IT

…..Over 65% of CEO’s in mid to large organizations see creativity as the most important attribute they seek in their management group.
– IBM CEO Study 2011

…..On average over 50% of the business who sponsor projects don’t believe in its outcome.
– Gartner Group Survey 2010

“In the new economy, all work is project work. And you are your projects!”
– Tom Peters

“Thinking is hard work – that’s why so few people do it.”
– Albert Einstein

“Seek first to understand and then to be understood.”
– Dr. Stephen Covey

“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.” – Nelson Mandela

“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” – Marie Curie

“Mediation opens the door to better communications and practical business solutions”

“People are different. Conflict is the primary engine of creativity and innovation. People don’t learn by staring into a mirror: people learn by encountering differences.”
– Ronald Heifener