by Sandra MacGillivray | Sep 30, 2021 | Blog
Do you find it challenging to keep meeting participants actively engaged and ensure you have buy-in for decisions being made in meetings? Often, when a few people are driving a discussion it can be difficult to gauge whether “the silence” in the meeting...
by Sandra MacGillivray | Mar 4, 2021 | Blog, Construction Readiness
The Construction Readiness Assessment is often mistaken for an in-house construction readiness checklist. Several organizations implementing the Construction Readiness Assessment are making the transition as part of a larger initiative to standardize processes and...
by Sandra MacGillivray | Oct 28, 2020 | Blog
Capital construction projects completing front end planning during COVID-19 are facing some of the most challenging circumstances in recent history. What does this mean for organizations that rely on PDRI reviews as a means of ensuring high-quality scope definition...
by Sandra MacGillivray | Sep 18, 2020 | Blog
With its inception almost 25 years ago, the Project Definition Rating Index, better known as PDRI, has continued to evolve, becoming an industry-standard practice adopted by organizations worldwide. At Valency, we are dedicated to keeping clients abreast of the latest...
by Sandra MacGillivray | Apr 28, 2020 | Blog, Construction Readiness
A second take on pre-construction planning Across the world, capital construction projects are in various states of completeness – some are proceeding at a much slower pace, while others are postponed indefinitely or even cancelled. This in itself is not unusual,...
by Sandra MacGillivray | Apr 1, 2020 | Blog
In these trying times, the way we must plan and execute our projects is changing dramatically. Many organizations are stepping up to build hospitals, manufacture medical equipment and other supplies to support the growing COVID-19 crisis. Whether you are directly...
by Sandra MacGillivray | Mar 30, 2020 | Blog
For the most part, your agenda items for virtual meeting or workshop don’t change much from an in-person meeting. However, how you execute each agenda item does require a shift in thinking. For example, joining the meeting. Meeting lobby If your web conferencing...
by Nell Van Walsum | Mar 26, 2020 | Blog
Let’s talk about monitoring the chat winow in virtual meetings to continue our series. Are you struggling to improve the engagement during virtual gatherings? At Valency, we pride ourselves in the effort we’ve dedicated to creative virtual interactions. Our clients...
by Sandra MacGillivray | Mar 19, 2020 | Blog
Author: Tim Podesta, MBA, C.Eng.F.I.Mech.E, MAPM, Senior Facilitator at Valency Inc. based in UK. Today I’d like to share some tips for virtual meetings focusing on participants and participating in virtual meetings. Again there are three points I would...
by Sandra MacGillivray | Mar 18, 2020 | Blog
Today we have three tips for leading virtual meetings from one of our Senior Facilitators Tim Podesta, MBA, C.Eng.F.I.Mech.E, MAPM, based in the UK. In his time with BP, Tim was trained as a virtual facilitator and has a lot of experience leading meetings and...
