Crafting a digital business case is a critical step in this process, as it outlines the rationale, objectives, and strategies for digital initiatives. However, creating a successful business case involves more than just numbers and projections; it requires a comprehensive understanding of stakeholder needs, which can only be achieved by involving them from the beginning.

Project management is a dynamic field that requires a delicate balance between optimism and pragmatism, I get that. While the pursuit of the ideal is a noble endeavour, it's essential to recognize that unrealistic idealism can lead to project failures.

But if we’re all honest, our “efficiently” is dictated by the pace of the organisations our projects sit within. And if we’re not able to find a happy medium, we lose efficient thinking - productivity, the ability to scale ideas, the ability to work laterally across different domains, and lead effectively.

What I discovered? I had what I’ve come to refer to as serious “silent burnout”. It’s a type of “quiet quitting”, but not quite. Quiet quitting started trending in 2022, and described a state of passionless working where you do the bare minimum. But even though “silent burnout” has some of the same elements as “quiet quitting”; you DON’T do the bare minimum - to the contrary, you go nuts and over-egg it like you’re afraid there will never be eggs again. Since I had to suffer through it, hopefully I can get #SilentBurnout trending!