by Kim Tasso | Nov 5, 2026 | Editor's picks, PM Magazine
More than 100 people attended the PM Forum’s annual conference. Kim Tasso joined them. On the first rainy day of autumn, it was bright and bubbly at Minster Court as more than 100 people gathered for the annual PM Forum conference. It promised brain stretch, practice...
by James Lumley | Nov 5, 2026 | Editor's picks, PM Magazine
The AI revolution has hit pitching. It’s changed everything… and nothing. James Lumley finds out more. For years, government frameworks asked bidders a simple question. Have you used a consultancy to help with this? Daryl Saunders, Head of Pitching and Client...
by Steven Lewis | Nov 1, 2026 | Editor's picks, PM Magazine
Every firm learns why it wins and loses too late, from too few people, who are too polite to tell the whole story. There’s now a fourth source, says Steven Lewis, and it’s worth understanding before someone sells you a bad version. A major firm lost a panel every firm...
by Alastair Beddow and Ruxandra Radulescu | Sep 1, 2026 | Editor's picks, PM Magazine
From the boardroom to the client meeting, professional services firms thrive on confidence. Confidence is built in preparation, yet knowledge gaps can inhibit and undermine that confidence. It is the theme of the PM Forum’s annual conference on 7 October 2026 in...
by Barney O’Kelly | Sep 1, 2026 | Editor's picks, PM Magazine
Good marketing takes risks. But in professional services, where risk is engineered out, that creates tension, says Barney O’Kelly I’ve spent the better part of two decades working in professional services marketing. Long enough to have watched the same conversation...
by James Lumley | Sep 1, 2026 | Editor's picks, PM Magazine
What is ‘client experience’? And should we care? Byline.London’s James Lumley asks the experts and discovers that it’s much more than a survey. There is a newish buzzword going round marketing departments at professional services firms: client experience. It’s the...
