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At the time, it was funny that a male voice actor was playing such a strong female character (Edwina
Currie recently said that even the Iron Lady herself loved her “the best man in the cabinet” portrayal.
But it would look out of place today.

New Spitting Image is all about the politicians and showbiz stars of today.

In IT Project Management, we have had to adapt and learn to operate in the ‘new normal’. Many of the
methods we relied on before Covid are just not up to the challenges we face post lockdown. Our
Thatcher won’t do - we need to bring our Boris, so to speak!

3 - Can A Jack of All Trades Deliver Project Success?

Listening to Nottingham’s brilliant Matt Forde work his magic as Boris Johnson and Donald Trump, while
other actors lend their voices to other puppets, reminds us that IT Project success depends on the same
level of honesty and self-awareness.

Matt nails the president and the PM and could probably have a crack at the other characters but why
would he - if there is someone better?

It is the same with IT Project Management, if waterfall is your speciality but a project requires agile - at
which you’re only ‘ok’ – why wouldn’t you seek out someone to whom it is second nature? If you’re
Project Manager, why juggle your time managing BA tasks?

And stepping on from that …

4 - You Need A Partner That Can Put You In Touch With The Best!

At Stoneseed, we know what we do best. Our strengths, our track record, our capabilities and potential.
Our client testimonials bear this out. We know what our team can achieve for you and we can also
deliver to you the greatest talent the Project Management as a Service universe has to offer!

My point is that whereas some project service providers offer ends with their in-house team,
Stoneseed’s expands exponentially with the ever-growing PMaaS universe.

The talent solution to a challenge that you face in six months might not exist right now, your IT Project
Services partner’s knowledge of the PMaaS market has to keep pace with developments, and they
change daily – one of Stoneseed’s main characters is a PMaaS geek!

5 – The Need To Laugh At Ourselves

If there’s one thing that we can all take away from Spitting Image, it’s the need to be able to laugh
along, even if that means laughing at ourselves.

I’ve already touched on how Margaret Thatcher apparently loved her character, the frequently
lampooned Ken Livingstone recently told The Guardian, “Thinking back … I do remember quite enjoying
it, even when they were rubbishing me. This was quite light-hearted humour … Being laughed at doesn’t