Shooting the engineer

Shooting the engineer

In new product development, there is a famous saying: “Sooner or later, you have to shoot the engineer and put the product in to production.” You see, when a new product is being developed, the tendency from the development team is to create a prototype, seek...
Writing tip: Active v passive voice

Writing tip: Active v passive voice

In tendering, passive voice is to be avoided. (See that? I started off with a great example.) Active voice… passive voice… what does it all mean? And does it matter? Whether a sentence uses active or passive voice comes down to who is doing the thing in the sentence....
Writing content that SCORES

Writing content that SCORES

Here’s a simple truth about tendering: having the best product, best solution and best price doesn’t guarantee you a win. The winning tender is the one that is formally and objectively assessed as being the best value for the client. Therefore, to win a tender you...