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  • BLOG (62)
    ANR #62: Invitation HBR Webinar and some insights about the journey
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    ANR #62: Invitation HBR Webinar and some insights about the journey
    Tags: Executive Sponsor, HBR, HBR webinar, Latest Thinking, Newsletter 60, Project Management, Teaching, The Project Economy, webinar|

    I am happy to invite you to the first HBR webinar in Project Management - at least in the past 7 years - that will take place next Wednesday 8th Dec, from 1 pm to 2 pm UK time. Registration here. Feel free to share with other colleagues and hope to see you there!

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  • BLOG (61)
    ANR #61: Harvard Business Review – Spotlight Project Management and The Project Economy
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    ANR #61: Harvard Business Review – Spotlight Project Management and The Project Economy
    Tags: Executive Sponsor, HBR, Latest Thinking, Newsletter 60, Project Management, Teaching, The Project Economy|

    I am very happy to share with you that the current issue of Harvard Business Review printed magazine has Project Management and my article, "The Project Economy Has Arrived" in the spotlight, including the editorial from their chief editor, Adi Ignatius.

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  • ANR60 Modern Project Management for Executives Sponsors
    ANR #60: LinkedIn Learning – Modern Project Management for Executives Sponsors and non-PMs
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    ANR #60: LinkedIn Learning – Modern Project Management for Executives Sponsors and non-PMs
    Tags: Executive Sponsor, HBR, Latest Thinking, LinkedIn, LinkedIn Learning, Newsletter 60, Project Management, Teaching, The Project Economy|

    This summer we recorded the following two LinkedIn Learning courses, which apply the same principles as when I started teaching: simple, fun, and impactful: a) Project Management Reinvented for Non-Project Managers; b) How to Be an Effective Project Sponsor.

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  • Executive Project Sponsors ANR 59
    ANR #59: Executive Project Sponsors: addressing the weakest link in Projects
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    ANR #59: Executive Project Sponsors: addressing the weakest link in Projects
    Tags: Executive Sponsor, HBR, Latest Thinking, LinkedIn, Newsletter 59, Project Management, The Project Economy|

    An inadequate and untrained sponsor in a project frequently leads to an unhappy team and almost inevitable project failure. Meet the executive sponsor to tell them the importance of the role and offer your assistance to coach them through the project.

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  • ANR #64: Welcome Chief Project Officer & A New and Accessible Way of Being Mentored
    ANR #58: Essential competencies post pandemic according to McKinsey: Project Management
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    ANR #58: Essential competencies post pandemic according to McKinsey: Project Management
    Tags: Newsletter 21, Newsletter 22|

    As part of the research for my next book with Harvard Business Review - the HBR Project Management Handbook – and leveraging HBR vast influence and access to executives, we just launched a global survey on the latest trends and future of the project management profession.

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  • Five Disruptive Trends in Project Management for 2021 and Beyond 56
    ANR #56: Five Disruptive Trends in Project Management for 2021 and Beyond
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    ANR #56: Five Disruptive Trends in Project Management for 2021 and Beyond

    As part of the research for my next book with Harvard Business Review - the HBR Project Management Handbook – and leveraging HBR vast influence and access to executives, we just launched a global survey on the latest trends and future of the project management profession.

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  • BLOG (55)
    ANR #55: HBR survey on Project Management – Need Your Help
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    ANR #55: HBR survey on Project Management – Need Your Help

    As part of the research for my next book with Harvard Business Review - the HBR Project Management Handbook – and leveraging HBR vast influence and access to executives, we just launched a global survey on the latest trends and future of the project management profession.

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  • Reconciling Societies through Projects 54
    ANR #54: Reconciling Societies through Projects
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    ANR #54: Reconciling Societies through Projects

    Join us every Thursday to listen and network with incredible thinkers.

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  • BLOG (53)
    ANR #53: Dorie Clark, Mark Langley, Alex Osterwalder, Ben Laker…
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    ANR #53: Dorie Clark, Mark Langley, Alex Osterwalder, Ben Laker…

    Join us every Thursday to listen and network with incredible thinkers.

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  • BLOG (52)
    ANR #52: Strategy Implementation Professional certification in partnership with APMG
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    ANR #52: Strategy Implementation Professional certification in partnership with APMG
    Tags: Newsletter 18|

    The Strategy Implementation Institute has the pleasure to announce a partnership agreement with APMG International, one of the largest and most respected professional accreditation organizations, to increase competencies and recognition of implementation specialists.

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    ANR #51: COVID19 Call to Action – But How to Make a Positive Impact?
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    ANR #51: COVID19 Call to Action – But How to Make a Positive Impact?

    Since the outburst of the global coronavirus crisis, thousands of initiatives have been launched to bring some kind of support to those that have been impacted most severely. I guess that many of us felt an urgent call to action.

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    ANR #50: HBR: “When is a Project a Project?” with Whitney Johnson | Corporate Rebels Interview
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    ANR #50: HBR: “When is a Project a Project?” with Whitney Johnson | Corporate Rebels Interview

    I firmly believe that it is time that we co-create the Project Manifesto. My proposal is composed of the 12 guiding principles that you can see below. Appreciate if you can share your thoughts, add or challenge them, and ultimately endorse the Manifesto.

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  • BLOG
    ANR #46: The Project Manifesto
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    ANR #46: The Project Manifesto
    Tags: Newsletter 15|

    I firmly believe that it is time that we co-create the Project Manifesto. My proposal is composed of the 12 guiding principles that you can see below. Appreciate if you can share your thoughts, add or challenge them, and ultimately endorse the Manifesto.

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  • BLOG
    ANR #45: Roger Martin – World’s #1 Management Thinker
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    ANR #45: Roger Martin – World’s #1 Management Thinker

    There is no better way to finish a year full of exciting news with Roger Martin. Roger has an extraordinary career, full of achievements and recognitions. In 2017 he was named the world’s #1 management thinker by Thinkers50. He has published 25 articles in Harvard Business Review and 11 bestselling books!

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  • BLOG
    ANR #44: With Alan Mulally – former CEO of Ford Motors and former CEO of Boeing
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    ANR #44: With Alan Mulally – former CEO of Ford Motors and former CEO of Boeing

    Most of us have experienced coaching in our professional lives. At one point, we want to get better, improve some our weaknesses. It is often a painful process, which requires moving out of our comfort zone. Sometimes the coaching process works, but often it doesn’t.

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  • BLOG
    ANR #43: Re-Humanising Work Through Projects
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    ANR #43: Re-Humanising Work Through Projects
    Tags: Newsletter 12|

    Most of us have experienced coaching in our professional lives. At one point, we want to get better, improve some our weaknesses. It is often a painful process, which requires moving out of our comfort zone. Sometimes the coaching process works, but often it doesn’t.

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  • BLOG
    ANR #42: Marshall Goldsmith – World’s #1 Executive Coach
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    ANR #42: Marshall Goldsmith – World’s #1 Executive Coach

    Most of us have experienced coaching in our professional lives. At one point, we want to get better, improve some our weaknesses. It is often a painful process, which requires moving out of our comfort zone.

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  • BLOG
    ANR #41: With Rita McGrath – The Future is about Projects
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    ANR #41: With Rita McGrath – The Future is about Projects
    Tags: Newsletter 10|

    It was in 2013 when I first came across Rita McGrath's work. I still remember the impact that “The End of Competitive Advantage” had on my thinking. It was an eye-opener of the disruptions that would be soon coming and turn our world upside-down.

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  • Interview with Richard Straub: keeping Peter Drucker’s legacy alive
    ANR #40: Interview with Richard Straub: keeping Peter Drucker’s legacy alive
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    ANR #40: Interview with Richard Straub: keeping Peter Drucker’s legacy alive

    Several years ago I had the pleasure of meeting Richard Straub over a long breakfast in Brussels. Richard is the founder of the non-profit Peter Drucker Society Europe after a 32-year career at IBM.

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  • Are CEOs becoming the ultimate Project Leaders in the Gig Economy? 39
    ANR #39: Are CEOs becoming the ultimate Project Leaders in the Gig Economy?
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    ANR #39: Are CEOs becoming the ultimate Project Leaders in the Gig Economy?

    In the past 150 years, management has been focusing primarily at running and optimizing the business. Over this period, organizations have been structured in a very similar way, Hierarchically. The best way and model to maximize efficiencies and volumes, while reducing costs to the minimum. Projects were considered an addition to the business, hardly ever a priority.

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    ANR #38: The Ultimate Coaching Technique
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    ANR #38: The Ultimate Coaching Technique

    You probably knew that the term ‘Coaching’ started in the later part of the 1880s and has been mostly associated with the sports profession. The concept progressively spread during the nineties and references to coaching were continuously mentioned in business journals.

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  • Interview with Richard Straub: keeping Peter Drucker’s legacy alive 36
    https://hbr.org/2016/12/how-to-prioritize-your-companys-projects
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    ANR #36: How to Prioritize Your Company’s Projects

    Published in the Harvard Business Review
    Every organization needs what I call a “hierarchy of purpose.” Without one, it is almost impossible to prioritize effectively.

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    https://hbr.org/2017/10/selling-products-is-good-selling-projects-can-be-even-better
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    ANR #35: Selling Products Is Good. Selling Projects Can Be Even Better

    Published in the Harvard Business Review
    In the beginning companies sold products. And then they sold services. In recent years, the fashionable suggestion has been that companies sell experiences and solutions, solving the needs and aspirations of customers.

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    ANR #33: How projects are driving the implementation EU Regional Cohesion Policy
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    ANR #33: How projects are driving the implementation EU Regional Cohesion Policy

    How projects are driving the implementation EU Regional Cohesion Policy – Mrs. Mihaylova, Chair of the Committee of Regional Development.

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  • Projects to Make a Better World
    ANR #30: Projects to Make a Better World
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    ANR #30: Projects to Make a Better World

    Welcome back to my newsletter discussing the latest trends in project management, leadership and strategy implementation.

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    ANR #20: Projects To Change Our World
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    ANR #20: Projects To Change Our World

    We all receive tens and hundreds of emails, newsletters, blog post – per day. My goal is to make this one insightful, engaging, and to the point. Once a month, I will only share some of my latest thinking and a few stories that I found useful for myself.

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    ANR #19: 3 Leadership lessons from Dubai any Executive and MBA can learn
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    ANR #19: 3 Leadership lessons from Dubai any Executive and MBA can learn

    Every big project accomplished, like the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, welcomes the visitor with one of the bold statements. This approach to ruling a region is inspirational to the business community, which is seen as the perfect partner in helping the government implement the strategic plan.

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  • Focus: the ingredient that most companies and many employees miss 18
    ANR #18: Focus: the ingredient that most companies and many employees miss
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    ANR #18: Focus: the ingredient that most companies and many employees miss

    Look around. Think back to your organizational experience. I have done the same. Over three decades working in organizations and carrying out research into organizations, I have come to the conclusion that very few companies succeed in implementing their strategy.

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    ANR #17: “Mitigating the risks of Failing Projects” : Interview for The Economist Intelligence Unit
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    ANR #17: “Mitigating the risks of Failing Projects” : Interview for The Economist Intelligence Unit

    I did this interview for The Economist’s Intelligence Unit five years ago for an article on "Mitigating project portfolio risks in the financial services industry"  on how companies track projects to mitigate risks...

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