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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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I had the pleasure to interview MEP Mrs. Mihaylova, and one of the most influential women in the area of Regional Development in Europe.

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

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

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.