Jennifer Tharp Project managers are magical beasts. You tell them exactly what you want done, and they will make it happen. But what happens when our goals aren’t that clear? Well, maybe an agile approach would be better. But what …
Design Thinking from Project Outputs to Portfolio outcomes Read more »
Kanabar & Maltzman Universities play a vital role in preparing students to address sustainability challenges. We have leveraged an opportunity to introduce such content within the context of our project management curriculum. Both business and IT Project Management courses require …
Teaching Project Management and Integrating Sustainability Issues in a Class Project Read more »
Character Strengths are evidence-based concepts from the science of Positive Psychology which is about 20 years old. We each have the same 24 character strengths although we express them differently. Our top strengths or “signature strengths” are usually those that …
Developing Pro-Social and Sustainability Behaviors with Character Strengths Read more »
Nigel Williams Projects impact society and the environment. Project managers increasingly have a responsibility to reduce harm, restore natural and social resources and to maximize the benefits to society of their projects. Responsible Project Management is a new concept that is emerging …
Professions in general, and project management in particular, are undergoing a deep change towards the integration of sustainability concepts into their core values and practices. ‘Sustainability’ itself increases the number of tensions and constraints professionals experience in their everyday work. …
The Paradoxical Profession: Sustainability and Project Management Read more »
Kristina Kohl In this session Kristina will discuss embedding sustainable strategy into the project, program, and portfolio management processes. We will begin with an overview of environmental and social trends impacting our communities and organizations, gain a greater understanding of …
Kathleen Park In this session, attendees will learn about original research at the intersection of strategy and sustainability and also at the intersection of global project management and global supply chain management, from a top leadership perspective as situated within …
A discussion on project management successes as well as failures encountered in the professional field with stories ranging from design, commissioning, and even the aftermath of various projects. The presentation will dive into the painstaking process of stakeholder consideration and …
Leadership – Lessons Learned from Project Successes and Failures Read more »
As projects play a key-role in creating a more sustainable society, the integration of the concepts of sustainability into project management are one of the most important global project management trends today. This integration refers both to the sustainability of …
The Human Factor in Sustainable Project Management Read more »