The Story of Responsible Project Management (contd.)
online
In 2022 we were delighted to continue the collaboration we began during the pandemic with Steve Wake and the London-based Conversation Club. Our discussions covered a wide range of topics ranging from Ego-to-Eco with Jo Lucas, through Data Analytics and Project Controls, to Off World Living with Professor Andrew Edkins. To see details of all our meetings, please follow the link below to ‘Past Events’ on our Meetup Group.
Armourers’ Hall, London
march 2022, london
EVA26: Performance that Works
An in-person Conversation Club event that was my first trip into London after COVID-19. It was my pleasure to speak on ‘Systems thinking for improved project performance’ among an impressive line up that included Michael Rosen. In the final session of the day the audience worked on creating and performing project-themed songs. So we now have an RPM song !!!
University of Southampton
march 2022, southampton
Karen, Shirley and Ramesh had a very interesting afternoon with students at the University of Southampton. We ran a highly interactive workshop where students explored RPM ideas relevant to them. The event closed with presentations of the discussions by each group.
march 2022, Leicester (online)
A ‘Student Take-over’ led by RPM Ambassador Ros and her colleague Dr Steven Parker at De Montford University. With both online and in person participants, Ros skillfully managed this hybrid event where students presented their understandings of RPM. Always interesting to hear how our ideas are interpreted by the next generation of project managers, with different cultural perspectives.
Online with students from De Montford University
may 2022, sweden (online)
In 2021, Erik Mansson from The Business School at Karlstad University introduced us to his project management students who were organising a series of Public Open Lecures as a fundraising activity for the NGO Friends of Ibba Girls School (FIGS) in South Sudan. Our guest lecture included an interactive workshop and the organisign team have been keen to continue supporting RPM ever since. An introduction to the 2022 cohort led to another session successful, interactive workshop in May 2022.
may 2022, online
It was a pleasure to join Carole Still in conversation with Steve Wake on the topic of ‘Project Management Competencies Decoded’. We presented the results of our research on the competencies required for RPM. The new framework was developed by combining work by the UN’s working group on the Sustainability Mindset (Rimanoczy, 2020), with the PMI’s new set of principles, as well as many other competency frameworks for project management.
The new RPM Competency Framework
july 2023, Sri Lanka (online)
We were invited to join the Silver Jubilee Conference and celebrations of the Faculty of Business Studies, University of Vavuniya, Sri Lanka.
Online with the University of Vavuniya, Sri Lanka
Newham, London
august 2022, London
The topic of the first Newham Business Conference, organised by the Newham Chamber of Commerce, was 'Refresh, Renew, Refocus - thriving in an era of disruption and innovation' so it was fitting to discuss RPM with an audience of business leaders. As you can see, our mantra was, and we cannot stress this enough: “We must learn together. Fast.”
Karen shared insights from 25 years of partnering with businesses to prepare young people for entering the workplace. Shared learning and innovation were highlighted as key ingredients for businesses to refresh, renew, and refocus for the future.
september 2022, london
Collaboration with the London-based Project Connect Group took us to London again. Karen and RPM Ambassador Magnus Olsen joined Georgie Alderson-Slater on the panel to discuss the biggest challenges facing UK projects - no pressure then.
Brunel’s SS Great Britain, Bristol
october 2022, bristol
A trip to Bristol for the APM South Wales and West of England branch Conference on ‘Learning from the past, to deliver for tomorrow’s challenges’. Drawing on projects from the list of ‘50 projects for a better future’ that APM compiled to celebrate their 50th year, our talk was ‘Re-wiring project management for the next 50 years’.
november 2022, Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Fantastic to visit the offices of CEVA Logistics as part of their International Project Management Day event. The Day was organised by Nick James, Head of PMO UKI and RPM Ambassador Neil Rand. Our presentation on Responsible PM was followed by corporate signing of the Manifesto by Chris Walton, Managing Director UK and Ireland.
november 2022, Singapore (online)
A virtual visit to Singapore for the PMI Singapore 17th Regional Symposium, ‘Towards Green Transformation in Project Management'. Here we provided a critique of the largely technical and economic perspective that dominates project management practice in our session on ‘Putting people, planet and prosperity into project management for a greener future’.
Nick, Nigel, Franco, Shirley and Karen on site at UoP
december 2022, portsmouth
RPM collaborated with the UK Systems Society to host a ‘Sustainable Systems Colloquium’ at the University of Portsmouth and online. Speakers from around the world presented case studies of projects in a diverse range of contexts such as health, education and waste management.