Session Title

Creating an Organization Culture for Project Agility

Abstract

Project professionals know that success depends both on what happens inside a project and what is going on in the surrounding organisational landscape. All too commonly organisations are focused on the Business As Usual with attention to projects coming a poor second. Two business trends; the projectisation of work and the drive for agility make this situation an increasing risk to organisational effectiveness, perhaps even survival.

For agility to thrive, a supportive organisation culture is critical. In this session Adrian will describe what business agility is, the organization culture it requires, a Roadmap for success and the key mistakes to avoid.

Bio

In a 35 year career Adrian has led Transformations and built project management capability in 11 industries and the public sector. From Telcos to mining, aviation to finance. He has built Professional Services, advised the Board of a software startup, and is currently helping to build a new cancer research organisation focussing on melanomas. For the past 10 years Adrian has specialised in helping organisations get agility right instead of expensively wrong.

Adrian is a Fellow of the Association of Project Management, having contributed to both UK government and APM publications and research, most recently on agility. He was also on the APM’s Audit Committee for four years. He is a frequent speaker, visiting lecturer and blogger and he says, is still learning. In 2022 his book Agile Beyond IT was published which shows how project agility may be adapted to any sector, beyond its IT home.