The Project Revolution: How to succeed in a project driven world - Hardcover

Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1911498991 ISBN 13: 9781911498995

Publisher: LID Publishing, 2019

Synopsis

Imagine a world in which most projects personal, social, corporate, organizational and governmental are successfully accomplished. That is the purpose and the reason for writing this book. There is work to be done. Only a select few projects deliver their purpose, meet their expected goals, achieve sustainable benefits, satisfy most stakeholders, meet their deadlines and stay within their original financial budget. So what is the secret? What can we learn from the thousands of failed projects? And how can we develop a framework or tool that guarantees, or at least significantly increases the chance of, project success? In fact, every aspect of our lives is becoming a set of projects. The speed of change witnessed in the past decade has radically affected the way we organize and manage our companies and work. Many of the traditional activities in organizations will soon be carried out by automation and robots. In this new landscape, projects are becoming an essential model to create value. In short, we are witnessing the rise of the project economy. Leading projects thinker Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez explains the tremendous consequences that this unnoticed disruption is having on our lives and the reasons behind it. He also looks at how leading companies, governments, schools, and universities have already embraced projects as the way to deliver on their strategy and ambitions. Ultimately, this book explains how individuals and companies can develop the competencies required to transform and thrive in the new digital and project-driven economy.

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About the Author

Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez is the world s champion in project management and founder of a global movement Brightline that has transformed a tactical topic such as project management into one of the central issues in CEO s 2030 agenda. He argues that projects are the lingua franca of the business and personal worlds from the C-suite to managing your career or relationships Antonio s research and global impact in modern management been recognized by Thinkers50 with the prestigious award "Ideas into Practice". He has influenced CEOs of leading organizations; preeminent business media such as Harvard Business Review and The Economist; top business schools like Instituto de Empresa and Duke CE; renowned thought leader conclaves, such as Thinkers50 and the Peter Drucker Forum. His vision has impacted thousands of organizations leaders and MBA students. He is a visiting professor at some of the world leading businesses schools (including Duke CE, Skolkovo, IE, Solvay, Vlerick); and a much in demand keynote speaker at events worldwide. Author of the bestselling The Focused Organization (Gower 2012) and contributor to four other business books. Antonio is one of the few thought leaders that holds a full time executive position, currently Director of the Project Management Office at GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines. Past Chairman of the Project Management Institute, previously worked at BNP Paribas, Fortis Bank, ABN AMBRO and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Born in Madrid, Spain, and educated in Germany, Mexico, Italy and the United States, Antonio is an Economist with an MBA from London Business School and Insead's International Director Program. He is fluent in five languages.

Edition details

• Publisher: LID Publishing
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1911498991
• ISBN 13: 9781911498995
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256