Live Webinar – September 16th 2014, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
Note: Although ASPE is an REP presentations may have to be recorded as a Cat C PDU Event – Contact Traci Lester Marketing Specialist at ASPE for more information

Each month Chris Knotts picks a valuable, substantive business book we think will benefit you as a professional.

Some are new; some are classics. Either way, we do the reading, and then use one of our free web seminars to deliver a one-hour “book report.”

This month’s book pick is The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Wikipedia article).

Nassim has written a book that explains how the business world works now more than ever. It’s a world of fast-paced, unpredictable events that are hard to keep up with and even harder to predict.

If you are a professional who struggles to cope with change or find ways to deliver value quickly enough to respond to the market, this is a must-read.

Taleb put his finger on the dynamics of a world where luck, evolution, unpredictability, and response time all converge to make it seemingly impossible to navigate a market landscape that just moves too fast.

However, he also explains how navigation is possible for those who understand the underlying drivers, and how it’s actually possible to stay nimble and alert, ready to respond when events occur that are impossible to predict – events Taleb calls “Black Swans.”

Presenter: Chris Knotts, PMP – (LinkedIn profile) ASPE Creative Director

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Initiating  & Executing, Planning
Knowledge Areas: 11 – Risk

• 11.1  Plan Risk Management
• 11.2  Identify Risks
• 11.5  Plan Risk Responses

As a Category C “Self Directed Learning Activity” remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your “PDU Audit Trail Folder”

Click to register for Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable