Archive for October, 2017

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Live Webinar October 25th, 2017, 11:00 am – 12:00 am  EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Supply chain technology is changing rapidly as supply chains grow more complex and digital.

Supply chain leaders often overestimate their ability to implement change. What actually drives SC employees to adapt to change is different from what SC leaders perceive leads to adoption.

However, change management activities are not given the level of priority needed to gain employees’ true commitment.

Join Amber Salley (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) and get the insights you need to manage change and to engage your employees in SC technology transformations.

Discussion Topics:

  • What do individual contributors say drive them towards adopting new supply chain technologies?
  • What must you consider when creating a strategy to engage employees in change?
  • How do you sustain engagement after deployment?

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Drive Employee Adoption of New Supply Chain Technology

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Technical Project Management Leadership Strategic & Business Management

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Live Webinar October 23rd, 2017, 11:00 am – 12:00 am EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Everyone is talking about blockchain, but there’s a great deal of misunderstanding around this disruptive innovation.

We find that 90% of enterprise blockchain projects actually don’t need blockchain technology, and in fact would be better off without it.

In this session  Ray Valdes (LinkedIn profile), Gartner VP & Fellow; covers root causes for this misalignment, shows how to deal with avoidable mistakes in blockchain projects and how to conceive realistic projects that will deliver business value.

Discussion Topics:

  • What are the core concepts of blockchain technology?
  • What are current blockchain platforms, and how will they evolve?
  • What are realistic blockchain use cases for current and future generations of technology?

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The Disruptive Potential Of Blockchain Technology

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Technical Project Management Leadership Strategic & Business Management

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Changes In The PMBOK 6th Edition

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Live Webinar October 25th, 2017 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour s 1 PDUs free
Provider: PROJECTinsight (Metafuse Inc)
In Cooperation With: Core Performance Concepts (Rep #1399)

Are You Ready?

PMI is expected to release the Project Management Body of Knowledge, PMBOK® Guide 6th Edition by the end of 2017.

This webinar will explore what is driving these changes and what it means to you.

Diane Buckley Altwies, (LinkedIn profile) CEO of Core Performance Concepts will discuss an overview of the changes and how it may impact your own understanding of best practices in project management.

A portion of the exam is expected to be changing as well and we will discuss how PMI puts together the Exam Content Outline which determines what will change in the Exam.

In this session, Diane will examine what is changing, and not changing, with the PMBOK® Guide and how it impacts you.

Benefits

  • Provide an overview of the changes in the PMBOK® Guide 6th Edition
  • Discuss how it may impact your personal study plan
  • Explore how it may impact your understanding of project management best practices
  • Summit questions to discuss next session
  • Earn 1 PDU for attending

Who should attend:

  • Project managers, Portfolio managers,
  • Project team members, Project Leads,
  • Project sponsors & function/business unit managers,
  • Subject Matter Experts, Business Analysts, Scheduling Specialists and ….
  • Other business stakeholders.

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Changes In The PMBOK 6th Edition

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Live Webinar – October 24th 2017 7:30 am – 8:30 am EDT
Live Webinar – October 24th 2017 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM BT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Association for Project Management – APM

This webinar describes systems thinking concepts and methods, why it is important and how it can be beneficially applied to portfolio, programme & project management. 

Traditional top-down ‘divide-and-conquer’ approaches are often unsuccessful for dynamically complex problems containing non-linear component, inter-dependencies or for complex projects, where there is a diversity of views amongst stakeholders as to what the objectives should be because:

  • It is not clear where the ‘Top’ is.
  • It is not clear how the problem should be ‘divided’.

Systems thinking is a discipline for seeing wholes and enables these types of problems to be addressed to identify where the key leverage points are. Systems thinking does not necessarily replace traditional top-down thinking, but can complement it by simplifying complex problems and making them easier to understand.

The webinar will describe what systems thinking is, why it is important and how it can be applied to portfolio, programme and project management to:

  • Support identification and definition of the right portfolio, programme and/or project.
  • Support implementing the portfolio, programme and/or project right.
  • Maximise Outcomes/ Outputs and minimise unintended consequences.

Presenters:

David Cole BSc is a chartered engineer and a member of the IET and an experienced portfolio, programme, project manager / consultant.  David started his career as a systems design engineer with BAE Systems before moving into project management. In 1989 he managed a UK national research programme; then in 2001 he joined Atkins Management Consultants.  David holds a BSc in electrical and electronic engineering degrees and an MSc in computer science. David also sits on several national & international avionics standards committees remains professionally active with his membership of the APM and as an APM Systems Thinking SIG committee member.

Dr Michael Emes (LinkedIn profile) conducts teaching and research at UCL (University College London) in the areas of project management, technology management, strategy, risk management and decision-making in domains including transport, health and aerospace. He is a Programme Manager & lead trainer for the European Space Agency’s Project Manager Training Course and Programme Director for a new MSc at UCL in the Management of Complex Projects which brings systems thinking to project management. With 15+ years experience designing & delivering training on systems engineering and project management, he has been involved with the SEPM Joint Working Group and has been Co Chair of the APM Systems Thinking SIG since it’s inception. Michael is also Director of UCL Centre for Systems Engineering and Head of the Technology Management Group at UCL’s Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL), and holds degrees degrees in Engineering, Economics & Management & a PhD in developing ultra-low temperature cooling systems for spacecraft.

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What Systems Thinking Can Offer Portfolio, Programme & Project Managers

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Online Webinar – Recorded September 28th, 2017
Activity Type:  Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: Gartner Webinars

CIOs and IT leaders know reference models and roadmaps are critical tools for informing investment decisions, exploring scenarios and guiding execution.

Join Betsy Burton, (LinkedIn profile) Gartner VP Distinguished Analyst as she helps you clearly define the purpose for your roadmaps and reference models, leading to a greater impact.

This session will focus on how to:

  • Use reference models and roadmaps to drive execution
  • Define a purpose for an impactful roadmap or reference model
  • Apply best practices that ensure roadmaps and reference models deliver business impact

Discussion Topics:

  • Use reference models and roadmaps to drive execution
  • Define a purpose for an impactful roadmap or reference model
  • Apply best practices that ensure roadmaps and reference models deliver business impact

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Delivering High-Impact Reference Models & Roadmaps

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Online Webinar – Recorded July 31st, 2017
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: Human Capital Institute

How Engaged Is Your Team?

When we are truly engaged at work, we operate on another level of commitment, emotionally invested in our organization and fulfilled by what we accomplish.

Research on engagement routinely focuses on its correlation with high performance and business results.

But in terms of understanding how to truly lift and sustain engagement across an organization, we also need to be mindful of the neuro and biological drivers of engagement.

Join Dr. David Rock of the NeuroLeadership Institute as he digs into the latest research and discover brain-based ways to lift engagement at scale.

Gain fresh insights into managing workplace interactions and framing learning experience so they minimize the threat, maximize reward, and measurably drive engagement.

Learn:

  • The latest neuroscience and industry research on employee engagement
  • Learn about The SCARF Model ™ and how to leverage it to boost engagement at scale
  • How neuro-research is transforming the way large organizations approach learning and change

Dr. David Rock (LinkedIn profile, Amazon bio) is one of the thought leaders in the human-performance coaching field. Rock coined the term “NeuroLeadership” and is the cofounder of the NeuroLeadership Institute, a global initiative bringing together neuroscientists and leadership experts to build a new science for leadership development and is the author of a number of books, including Quiet Leadership: Six Steps to Transforming Performance at Work, and Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long .

Note: SHRM has pre-approved this webcast for 1 Professional Development Credits (PDCs) towards SHRM-CP℠ or SHRM-SCP℠ Certifications.

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The Neuroscience Of Engagement: Deeper Science Of Learning, Change & Peak Performance

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