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

Nieto Rodriguez, Antonio

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 PricewatherhouseCoopers.

Review

“Talented people working together for the greater good around our world will determine our future. Antonio really captures the working together principles and practices of program and project management that enables the relentless implementation of a comprehensive strategy to deliver a compelling vision for the benefit of all the stakeholders!” Alan Mulally, former CEO Ford Motors and Boeing

“Strategy is not something you talk about – strategy is something that you do. Increasingly, the doing of strategy is all about projects. In this immensely practical and useful book, Antonio offers an experts’ guide to getting and staying on top of the projects that bring your strategy to life. Reading it is like having a wise counselor by your side during even the most challenging moments of your journey.” Rita McGrath, Columbia Business School Associate Professor, Top 10 of Thinkers50, bestselling author of The End of Competitive Advantage

“No-one has done more to further understanding of how projects really work than Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez. The Project Revolution is required reading for individuals and organizations. Join the revolution or be left behind!” Stuart Crainer and Des Dearlove, founders Thinkers50

"The Project Revolution is a breakthrough in the way we look at and understand projects. The concepts Antonio presents are so insightful yet simple, that they will become part of everyone's day to day toolkit. This book will help leaders and organizations excel at the increasing amount of projects they have to carry out to succeed in today's fast-changing world. " Marshall Goldsmith, Thinkers 50 #1 Executive Coach, New York Times #1 bestselling author of Triggers, Mojo and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There

“Projects today are the key unit of work. Understanding projects, leading projects, teaming across expertise boundaries in new and shifting configurations, and relishing the novelty of new challenges have thus become the competencies that people must develop to thrive in the modern economy. Nieto-Rodriguez shows us how.” Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School and author of The Fearless Organization

"In our ever-changing world - amidst a growing freelance economy - projects have become the new way of delivering work and creating value. The Project Revolution provides a proven method for both current and aspiring entrepreneurs to succeed in this new reality." Dorie Clark, adjunct professor, Duke University Fuqua School of Business and bestselling author of Stand Out and Entrepreneurial You

"This book leaves no doubt that the Project Revolution has started and that it is disruptive. Projects are part of everything we do; big, small, professional, personal, local, and worldwide, they change the world we live in now and in the future. Their impact is a world-changing revolution. Antonio identifies five main implications of the massive disruption of the project revolution form Careers to Democracy and how they will be reshaped by the revolution. You will want to know how these disruptions are going to change your world and how you can prepare to deal with them.” James R. Snyder, founder of the Project Management Institute, first president, and past chair of the Board, and worked most of his career at GlaxoSmithKline

“Read the book and you will be persuaded that if projects are not the most powerful driver of business, achievement, and entire economies today, they soon will be―and should be. Nieto-Rodriquez provides the Project Canvas as a fast-moving, intuitive tool to improve efficiency, elevate project managers to true organizational leaders and change makers and to ensure that projects align with core strategic objectives and add value. Good project management facilitated by this book can be conscious and constant, rather than happily accidental―or not, as the case may be. Projects can be the disruptive catalyst to changing business rather than just running it; projects can change the world.” Whitney Johnson, Thinkers50 Leading Management Thinkers, bestselling author of Build an A-Team

Edition details

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