ANR #86: Tools and techniques to support your digital transformation
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May 29, 2023
Digital transformation has become a necessity for businesses in the modern era, allowing them to increase efficiency, improve customer experience, and increase profitability. However, to achieve a successful digital transformation, it is essential to use the right techniques and tools for digital tr
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ANR #85: The “Impossible” Rescue Project
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May 25, 2023
On my list of the most amazing projects everyone should learn about is one we followed with anxiety in the summer of 2018. The "Impossible" Rescue Project. On June 23rd, a group of 12 boys, aged 11 to 16, and their soccer coach became trapped in a flooded cave complex in northern Thailand. They plan
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ANR #84: Project Management is being disrupted; how will it look soon?
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May 22, 2023
Project management has long been a fundamental aspect of business around the world. From planning and executing projects to monitoring and controlling their progress, project management has become a vital part of any business. However, in recent years, project management has been disrupted by severa
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ANR #83: Soft skills become imperative to be an effective project manager
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May 19, 2023
In the world of project management, being an effective manager goes beyond the ability to manage deadlines, budgets, and resources. It is becoming increasingly evident that soft skills are a critical factor for success in project management. In this article, we'll explore what soft skills are, why t
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Organize Your Change Initiative Around Purpose and Benefits
Harvard Business Review
May 17, 2023
If there’s one thing that’s certain about the future, it’s that change is here to stay. The ability to constantly transform has become a top priority for organizations. Therefore, change management is now an essential business priority that can’t be overlooked or set aside. Leaders need to urgently develop change and project management competencies across all levels of an organization, from employees and managers to senior executives. This article covers the two most important things leaders should focus on in any change project: purpose and benefits. Every successful change project needs at least one clearly articulated purpose. And the benefits to stakeholders must be clear. By using the approach outlined in this article, you’ll see that the level of engagement and buy-in on your change initiative will increase significantly.
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ANR #82: Eurovision Song Festival – A successful project
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May 12, 2023
At the end of the post, you'll find information about our upcoming webinar on the Application of AI and Project Management (16 May) and The Great Implementation (24/25 May). Every year in May, most Europeans spend one of their Saturday nights watching a #project that started in 1956 with a higher pu
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ANR #81: Why use Big Data and AI in project management
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May 09, 2023
Currently, project management has become an increasingly complex task. With the constant increase in the amount of data and the need to make informed decisions in real time, the need to use tools that allow the processing of large amounts of information quickly and efficiently becomes evident. This
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Book Launch & Invitation Game-Changing Events!
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April 27, 2023
Dear friends, I hope you are doing well! On the International Book Day, I am very happy to share that my HBR book has just been released in Spanish "Manual para la Direccion de Proyectos"; I hope it becomes a valuable reference in all Spanish-speaking countries for anyone that wants to learn ho
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ANR #80: Leadership culture in transformations
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April 24, 2023
Leadership culture is essential in any transformation since its solid development can be the key to the success of a project. This article will explore what leaders culture is, how a strong leadership culture is created and developed, the different types of leadership, and the importance of leadersh
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ANR #79: Why we are all project managers
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April 18, 2023
The concept that we are all project managers refers to the idea that, in our daily lives, we are constantly managing tasks and projects, whether we realize it or not. From planning a trip to completing a work assignment, we use project management skills to organize our tasks, prioritize our time, an
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Harvard Business Review by Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez in Spanish
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April 18, 2023
Delighted to receive the first copy of my Harvard Business Review Project Management Handbook in Spanish! This has been a dream for many years! Hello! Well, my book in Spanish from Harvard Business Review, project management manual, is finally here, we already have it and it will be on sale in
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ANR #59: Executive Project Sponsors: addressing the weakest link in Projects
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September 27, 2021
An inadequate and untrained sponsor in a project frequently leads to an unhappy team and almost inevitable project failure. Meet the executive sponsor to tell them the importance of the role and offer your assistance to coach them through the project.
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ANR #58: Essential competencies post pandemic according to McKinsey: Project Management
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July 16, 2021
As part of the research for my next book with Harvard Business Review - the HBR Project Management Handbook – and leveraging HBR vast influence and access to executives, we just launched a global survey on the latest trends and future of the project management profession.
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ANR #57: HBR State of Project Management
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June 20, 2021
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ANR #56: Five Disruptive Trends in Project Management for 2021 and Beyond
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December 21, 2020
As part of the research for my next book with Harvard Business Review - the HBR Project Management Handbook – and leveraging HBR vast influence and access to executives, we just launched a global survey on the latest trends and future of the project management profession.
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ANR #55: HBR survey on Project Management – Need Your Help
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July 20, 2020
As part of the research for my next book with Harvard Business Review - the HBR Project Management Handbook – and leveraging HBR vast influence and access to executives, we just launched a global survey on the latest trends and future of the project management profession.
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ANR #54: Reconciling Societies through Projects
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June 12, 2020
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ANR #53: Dorie Clark, Mark Langley, Alex Osterwalder, Ben Laker…
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May 05, 2020
Join us every Thursday to listen and network with incredible thinkers.
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ANR #52: Strategy Implementation Professional certification in partnership with APMG
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April 29, 2020
The Strategy Implementation Institute has the pleasure to announce a partnership agreement with APMG International, one of the largest and most respected professional accreditation organizations, to increase competencies and recognition of implementation specialists.
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ANR #51: COVID19 Call to Action – But How to Make a Positive Impact?
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April 20, 2020
Since the outburst of the global coronavirus crisis, thousands of initiatives have been launched to bring some kind of support to those that have been impacted most severely. I guess that many of us felt an urgent call to action.
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ANR #50: HBR: “When is a Project a Project?” with Whitney Johnson | Corporate Rebels Interview
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February 21, 2020
I firmly believe that it is time that we co-create the Project Manifesto. My proposal is composed of the 12 guiding principles that you can see below. Appreciate if you can share your thoughts, add or challenge them, and ultimately endorse the Manifesto.
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Harvard Business Review Project Management Handbook: How to Launch, Lead, and Sponsor Successful Projects (HBR Handbooks)
Harvard Business Press
October 19, 2021
We're now living in the project economy. The number of projects initiated in all sectors has skyrocketed, and project management skills have become essential for every leader and manager. Still, project failure rates remain extremely high. Why? Leaders oversee too many projects and have too little visibility into them. Project managers struggle to translate their hands-on, technical knowledge up to senior management. The result? Worthy projects are starved of time and resources and fail to deliver benefits, while too much investment goes into the wrong projects. To compete in the project economy, you need to close this gap. The HBR Project Management Handbook shows you how.
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Lead Successful Projects
Penguin Business Experts Series
October 15, 2019
Are you struggling to juggle multiple projects? Do you often lose control of your budget? Does communicating your progress to the rest of your team cause you undue stress?
Project management is an essential skill for anyone who needs to get things done in any organisation, and is absolutely critical for anyone leading strategic change. In Lead Successful Projects, the Penguin Business Expert guide, Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez introduces a simplified but strategic approach to project management developed over the last 20 years coaching executives, managers and MBAs.
Learn how to break down your project into manageable elements, define smart goals and meet them in this concise and practical guide to project success.
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The Project Revolution
LID
February 14, 2019
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?
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The Focused Organization: How Concentrating on a Few Key Initiatives Can Dramatically Improve Strategy Execution
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April 15, 2013
In The Focused Organization Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez shows you how fewer, more effectively elected and managed projects are the key to strategic and long-term success. Using his own research and work experience he explains how and why those organizations that focus on just a few key initiatives can perform significantly better than unfocused organizations, not only financially but also in achieving their strategic objectives and motivating their staff. The author introduces a new way of looking at a company through two very different and often conflicting dimensions: running-the-business and changing-the-business. What you add to one dimension you have to subtract from the other one. Finding the right balance between these two dimensions represents one of the major challenges to successful strategy execution. Becoming a focused organization involves a radical change in the way companies are organized and the way they select and manage projects - the creation of a new culture. The Focused Organization discusses the characteristics that comprise a focused organization. It describes key areas where a focused organization builds its levels of maturity; provides examples of focused organizations that outperform the rest; and explains in practical steps how all enterprises can become focused. The book finishes with a unique and inspiring case study that transports us to the early days of the current business world. Through the main character, Benny White, we learn how a business was conducted and how management evolved over decades with the introduction of business theories, including project management.
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Thinkers 50 - Ideas into Practice Award
