“Sustainability Thinking Improves Project Management” – you’d think that would be something we’d say.
And it is. In fact, it’s the basis of our non-profit startup, the International Society for the Integration of Sustainability in Project Management (or ISIS-PM).
But besides being something we would say, it also is the name of a presentation given at the Queensland Chapter of the Project Management Institute a little less than a year ago. We just found it today (okay, so we’re a little bit slow), but we’re ironically thrilled in a “great minds think alike” sort of way.
Andrew Wilford, the presenter, is a self-admitted engineer and PM who enjoyed a long career in the aerospace and defense, holding senior positions with Boeing Australia and Air New Zealand. He was also involved with the development of the Complex Project Management competency Standards that have been adopted by the Australian Defence Materiel Organisation. As Clinical Associate Professor of Project Management at Bond University’s Mirvac School of Sustainable Development, Mr Wilford is currently researching project management capability models, leadership systems, complex network-centric operations and the application of sustainability principles in project management.
So we’re glad that he’s covering this topic publicly and well.
PMI’ Queensland chapter has graciously shared the presentation slides here, and you can see a video of the presentation here.
And so, from down under, it’s over and out.
What does hope look like? Greg Balestrero, CEO of PMI on your role in a sustainable future.
Click on the image to see the video from IIL
For those of you who are project managers, HAPPY IPM DAY!
It’s actually a little late to wish that to you – IPM (International Project Management) Day was actually yesterday, so accept our apologies for being late! But we are on scope and on budget…
IPM day is meant to be celebrated (see http://internationalpmday.org) with education and sharing of experience amongst project managers. IIL (the International Institute for Learning) sponsored a web-based event for the ‘holiday’, and amongst the resources at their virtual event was an excellent talk by Greg Balestrero, PMI’s CEO, entitled “What Does Hope Look Like?”. The subtitle is “Project Management and a Sustainable Future”. We urge you to have a look at it and provide the link here.
We won’t judge or summarize. We just invite you to watch and learn.