📢 “If someone’s going to build a better world, you need to ask them two critical questions; One: for whom? And two: in what time scale?” In this episode, we hear Richard Pharro, CEO of APMG International, talk to Adam Thilthorpe, Digital Specialist and Director for Professionalism at BCS, about using AI ethically, reshaping education, and the impact of technology. The digital era has changed the trajectory of the future and Adam begins by explaining the skills we need to acquire, and the skills...
May 06, 2022•42 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast 📢“Data will not tell you anything if you don't ask questions” In this episode, we hear Richard Pharro, CEO of APMG International, talk to Giovanni Lanzani, Digital Specialist and Leader of the GoDataDriven Academy, about where the value really lies in using data. Listen in as we talk about the challenges businesses face when becoming data-driven, the development process, the importance of infrastructure, and how for Giovanni, forecasting with AI is the only financially smart future. Those ...
Apr 29, 2022•35 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast Anthony Allcock - Chief Information and Digital Officer - British Airways 📢“Change is a constant in life. Strategy needs to be able to cater to change” In this episode, we hear Richard Pharro, CEO of APMG International, talk to, Anthony Allcock, Chief Information and Digital Officer of British Airways, a man with over 20 years of experience in executing £multi-million complex portfolios. Although Anthony has a huge role, we are asking his personal perspective from years of hands-on and leadersh...
Apr 22, 2022•14 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast Jan Willem Middelburg, Author, Enterprise Big Data Framework 📢❔💬 “Do you think it’s a good idea, or do you know that it’s a good idea” In this episode, we hear Richard Pharro, CEO of APMG International, talk to Jan Willem Middelburg, CEO of Cybiant and author of The Big Data Framework. Listen in as we ask Jan about his motivations for setting up the enterprise Big Data Framework, what inspired him, and what continues to inspire him. A vendor-neutral model based solely on capabilities – Jan tel...
Apr 15, 2022•25 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast 📢 “You need to look beyond. Value for money is good, but it’s not enough” In this episode, we hear Richard Pharro, CEO of APMG International, talk to Jean-Christophe BARTH-COULLARÉ , Executive Director at WAPPP and Co-Founder European Champions Alliance, on the new ways to execute Public Private Partnerships. Listen in as we speak to Jean-Christophe about the roots, definition, and objectives of WAPPP – The World association of PPP professionals – a ‘Full Impact Organization’ that was created t...
Apr 08, 2022•31 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast Gintare Geleziunaite "If you want others to change, you have to be your authentic self. " From being challenged to create a Change Management plan from scratch in a company spanning 108 countries worldwide, to ‘providing strategic direction, methodology and tools to a 250,000 people-strong organization’ in the Military, Gintare vowed to always stay true to her authentic working style. Gintare Geleziunaite is Head of Change Strategy at Department for International Trade (DIT). Hear her ...
Apr 01, 2022•26 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast What makes a Project Manager a true craftsman? In this episode, we hear Richard Pharro, CEO of APMG International, talk to, Andreas Trautner, Published Author, Project Management craftsman, and lifelong entrepreneur. Starting as a fisherman, Andreas followed his curiosity to his PHD studying Agricultural sciences, when he got the opportunity to Manage a Project due to his 8 years of experience managing Denmark’s largest musical festival. Join us as Andreas recalls the moments that have shaped hi...
Mar 25, 2022•24 min•Ep 12•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode we hear Richard Pharro, CEO of APMG International, talk to Jan Van Bon, Service Management Architecture pioneer, System Thinker, and Published Author/co-author of over 100 books. Jan combines a deep understanding of systems thinking with a passion for original thought and challenging traditional thinking. Join us as we explore how Jan’s career led him to a breaking point. Frustrated at the Service Management industry's stagnation and how the “same guys that came up with the ...
Mar 18, 2022•27 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast What makes us behave the way we do? How can we identify and influence the way others act? And how should an influential leader really behave? In this episode, we hear Richard Pharro, CEO of APMG International, talk to Robert den Broeder, a Coach and guru of behavioral change, to answer all these questions and more. Robert is the Author of: "Organizational Behavior Management (OBM), an introduction" and the Managing Director at OBM Dynamics. Recognized as “The Science of Success”, Rober...
Mar 11, 2022•30 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Richard Pharro, CEO of APMG International, talks to the knowledgeable and ever-enthusiastic Hannah Cooper, who is a Business Relationship Manager (BRM) in the National Lottery Community Fund. She started in the beginning and was instrumental in building the role from the ground up. Shaped by her strong partner-focused style, Hannah explains to us the importance of the BRM role in ensuring Relationship Management isn’t just transactional: warning us of the loss of organic convers...
Mar 04, 2022•32 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, we hear Richard Pharro, CEO of APMG International, talk to Liz Herman, the Senior Manager at Knowledge Content Training for the Accenture Federal Services in Washington DC. A skilled technical Communicator who puts people at the heart of what she does, Liz recently won the ‘Winner of the Service to the Citizen award’, for her work in transforming complex knowledge (such as federal policies in healthcare and finance) into accessible content, providing services that impact the pub...
Feb 25, 2022•18 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast You can't handle the truth! In this episode, Richard Pharro, CEO of APMG talks to Stacey Barr, The Performance Measure Specialist and founder of PuMP training and certification as she talks through how to 'measure the immeasurable' (intangible, qualitative and vague goals). If you create KPIs or are developing your Evidence Based Leadership and Delivery - this is a must-listen episode. Stacey is a pioneer in performance leadership and her passion is to get leaders to take ownershi...
Feb 18, 2022•31 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast Implementing Best Practice In Business Podcast How Public Private Partnerships PPP help with innovation in healthcare In this episode, Richard Pharro, CEO of APMG International is joined by two guests - Natalia Korchakova-Heeb, Global Lead for PPPs and Greenfield Hospitals and Renas Rechid Global Head of Sales Enterprise Services at Siemens Healthineers. They discuss sustainable healthcare and highlight the key ingredients that need to be considered to make projects successful; Value for Money, ...
Feb 11, 2022•31 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast Implementing Best Practice in Business Podcast is hosted Richard Pharro, CEO of APMG International Our guest in this episode is Timothy Esposito, who talks about implementing best practice Technical Communication at Oracle. Timothy is the Manager of Logistics Documentation at Oracle Corporation where he supervises an international team of technical writers. He’s been a member of the Society for Technical Communication since 2005 and has held various roles including Chapter President in Philadelp...
Feb 04, 2022•26 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of Implementing Best Practice in Business, Richard Pharro, CEO of APMG International, chats to Jesper Schreiner. Jesper has over 25 years’ experience in programme and project management. During his career he became fascinated by the uncertainties in projects and management and completed a master’s thesis on the subject. Prior to his innovative work with the Half Double institute, he was the managing director of the Danish Project Management Association. In this episode, as well a...
Jan 28, 2022•30 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Richard Pharro speaks to Kamil Mroz, who has been listed as a PMI Future 50 honouree - a group of leaders who are transforming the workplace through collaboration, inclusion, and purpose Hear his thoughts on future trends in Project Management and what he hopes to learn from the speed of major projects that have been delivered during the Pandemic. Kamil ‘s experience in people management and project leadership has involved leading of multicultural, diverse, and technical teams c...
Jan 21, 2022•25 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Richard Pharro talks to John Humphries, who provides advice across a number of disciplines including Risk, Agile PM and BA, Change Management, Proposal Management and Better Business Cases. He is a consultant, Trainer and Author and has co-authored and contributed to a number of publications . John works at the centre of Government as a risk management facilitator and instructor with the Houses of Parliament. Following the launch of Better Business Cases, John jumped at the chan...
Jan 14, 2022•32 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode Richard Pharro talks to Milvio Di Bartolomeo, the first person globally to concurrently hold the Strategy Implementation Professional, Managing Benefits and Better Business Cases Practitioner certifications. As a Delivery Office Manager in the Queensland Public Sector in Australia providing assurance, benefits, governance and risk management advice for a portfolio of programmes and projects, Milvio’s role involves providing advice to a plethora of portfolio projects. He is a prol...
Jan 07, 2022•19 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Richard Pharro, CEO of APMG International listens back to series one of Implementing Best Practice in Business and recalls some of the moments that resonated with him. This is a must-listen for anyone in the project, programme, portfolio or change disciplines Hear a wealth of knowledge, expertise, key learnings and experience from thought leaders and practitioners amongst our incredible community. Ep1 Mark Thomas - Governance and leadership Ep2 Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez - Project ...
Dec 24, 2021•13 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of Implementing Best Practice in business, Richard Pharro, CEO of APMG talks to Jo Stanford who has a wealth of experience leading teams through projects, change and the educational development of those within the NHS (which Jo reminds us is not just one organisation but hundreds of individual organisations that it is made up of). Jo is a Chartered Project Professional and Fellow of the Association for Project Management Jo is currently Head of the Corporate Portfolio Office and ...
Dec 17, 2021•33 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast Richard Pharro, CEO of APMG International, and special guest Sergey Samolis, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of PPP Expertise Eurasia, discuss how to change a country’s infrastructure for the better, the real world impact of the CP3P course and how private funding isn’t just synonymous with money, but efficiency. In this conversation, we follow Sergey’s journey from a simple Economic degree to now, where he lets us in on industry secrets and talks about the only globally acknowledged body of...
Dec 10, 2021•33 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast Richard Pharro, CEO of APMG International, and special guest Ricardo Santos, Senior Programme Manager, Irish Rail. Ricardo who is a large project specialist and pioneer in varied project management, shares the importance of constant change, how to move a whole team toward the bigger picture and how Praxis Local enabled him to take on a never-seen-before project with no management blueprint. The conversation covers his rare experience in seeing a capital project from inception to completion, why ...
Dec 03, 2021•28 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of Implementing Best Practice in Business, Richard Pharro, CEO of APMG talks to Eddie Borup, an experienced senior manager who specialises in delivery within portfolio, programme and project management. Hear Eddie's approach to supporting a 1500-strong global, remote team (long before the pandemic) and the simple techniques he uses to ensure everyone is working efficiently and transparently. Although Imposter Syndrome has played a negative role in his thought process, we get...
Nov 26, 2021•34 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of Implementing Best Practice in Business, Richard Pharro, CEO of APMG International is in conversation with Melanie Franklin, whose career making an impact in Change Management spans over two decades. Melanie is the author of the Agile Change Management handbooks and Chief Examiner of the Agile Change Agent course and certification. Her experience and knowledge in the agile and change domains is second to none and she talks Richard through a range of subjects including; Identify...
Nov 19, 2021•22 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast Richard Pharro, CEO of APMG International, and special guest Eddie Obeng, Professor, Author & Theorist, discuss whether Project Leadership is a role or a mindset; the difference between Change and Project Management; and how Eddie's QUBE platform enabled his clients to continue “as normal” through the pandemic. Richard asks Eddie what he would say to a Board if he only had 30 minutes to convince them to take action to improve their success rate, and why exactly the Project Management pr...
Nov 12, 2021•31 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast Richard Pharro, CEO of APMG International, and special guest Pez Kooner, Global Head of IT at Rolls Royce Civil Aerospace, discuss the role of IT Partners and Business Relationship Managers; how an organisation like Rolls Royce keeps pace with technology; and the difference between a Business Relationship Manager and a Project Manager. They further discuss some of the roles that feed into business relationship management - such as Business Analysts - and Pez describes his perspective on the kind...
Nov 05, 2021•30 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast Richard Pharro, CEO of APMG International, and special guest Joseph Lowe, Editor of the Green Book & Head of Economics Branch at HM Treasury, discuss common problems in developing a business case; how to measure the ROI on a quality business case; and how to utilise the 5 Case Model in a time crunch. Change initiatives often fail at the first hurdle as the business case fails to convince senior management of the return on investment. Creating effective business cases and spending proposals i...
Nov 01, 2021•28 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast Richard Pharro, CEO of APMG International, and special guest Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez, author & thought-leader, discuss changes in the Project Economy; the success rates of projects over the last 50 years; and the new Project Management Handbook as written by Antonio in partnership with Harvard Business Review. Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez is a global champion of project management. He is the creator of concepts such as the “Hierarchy of Purpose” featured by Harvard Business Review, and the “Proje...
Oct 19, 2021•30 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast Richard Pharro, CEO of APMG International, discusses the recent interest in Governance and how to tell if investments are really creating value for an enterprise, in this second episode of In Conversation with Richard Pharro. Featuring international expert on Governance Risk and Compliance, Mark Thomas, he gives us his perspective on the importance of governance in Digital Transformation. Find out more about APMG certifications: apmg-international.com...
Aug 10, 2021•23 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast Organisations invest in best practice in areas such as project and programme management, business relationships, change, cyber security, governance, IT and more, but often don’t reap the benefits. Listen to APMG’s CEO, Richard Pharro speak to a range of senior leaders and practitioners who will share lessons learned through implementation and offer practical advice that can be applied by anyone to improve their work processes.
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