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Is project management dead in the digital age
The document is a webinar hosted by APMG International discussing the evolving challenges in project management due to rapid changes in job types and skills in the digital age. It emphasizes the need for project managers to develop new skills to counteract the risk of irrelevance as automation transforms the workforce. Furthermore, it provides contact information and encourages participant engagement throughout the session.
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Is project management dead in the digital age
- 1. 1apmg-international.com Is project managementdead in the digital age? July 2019 apmg-international.com QA.com
- 2. 2apmg-international.com Welcome to ourwebinar! Presenter Ian Clarkson Head of Organisational Consultancy QA Ian.Clarkson@qa.com Host & Moderator Mark Constable APMG International mark.constable@apmg-international.com
- 3. 3apmg-international.com Before we getstarted… This session is being recorded. The recording and slides will be sent to you after the webinar. All participants are muted. Please type any questions into the “Questions” window. Your feedback will help us to improve future webinars. Please send any comments and suggestions to: mark.constable@apmg-international.com
- 4. 4apmg-international.com The challenge facingproject management? “65% of children entering primary school today will ultimately end up working in completely new job types that don’t yet exist” World Economic Forum. The Future of Jobs Report 2016
- 5. 5apmg-international.com Is irrelevance ourbiggest challenge? “…most people will not suffer from exploitation, but from something much worse – irrelevance” 21 Lessons for the 21st Century' by Yuval Noah Harari
- 6. 6apmg-international.com From automation to augmentation… “…anapproach where businesses look to utilize the automation of some job tasks to complement and enhance their human workforces’ comparative strengths…” World Economic Forum. The Future of Jobs Report 2018
- 7. 7apmg-international.com The Top 6project management skills for 4IR The Project Manager of the Future. Developing Digital-Age Project Management Skills to Thrive in Disruptive Times, Project Management Institute, 2018 Anything you think is missing?
- 8. 8apmg-international.com How do wecounteract irrelevance? vs
- 9. 9apmg-international.com Submit questions viayour GoToWebinar control panel. (sorry, function not available on mobile devices)
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- 11. 11apmg-international.com If you haveany questions or feedback, please do not hesitate to contact me: Mark.Constable@apmg-international.com / +44 (0)1494 836161
Editor's Notes
- #6 Can talk around this topic from the book ‘21 Lessons for the 21st Century’ and my blog on the subject: https://www.qa.com/blogs/digital-transformation-how-relevant-21st-century “Biggest challenges humankind has ever encountered is not due to the rise of technology, rather the merger of biotechnology and information technology” “Humans have two types of abilities – physical and cognitive. In the past, machines competed with humans mainly in raw physical abilities, while humans retained an immense edge over machines in cognition. This is changing - this merger may well result in machines outperforming humans”
- #7 If automation is being used for routine tasks this free people for more complex tasks like reasoning, decision making. So, it’s not making PM irrelevant – in fact WEF Future of Jobs Report 2018 predicts a net gain in jobs. Phew! Add in the recent Golden Thread report from the APM that aimed to quantify the social and economic benefit of PM to UK society and the need for PM is going to grow…. The PMI state: By 2027 employers will need nearly 88 million individuals working in project management-oriented roles
- #8 Soft skills are missing. Change management is missing…human skills are missing – i.e. the human skills to move from automation to augmentattion
- #9 Ladder (left image) vs lattice (right image)? Gone are the days of the traditional corporate ladder…organisations need to embrace a more ‘lattice’ approach – i.e. staff can develop sideways into new technologies (lattice) rather than just vertically (ladder) Harvard Business Review reference: https://hbr.org/2010/11/how-the-corporate-ladder-becam