Overview:
Join Brin Hodgskiss (Director, the Psychology of Stories) and Ian Clarkson (PPM Practice Director, QA) as they discuss the importance of storytelling in the project management profession.
- How do we usually try to influence people, and why does it work so badly?
- In what ways do leaders fail to engage their teams?
- Why do people kill?
Anyone with interest in delivering more memorable and compelling stories in the project profession.
Professor Adam Boddison, Chief Executive Officer, Association for Project Management
Dr Ian Clarkson, PPM Practice Director, QA Ltd
Ian heads up the project and programme management (PPM) practice at QA Ltd, a learning organisation providing the largest breadth and depth of PPM learning solutions in the UK and Europe. Ian is a highly experienced consultant, author, trainer and speaker with over 20 years’ experience in project management, organisational change and learning.
Ian was an author of the APM Body of Knowledge, a member of the Reference Group for PRINCE2 6th Edition, and a member of the Global Review Group for MSP 5th Edition. Ian was on the technical advisory board for the development of the APM Higher Apprenticeship in Project Management, and also for the update to the APM suite of certifications. Ian is a regular contributor for Project Manager Today Magazine, and APM blogs, and the APM Projecting the Future initiative. Ian has published over 100 articles on project management.
