Projectified

Job Skills—Keeping Digital Transformations on Track


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Digital transformations aren’t just technology projects. They’re people projects. Guests discuss the skills and tactics that can help bring an entire organization together around a common vision—and keep everyone focused on the end goal.

 

Jan Olesen, PMP, head of agile transformation for Manulife in Hong Kong, China, outlines how agile principles and approaches can help teams navigate change efficiently—and help them move forward when there is resistance to change.

 

Seema Sadhu, PMP, senior project manager at PVH in Bridgewater, New Jersey, USA, shares how breaking transformations into smaller projects make them more tangible and easier to manage.

 

Rob Loader, PMP, the executive in charge of capital management at Telstra in Melbourne, Australia, discusses Telstra’s digital transformation and how his team has delivered strategic outcomes.

 

Key Themes:

[00:23] What defines a digital transformation?

[03:50] How to overcome resistance to change

[07:21] One transformation, many projects

[08:57] From vision to reality 

[10:32] Building consensus for a better future

[11:58] Leading with purpose

[16:32] From a telco to a tech company

[19:06] Mapping a digital transformation

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