How can a Project manager also be an Entrepreneur? Managing Risks is key to starting a successful business or venture, and who better than the Past President of Project Management Institute, Ireland Chapter joining us from Cork, Ireland?

In this 8th Episode of the L.E.A.D. podcast, we are excited to welcome Pat Lucey, CEO and Co-founder of Aspira, an international consultancy focused on delivering technology and project management services based in Cork, Ireland.

With over 24 years of vast experience in Project Management, Business Development, and Strategic Planning, Pat is the one who should be in your network if you want to learn how to manage risks and keep your projects on track!

In this episode of L.E.A.D. Podcast, we have a very special guest all the way from Turkey, 2015 JCI World President, Ismail Haznedar.

Founder and CEO of GainGlobal and Managing Director of Stratejik Isler, Ismail is a Certified Management Consultant and a Fellow Member of Strategic Planning Society. He also sits on the Board of the Turkish Business Angels Forum.

With over 20 years of vast experience in Strategic Planning and Business Development, Startup consultancy, and Business Analysis, anybody looking to start a new business or needs to scale up should definitely attend this session and grasp all the golden bits of knowledge from Ismail

In this episode, we have Sofia Del Sante with us, who is the trade and innovation representative at ProChile in Munich, Germany.

She will give some tips on how to expand your business globally with a specific focus on the country of Chile. So if you're looking for a supplier or want to potentially expand into Chile

Niklas Hebborn is a Deep-Tech investor at Freigeist Capital. The podcast is about the tech-touch industry, the future of investments, his role and the role of Freigeist in the European startup system, how to find an investment for the new business and what qualities startups should have to get financial help.

Reynold Dumalte is the president of JCI Senators in Europe. The JCI Senate in Europe has over 10,000 members in 37 countries.

Their current activity plan focus is to "Support JCI, increase the business aspect, emphasize the mentoring of our senators and communicate as efficient and effective as possible will be our major preoccupations."

In the podcast, we have discussed together with Reynold what added value the cooperation with the Senators in Europe can bring to JCI members and the local organizations.

Patrick MacLeamy, the former CEO of HOK, a global architecture, engineering, and planning, worked for the company for 50 years.

He is also the creator of the MacLeamy curve, which explains that changes in architecture and construction projects become more expensive further the project has developed.

https://www.danieldavis.com/macleamy/,

This is also one of the core reasons, why so many construction projects go over the budget and miss their timelines.

L.E.A.D. podcast series kickoff and an inspiring conversation with Kevin Hin, Secretary-General of JCI (Junior Chamber International) about the importance of business in JCI.