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Leading Complex Healthcare Innovation Projects Technology has transformed the way we live, interact with one another and conduct business. It has impacted every single industry, including healthcare. The challenges of healthcare are well known, and while high costs and access issues persist, really cool innovation and healthcare technologies are improving quality of care. In this session, Wale Elegbede will use examples from healthcare and share how you can thrive and deliver business value in this age of constant change and disruption. Identify some techniques your organization, project management office (PMO) and project teams can leverage as you deliver complex projects. Identify some techniques your organization, PMO and project teams can use to build bridge the gap between strategy and execution. Gain knowledge of Servant Leadership principles, why they are important and how they can be applied to your PMO and project teams.

Evolving Project Management to Build Thriving Organisations Everything around us is changing. The workplace, the tools we use, expectations of our stakeholders, and the demands of our customers. These changes are bringing about a revolution in how work happens, and as program professionals, we need to evolve our ways of working to build thriving organizations. At the center of this world are seamless and timely communication, a purposeful collaboration that breeds innovation, and agility that enables our organizations to adapt and be nimble. And at the center of that, is you. Understanding the demands of the current work environment and how you can position yourself to excel Leadership hacks to make you the best role model and drive your own improvement Communication techniques and examples for building lasting engagement and relationships across teams and organizations A secret trick that might mean you never need another status meeting, ever again....

Telling Stories that Inspire: Create Engagement and Belief so People will Act In this active presentation, participants will encounter the deep and fascinating body of knowledge around organizational narrative. This isn't about performance or building your "public speaking" skills. It is a recognition that story is a strategic act: Which stories should leaders tell? It begins with selection, because when you tell the right story at the right time the results can be transformational. David Hutchens will introduce participants to storytelling through a lens of change management. They will discover the three stories they should be telling now in order to move the system and engage their team in a context of extreme uncertainty. Attendees of this session will: Explore how stories of continuity, novelty, and transition are needs that every organizational system has. Hear specific examples of how other leaders and organizations are telling these stories. Identify some of the 'narrative assets' (the value-holding stories) that they can start telling right away!

Scrum Transformation for Publicly Traded Companies Scrum for Publicly Traded Companies shares what the Scrum Inc. team has learned about maximizing investor returns with Scrum, valuations and acquisitions and spinoffs with scrum, and completing initiatives with high investor scrutiny. Our presenter, Joe Justice, will be focusing on examples from Tesla, 3M, and Toyota. This and other IIL Learning in Minutes presentations qualify for PDUs. Some titles, such as Agile-related topics may qualify for other continuing education credits such as SEUs, or CEUs. Each professional development activity yields one PDU for one hour spent engaged in the activity. Some limitations apply and can be found in the Ways to Earn PDUs section that discusses PDU activities and associated policies. Fractions of PDUs may also be reported. The smallest increment of a PDU that can be reported is 0.25. This means that if you spent 15 minutes participating in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.25 PDU. If you spend 30 minutes in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.50 PDU.

Scrum Transformation for Publicly Traded Companies Scrum for Publicly Traded Companies shares what the Scrum Inc. team has learned about maximizing investor returns with Scrum, valuations and acquisitions and spinoffs with scrum, and completing initiatives with high investor scrutiny. Our presenter, Joe Justice, will be focusing on examples from Tesla, 3M, and Toyota. This and other IIL Learning in Minutes presentations qualify for PDUs. Some titles, such as Agile-related topics may qualify for other continuing education credits such as SEUs, or CEUs. Each professional development activity yields one PDU for one hour spent engaged in the activity. Some limitations apply and can be found in the Ways to Earn PDUs section that discusses PDU activities and associated policies. Fractions of PDUs may also be reported. The smallest increment of a PDU that can be reported is 0.25. This means that if you spent 15 minutes participating in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.25 PDU. If you spend 30 minutes in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.50 PDU.

The Magic of Macros The Magic of Macros Learn how Excel's Macros (a.k.a. VBA), can create incredible results in the blink of an eye! We'll start with a few basics, then move to more advanced topics and work through an example. Watch Excel create multiple totals in basically one line of code! This and other IIL Learning in Minutes presentations qualify for PDUs. Some titles, such as Agile-related topics may qualify for other continuing education credits such as SEUs, or CEUs. Each professional development activity yields one PDU for one hour spent engaged in the activity. Some limitations apply and can be found in the Ways to Earn PDUs section that discusses PDU activities and associated policies. Fractions of PDUs may also be reported. The smallest increment of a PDU that can be reported is 0.25. This means that if you spent 15 minutes participating in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.25 PDU. If you spend 30 minutes in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.50 PDU.

A Practical Guide to Introducing Agile "Don't throw your baby out with the bath Water(fall)". This is not a deep conversation about Agile v Waterfall or where to use them (that is for other talks and much deeper thinkers /agile purists). Instead, this talk acknowledges that the world we are living in is complex, where every delivery is different and not binary, i.e., Agile or Waterfall. This talk is aimed at "Non Agilists" and focuses on how they shouldn't be scared of agile and that it isn't about throwing away everything you have learnt from delivering in a more traditional/Waterfall way. It is about building on them and embracing the true mindset and heart and soul of Agile. The key takeaways of the session include: An introduction to some of the basic concepts of agile and which to focus on first How to start your journey from "Non Agilist" to a person that can deliver irrespective of environment Some of the real-life examples and approaches that have been successfully used kick start the journey for both individuals and teams

Business Intelligence for PMs and BAs Today, managers and workers need to interact differently as they face an always-more competitive environment. More and more, we see a new kind of Business Intelligence rising: the collaborative BI. It includes a combination of collaboration tools, including spanning social media and other 2.0 technologies, with online BI tools.' (Source: The datapine Blog)Business Intelligence (BI) is an emerging concept that refers to technologies, applications and practices for the collection, integration, analysis and presentation of business information. The purpose of Business Intelligence for projects is to support better business decision making for project stakeholders. By understanding and applying Business Intelligence, professionals will be better equipped to meet project KPIs and CSFs that lead to project success. In this presentation, we will: Explore and explain this emerging concept of collaborative business intelligence Discuss how BI can help improve certain aspects of decision making for projects, programs and portfolio management Cover the important trends for the adoption of business intelligence in the project life cycle Demonstrate real examples of tool combinations such as those led by Microsoft® with Power BI and Microsoft® Project

Emotional Intelligence in a Digital World In this session, we will explore the brain science behind empathy and focus, the interplay between isolation and connectivity, and the effects of technology on memory. We'll examine the phenomenon of 'virtual distance' and learn strategies for mitigating it and building trust. Lastly, we will connect Emotional Intelligence skills to key project management competencies and look at ways to keep our finger on the pulse of the digital world while nurturing the qualities that make us most human. This and other IIL Learning in Minutes presentations qualify for PDUs. Some titles, such as Agile-related topics may qualify for other continuing education credits such as SEUs, or CEUs. Each professional development activity yields one PDU for one hour spent engaged in the activity. Some limitations apply and can be found in the Ways to Earn PDUs section that discusses PDU activities and associated policies. Fractions of PDUs may also be reported. The smallest increment of a PDU that can be reported is 0.25. This means that if you spent 15 minutes participating in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.25 PDU. If you spend 30 minutes in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.50 PDU.

Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation What does it take to build an organization that can innovate in today's global economy and embrace new technologies? What kind of leadership is needed? How can you select and develop the kind of leadership talent needed? These are questions Linda Hill has been researching along with among others, the former SVP of Technology for Pixar. She will share examples from her book of leaders who have learned how to cultivate 'collective genius' and provide a framework for creating organizations in which people are willing and able to innovate. This and other IIL Learning in Minutes presentations qualify for PDUs. Some titles, such as Agile-related topics may qualify for other continuing education credits such as SEUs, or CEUs. Each professional development activity yields one PDU for one hour spent engaged in the activity. Some limitations apply and can be found in the Ways to Earn PDUs section that discusses PDU activities and associated policies. Fractions of PDUs may also be reported. The smallest increment of a PDU that can be reported is 0.25. This means that if you spent 15 minutes participating in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.25 PDU. If you spend 30 minutes in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.50 PDU.