Abstract:
- In this thought provoking and engaging special lecture, Dr Effie Konstantinou of University College London (UCL), and long-time friend of ProMAC and Fellow of the Association for Project Management Paul Hodgkins, explore, explain and expand on what is meant by ‘the politics of the self’ - the permanent political relationship that we all have with ourselves.
- They will talk of ‘grand challenges’ and consider how well we, as a project management profession and as individuals leading high value and high-profile projects, are equipped politically and ethically to address them particularly those projects designed to tackle, for example, the ravages of climate change, the despair of poverty and the blight of poor sanitation that adversely affects far too many people in far too many countries.
- In today’s project world that encompasses interdisciplinary, international and cross-sectoral collaborations, change is the only constant. Effie and Paul will discuss the role that ethics must play in guiding our choices when addressing our grand challenges and how those choices can improve lives for the better, or make terrible situations worse.
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Biography:
- Dr. Efrosyni (Effie) Konstantinou
- Efrosyni Konstantinou is Associate Professor in the Strategic Management of Projects at the Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction (BSSC), University College London (UCL) and Director of Ethics and Chair of the Local Research Ethics Committee for the school.
- Effie has developed the philosophy of the politics of the self for project leadership in connection to ethics, professionalism and Grand Challenges, building on research insights from the philosophy of Parmenides, the sociology of professions and the power of senior project leaders in eleven industries (including, pharmaceutical, IT, construction, aerospace, commercial, media and creative industries, medicine, engineering, finance, academia and government).
- Paul Hodgkins
- Paul Hodgkins joined Siemens in 1984 as a graduate trainee and within two years entered the world of Project Management. From February 2006 until June 2013, he was responsible for leading Siemens global programme addressing project business known as PM@Siemens across the UK and North West Europe. During that period he was nominated as a key project and programme management influencer in the UK and was appointed as a Fellow of the Association for Project Management (FAPM).
- From July 2013 until April 2023 he managed his own business where he helped organisations to “unleash the power of projects and programmes.” More recently, Paul has been working on innovative and transformative UK transport business change programmes.
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