Al Zeitoun

Presentation: Creating Experience-Driven Organizational Culture – How to drive transformative change with project and portfolio management

Abstract: Organizations continue to struggle in this decade with creating the supportive culture that makes the best use of the dynamic mix of process, people, and technology. These three attributes of transformation have matured over time, yet their integration, and linkages to creating the right supportive and adaptable work environment has missed the mark.

In this presentation, Experience-Driven Culture will be the intentional approach chosen to design an organization that creates the inspiring environment for workers, partners, customers, and extended group of stakeholders.

The experience-driven culture model is built on 4 blocks:

  1. Innovation Drive
  2. Adaptive Ways of Working
  3. Human-2-Human
  4. Enterprise Project and Portfolio Muscles

Excelling in the future is built on a commitment to creating this experience-driven cultures to ensure the achievement of value from the consistent project practices within the portfolios of work across the organization.

  • Driving project management’s maturation into a true strategic delivery capability
  • Comprehensive explorations of the importance of creating a culture of innovation that drives transformative change
  • Practical discussions of how project management skills have evolved and what the future holds for the role of project manager
  • In-depth treatment of the continued evolution of project management offices in an agile and fast-moving marketplace

Takeaways:

The presentation highlights how future organizations will achieve and sustain strategic value. Learn to guide leadership and project teams through cultural shifts, while developing a strong project portfolio management capability:

  • Practices for creating an experience-driven culture and developing project portfolio management muscle.
  • Build your organization and team to invest in creating a focused commitment to Return on Experience (ROE) in every project interaction.
  • Become a strong holistic leader able to design and implement portfolios of initiatives that mater.

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Biography: Al Zeitoun, PgMP, PMI Fellow, is the Global Innovation Strategist. He is passionate about the future of work, business optimization, and operational performance excellence. He served on the PMI Global Board of Directors and contributed to shaping the profession over the decades.

In his role with Siemens, he was responsible for overseeing the Program Management’s Community of Excellence, driving the global program management practices to enhance strategic alignment, and the enablement of the Academic Program in support of the Strategic Transformation priorities. His role also covers ensuring the critical integration of current and future Global Sustainability principles to meet the expectations of Industry 4.0.

He speaks English, Arabic, and German and enjoys good food, travel, and volunteering.

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