By reading this blog I like to share a personal story with a strong link to my role as Global Program Director. Cosmos, by Carl Sagan In the mid-seventies, when I was around 12 years old, I have read the book “Cosmos” from Carl Sagan (1934 – 1996) and bought my own relative small telescope. […]
The wonderful theme of the Project Control Congress of PCO Kennis in Driebergen on the 2nd of February, was ‘Pride’. I gladly accepted the invitation to present at the congress. As you might have read in my “about” page as Global Program Manager, I am responsible for several international projects. Next to that I have several […]
On the 30th of November I gave a presentation about managing International teams at Valid. Valid is a company in the Netherlands who implements Information & Communication Technologies with over 300 employees. Among these employees many knowledgeable project managers. I received the invitation to tell my story due to the fact that I manage extensive […]
17 and 18 November 2016 I visited the IPMA International Project Excellence Congress in Warsaw. Competences of Professionals The theme of this year’s event was the importance of the PM competences which integrate knowledge and experience of project management professionals. The absolute top of international project managers were present and several of them presented their: Project […]
Between 28th and 30th September 2015 I joined the World Congress of the International Project Management Association in Panama (IPMA WC). A key part of this important congress for (international) project managers is the Project Excellence (PE) Award gala dinner, where the IPMA PE jury presents the final results. All projects have been assessed by […]
What an impressive week! From Saturday evening 3 July to Thursday evening 9 July I visited Nanjing in China for the IPMA Project Excellence Awards. Please click here for my previous blog about the preparations in Europe. This visit created an enormously positive view for me on China and the way the Chinese run projects […]
Mid-March 2015 I have successfully completed the International Project Management Association (IPMA) PE Award training. Please find my blog about this training in Denmark here. In April I was asked to execute an International PE Award assessment regarding a large project in China. I will not write about the name, location etc. of this multimillion project […]
Last weekend I attended the Project Excellence Award Training in Denmark (13, 14 and 15 March 2015). This high quality training, executed by the International Project Management Association (IPMA), has learned me how to execute International IPMA Project Award assessments / audits. IPMA is the world leading Project Management Organisation with nearly 60 membership countries. […]
