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Project Leadership History in the Making: This series of seminars is a joint collaboration between EQ seminars and Lessons-from-History. These will be piloted through 2010 with selected PMI Chapters (Ohio, Alaska, Washington). |
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Making Connections: A Family Story Links with “Lessons from History and The Great Escape” by Godfrey Jordan, PMP. Relatives of a POW survivor (Harold Garland) take part in the Great Escape Workshop at ProjectWorld (2010). |
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A Provincial Government has adopted Lessons from History seminars as a key component in their Executive Leadership Development Program, preparing senior directors for business transformation planning and execution: |
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Public Safety Communications Magazine (The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International (APCO)), April 2010, published an article titled “How the Sense-&-Respond Method Helped in the Battle for Britain.” For further information on the article, including background information to the story, please check: |
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The release of the first of two new books in the series, "Agile Leadership & Management of Change - Winston Churchill" written by Mark Kozak-Holland. This book analyzes a period of time from WW II when Winston Churchill faced near defeat for the British in the face of sustained German attacks. The book describes the strategies he took to overcome incredible odds and turn the tide on the impending invasion. Aimed at business executives, IT managers, and project managers, the book extracts learnings from Churchill's experiences that can be applied to business problems today. The book is officially released on September 1st, 2009. |
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The release of the second of two new books in the series, "Project Lessons from the Roman Empire: An Ancient Guide to Modern Project Management," written by Jerry Manas, author of the international best-seller "Napoleon on Project Management," analyzes the leadership techniques, management processes, and project controls that led to the rise (and fall) of the Roman Empire. He takes each lesson learned from analyzing the ancient period and applies it to today's project management environment. A fascinating book that extends the popular article series Manas has published over the past few years. The book will be officially released on Jan. 1, 2010; however, it can be purchased in advance of its official publication. Just go to the following URL where a sample chapter is available for those who like to sample.
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University of Denver
June 1st, 2009 - the Great Escape ran again in a MBA class for Project Management. The class provided several new reviews of the book.
PMI South Alberta Chapter
May 28th, 2009 - A large representative group (100+) gathered for a presentation of Project Lessons from the Great Escape.
PMI La Crosse
May 19/20th, 2009 - A presentation of Project Lessons from the Titanic at two locations of Rochester and La Crosse.
PMI Ann Arbor
May 18th, 2009 - A return to the chapter (fourth visit) saw a presentation of Titanic II (Risk Management).
Project World Canada - Toronto, ON
May 15th, 2009 - An audience of 25 assembled at Metro Centre for the full day Titanic workshop.
Project World Canada - Toronto, ON
May 13th, 2009 - An audience of about 60 assembled for Project lessons from the Great Escape.
PMI Manitoba
April 30th, 2009 - A double workshop including the Great Escape and Titanic presentations was attended by an audience of about 30.
PMI Thumb
April 14th, 2009 - An audience of about 40 assembled for this Great Escape presentation.
DAMA International Symposium + 9th Annual Wilshire Meta-Data Conference
April 8th, 2009 - Keynote presentation on Churchill's Adaptive Enterprise, to 200+ attendees.
PMI Buffalo Chapter
March 21st, 2009 - This mini conference brought representative from 15 PMI chapters. A small representative group gathered for a presentation of Project Lessons from the Great Escape.
PMI New Hampshire
March 18th, 2009 - Manchester, NH, an enthusiastic audience of about 70 assembled for Project Lessons from the Great Escape. At the outset a couple of skeptics questioned whether this could be classified as a project, in the end agreed it was. Much discussion on What if scenarios, like if the improvised signal system to come out of the tunnel had been better managed. Alarm would have gone much later, if at all, and more time to get POWs away from camp.
PMI Syracuse Chapter
March 17th, 2009 - St Patrick's day brought a cheery crowd with some spouses in tow, of about 40 for Project Lessons from the Great Escape.
PMI Durham Highlands Chapter
February 17th, 2009 - Home chapter for the speaker, an enthusiastic audience of about 70 assembled for Project Lessons from the Great Escape. Much interest in the Canadiam POWs, namely Wally Floody the tunnel king, (Charles Bronson's character was based on him. Wally was transferred to another camp in February 1944 and didn't take part in the escape.
Genworth Financial Project Group
December 8th, 2008 - Held in Oakville, Ontario and video conferenced to Richmond, Virginia the audience of about 30 PMs and BAs took part in an extended Great Escape presentation. Much discussion on how it compared to internal Genworth practices and processes.
Hewlett Packard Project Management University (PMU)
December 7th, 2008 - Held in Mississuaga, Ontario an audience of about 60 HP PMs assembled for the Great Escape presentation. Some discussion on the applicability of the PMBOK areas to the project.
PMI Ocean State Chapter
November 13th, 2008 - An enthusiastic audience of about 80 assembled for this Great Escape presentation. Some discussion on the conditions for the POWs and how the project was initiated.
PMI NYC Chapter Dinner Meeting
November 12th, 2008 - An audience of about 80 assembled for this Great Escape presentation. Much discussion on the planning of the project.
Gantthead.com - Churchill: The PM Series Wrap-Up (Part 1 of 2)
November 17th, 2008 - This penultimate article wrap up the series and at the first 10 lessons learned.
University of Denver
November 1st, 2008 - the Great Escape is being incorporated into an MBA class for Project Management. This requires reviews of the book and the 1963 movie.
Project Canada – Vancouver, BC
October 29th, 2008 – An audience of about 35 took part in the full day Titanic Workshop. Some discussion on handling stakeholders and their perceived role in projects.
October 28th, 2008 – An audience of about 60 assembled for this presentation of the Great Escape. Interesting questions on how well the project schedule was defined (of course nothing was ever written down) and managed.
PMI Binghamton Chapter Dinner Meeting
October 16th, 2008 - An audience of about 20 assembled for this Great Escape presentation, including local IEEE and APICS members. Interesting questions on unearthing stool pigeons and attempts to plant them in the camp.
PMI NYC Chapter Dinner Meeting
October 15th, 2008 - An audience of about 150 assembled for this Great Escape presentation. Some discussion on the PMs role in the implementation of a project, and the need to step back and manage the project holistically and without emotion.
Presentation for IT&T SIG
October 9th, 2008 - An audience of about 150 assembled on a conference call for this Great Escape presentation.
Article in CIO.com on What You Can Learn from IT's Biggest Project Failures
October 9th, 2008 - The Tech Disaster Awards: What You Can Learn from IT's Biggest Project Failures, By Jake Widman with quotes from Mark Kozak-Holland.
PMI CMIT Workshop University of Virginia
September 26th, 2008 - An audience of about 60 Great Escape workshop (2 hours). Very good discussion developed over the project leadership, Bushell’s role and his actions through the project. Was his leadership self centered? Also why were 3 tunnels started not 2 or 4?
PMI-MN Professional Development Day
September 24th, 2008 – two half day workshops on Titanic and the Great Escape. This workshop was a first as it allowed the audience to directly compare and contrast the two projects. Some discussion on the camaraderie between the POWs and how it impacted the project and morale.
PMI CVC Dinner Meeting (2 locations)
September 20th, 2008 – Two back to back presentations on the Great Escape at Southside and West End locations. Some interesting questions on how the Allied POWs were segregated and treated by nationality, intent to be used as bargaining chips later in the year.
PMO Conference Community of Practice
July 4th, 2008 - An audience of about 35 took part in the full day Titanic Workshop. Some in depth discussion on what do you with an out of control project stakeholder that can derail the project off course.
Gantthead.com - Churchill: The Agile PM (Part 24)
June 17th, 2008 - This article starts to wrap up the series and looks at the events in the month of September.
Intel PM Community of Practice
May 20th, 2008 - An audience of about 150 assembled for this conference call on Project Lessons from the Great Escape presentation.
PMI - Northern Alberta Chapter (NAC) Conference
May 6th, 2008 - Churchill's Demand Driven Supply Chain: Beaverbrook's Story. Professional Development Conference (PDC). An audience of 90 assembled for the presentation. The focus was on how Churchill and Beaverbrook overcame institutionalized resistance to change to implement a supply chain that changed the course of history. Recommendation to look up "Arms of Krupp" the story of Krupp steel who provided armaments for the German military.
PMI - Regina/South Saskatchewan Chapter Workshop
April 30th, 2008 - Professional Development Conference (PDC). An audience of 40 assembled for the full day workshop on Titanic which focused heavily on risk management. In all 7 risk exercises were completed across the project life cycle.
PMI - Regina/South Saskatchewan Chapter Lunch Keynote
April 29th, 2008 Professional Development Conference (PDC). An audience of about 240 assembled.
City of Los Angeles Emergency Management Department Workshop
April 24th, 2008 - An audience of about 40 Senior Manager responsible for Emergency Management across the City of LA gathered for the two hour workshop. Some very interesting questions on the relationship between Ismay and Smith. The pseudo naval hierarchy and regimented discipline on board the ship probably limited what Smith could do, and how he could approach Ismay.
Project World Canada - Toronto, ON
April 19th, 2008 - An audience of 20 assembled at Metro Centre for the full day Titanic workshop. The principal objectives were to go through the timeline (of the construction project and maiden voyage) and examine things from a risk perspective.
Project World Canada - Toronto, ON
April 17th, 2008 - An audience of about 80 assembled for Project lessons from the Great Escape.
Nobilis - Washington DC
April 16th, 2008 - Lunch session for Project lessons from the Great Escape broadcast to several locations, with over 100 attendees from around the business.
PMI Washington DC
April 15th, 2008 - An amazing turn out to the presentation of Project lessons from the Great Escape. The world’s largest PMI (8,000 members) had over 400 attendees. The executive board continue to do a great job in growing this chapter learning lessons to be had for other chapters.
New Book Review of Churchill's Adaptive Enterprise
April 13th, 2008 by Anne Marie Smith (Mantua, NJ USA). "...modern business may not be engaged in the epic struggle that was World War II, but the use of concepts such as governance, and practices from historical events can give some perspective on their application in 21st century organizations." Follow this link to Amazon.
Fleming College Peterborough Ontario
April 11th, 2008 - Presentation of "Churchill's Demand Driven Supply Chain: Beaverbrook's Story" to Fleming College students in the post-graduate Global Supply Chain Management program. The focus was on how British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Canadian Lord Beaverbrook jump-started production of RAF aircraft in the wake of an invasion threat from Germany during World War II. Interesting points about Beaverbrook that he was a very wealthy man well before he took up the post.
Gantthead.com - Churchill: The Agile PM (Part 23)
March 17th, 2008 - This article starts to wrap up the series and looks at the events in the month of August. It tries to answer the most difficult question of any project, namely: Did it meet the requirements and reach its goals? Did the output (solution) achieve what it was designed to do? Did it assist in a critical situation and help the organization react to it? It starts to post mortem the solution.
Project Manager Today’s 10th Risk Management Conference
March 13th, 2008 - Held in Birmingham in the U.K. saw the Project lessons from the Great Escape about the extreme risks facing airman plotting to escape from Stalag Luft III in World War II. The conference had very interesting presentations from Paul Mitchell who described the huge range of disparate, and sometimes conflicting risks, facing the team that created Arsenal's new Emirate's stadium and created a major London urban renewal scheme at the same time. Other speakers included Keith Baxter who showed that the extreme personal risks faced by mountaineers are also faced in business.
PMI Scotland Chapter, Edinburgh
March 10th, 2008 - An audience of around 30 met for the presentation on IT lessons from Titanic.
PMI Southern Alberta Chapter, Calgary
February 28th, 2008 - An audience of over 120 met for the presentation on business lessons from Titanic. Interesting question related to the atonement of Belfast workers of deficient shipping building practices that led to the manufacture of a poor quality product. Also more relevant today who should be responsible or guardian of the Disaster Recovery plans? Typically, this would lie with operations.
IEEE-SFV Chapter
February 13th, 2008 - Met at the Cal State Univ. Northridge, Faculty Club for a presentation on Churchill's Adaptive Enterprise. The audience had a wonderful and inspirational veteran from the Battle of Midway, 1942 (radio operator). See
http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/sfv/20080213MarkKozakHolland/20080213MarkKozakHolland.htm
ACP Orange County Chapter
February 13th, 2008 - A audience of about 35 assembled for lunch and a two hour presentation on business lessons from Titanic for contingency planners. Interesting question as to whether the emerging technologies on the ship where too advanced or far ahead for practical use. See www.acpoc.com
APICS-VENTURA Chapter
February 12th, 2008 - A smallish audience assembled for dinner and a presentation of Winston Churchill’s Demand Driven Supply Chain: Beaverbrook’s story. Interesting question related to the supply of fighters outstripping pilots, and so creating an inventory. See www.apics-vc
ACP Los Angeles Chapter + IAEM
February 12th, 2008 - An audience of about 30 assembled for lunch and a two hour presentation on business lessons from Titanic for contingency planners. The International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to promoting the goals of saving lives and protecting property during emergencies and disasters, see www.acp-international.com/la or www.iaem.com
APICS Los Angeles Chapter
February 11th, 2008 - Including LA, SGV, and Anaheim in special Professional Development Meeting (PDM). A audience of about 25 assembled for dinner and a presentation on business lessons from Titanic. Good trivia question, which actor played in of the two highest grossing movies (Titanic and Lord of the Rings).
Ministry of Agriculture, Edmonton, AB
January 18th, 2008 - First event of the year started with a half day workshop on Project lessons from the Great Escape. Run with a large group of project coordinator running a variety of very different projects, e.g., Bio-fuels, Bio-technology, Exports, Research and Development, IT, etc.
Gantthead.com - Churchill: The Agile PM (Part 22)
January 14th, 2008 - This article starts to wrap up the series and looks at the events in the months of June and July that determined the performance of the solution.
New Book Review of Churchill's Adaptive Enterprise
January 1st, 2008 - By Steve Neiderhauser (Dallas, TX USA). "Today's business gurus evangelize the benefits of story like a TV evangelist on a book tour. Still, there are few authors who use story to teach business strategy. Enter Mark Kozak-Holland who uses the stories of history to teach the lessons of the adaptive enterprise. Long after you've read and forgotten strategy concepts taught in standard text books, you'll find yourself remembering and applying adaptive enterprise concepts through the stories in Churchill's Adaptive Enterprise; stories that breathe life into the sense and respond organization." Follow this link to Amazon.
If you have any questions regarding these events please contact mark.kozak-holl@sympatico.ca