Strategy & Business

Rethinking Project Knowledge Management in the Digital Era

The pursuit of knowledge has always permeated my journey. This subject still inspires me, mainly due to the profound transformations we are experiencing and the need to rethink how to leverage knowledge to propel project success. Building on my academic research at the intersection of knowledge management and project management, it is both timely and essential to reflect on the current challenges and possibilities that arise when these two disciplines converge.

Production and Supply Networks Management in the Industry 4.0

Industry 4.0, often described as the fourth industrial revolution, is transforming how companies design, manage, and optimize production. Powered by digital technologies, it integrates machines, data, and people into intelligent networks that connect suppliers, producers, and customers. This shift poses new challenges, but also opens opportunities to create more sustainable, flexible, and efficient industrial systems.

Leading with Agility. Empowering Distributed, Cross-Functional Teams in the Hybrid Era

Have you ever thought about how Agile leadership would look if the Agile Manifesto were written today when teams are spread across continents, connected only by screens, and collaborating across time zones? But as project teams have become global, cross-functional, and remote-first, the ways we enable delivery have had to evolve.

One Size Does Not Fit All: The Tailoring Imperative

Imagine every team member wearing the same size suit to a project kick-off meeting, absurd right? Yet, many organisations impose uniform project management methodologies across all projects, regardless of size, complexity, or risk profile. Tailoring challenges this mindset. It advocates for customising methodologies, tools, processes, and life cycles to the uniqueness of each project.

The Revolutionary Paradigm: Business Acumen, Artificial Intelligence, and Project Management Office

In Mexico, we have a traditional board game called “Lotería”, made up of 16 playing boards featuring lottery images distributed in a 4 x 4 pattern. Each image represents distinctive symbols of Mexican culture, including fruits like the pear, animals like the heron, musical instruments like the harp, and iconic characters such as the drunkard, the brave man, the mermaid, the lady, the dandy (el catrín), among others.

Navigating Complexity: What Project Managers Can Learn from Baroque Governance & Transversal Citizenship

In a world where projects increasingly cross sectoral, institutional, and jurisdictional boundaries, effective management becomes an art of navigating complexity. Unfortunately, modern project environments can be compared to baroque governance—full of winding corridors, layered procedures, and ceremonial approvals. To succeed in fields like public administration, healthcare, or nonprofit work, project managers must go beyond technical tools like Agile or Lean. They must also develop transversal citizenship—the ability to bridge cultures, disciplines, and competing priorities. So how change-makers can become value architects in a world shaped by “wicked problems” and “systemic uncertainty”?

The Hidden Engine of Project Success: A Robust Benefit Management Plan

Projects are initiated to create value–financial returns, operational efficiency, strategic differentiation. Yet many fall short of delivering these intended outcomes. Why? A key missing link is often the Benefits Management Plan (BMP) – the bridge between strategy and results. A BMP ensures that a project is not just executed on time and within budget, but that it delivers measurable value. In today’s project economy, where outcomes trump outputs, a well-crafted BMP is no longer optional – it’s essential.

When the Project Relies on You: The Hidden Risk of Heroic Leadership

You’re committed. You know your business, your stakeholders, and your team. You take ownership. You push things forward. And when deadlines loom, you step up. But what happens when everything depends on you? If progress stalls whenever you're unavailable, your leadership might be your project's greatest risk. This is more common than we like to admit, especially among capable, well-intentioned project leaders. It’s not a people problem. It’s a system problem. And more importantly, it’s a leadership challenge.

UX jako narzędzie budowania przewagi konkurencyjnej na rynku

Integracja poszczególnych rynków oraz towarzyszący postępującej globalizacji wzrost konkurencji na rynkach krajowych i międzynarodowych sprawia, że organizacje stają przed wyzwaniem stworzenia takich strategii konkurencji, które zapewnią im względnie trwałą przewagę nad konkurentami. Każde przedsiębiorstwo, które myśli długoterminowo, powinno mieć świadomość, że elastyczność, innowacyjność, różnorodność oraz twórczość w działaniu mogą nie tylko być trudne do osiągnięcia, jak też niewystarczające w osiągnięciu przewagi konkurencyjnej.

Zintegrowany system Lean Management

Jeśli ktoś by mnie zapytał: W jaki sposób moja firma mogłaby stać się organizacją Lean?, odpowiedziałbym: W pierwszej kolejności musisz zrozumieć, że twoją firmę budują trzy obszary. Są to: system zarządzający, system operacyjny oraz postawy, umiejętności i zachowania pracowników. Opisanie firmy w taki sposób – tzn. przypisanie określonych osób oraz działań do konkretnych obszarów, zaprocentuje wiedzą, jak i gdzie należy stosować określone narzędzia czy techniki.