Author Fredrik Härén is promising a provocative look at innovation at his breakfast session at PMI Global Congress 2009--North America, coming to Orlando, Florida on 10-13 October.
Founder of The Interesting Organization and author of The Idea Book, Singapore-based Mr. Härén took the time to answer a few questions about creativity and preview his session, "The Developing World: The Need for Innovation in a Rapidly Developing World":
Why is creativity important to project management?
Project management is about being able to guide a project from an idea to a reality and doing this while a myriad of problems is doing its best to ruin it for you.
No project has ever been done exactly as planned from the start. And creativity is the ability to identify and adapt to problems. In my talk, I will talk about how we can become better at handling quick and unplanned change.
What else will you cover in your session?
I have spent the better of three years interviewing more than 200 people in more than 15 developing countries. I will share what I have learned and why I believe it is crucial that the developed world learns from the developing world--and what role the developing world will play in the future when it comes to innovation. It will be a provocative yet inspiring talk I hope.
Why should attendees get up early to come see your session?
A morning talk should wake--and shake--you up. It should force you to think differently about something. If [congress participants] want a talk that will challenge the way the look at the world, they should come and listen.
Founder of The Interesting Organization and author of The Idea Book, Singapore-based Mr. Härén took the time to answer a few questions about creativity and preview his session, "The Developing World: The Need for Innovation in a Rapidly Developing World":
Why is creativity important to project management?
Project management is about being able to guide a project from an idea to a reality and doing this while a myriad of problems is doing its best to ruin it for you.
No project has ever been done exactly as planned from the start. And creativity is the ability to identify and adapt to problems. In my talk, I will talk about how we can become better at handling quick and unplanned change.
What else will you cover in your session?
I have spent the better of three years interviewing more than 200 people in more than 15 developing countries. I will share what I have learned and why I believe it is crucial that the developed world learns from the developing world--and what role the developing world will play in the future when it comes to innovation. It will be a provocative yet inspiring talk I hope.
Why should attendees get up early to come see your session?
A morning talk should wake--and shake--you up. It should force you to think differently about something. If [congress participants] want a talk that will challenge the way the look at the world, they should come and listen.
Fredrik Härén has an interesting perspective on creativity. I actually changed how I perceived some situations based on his keynote [at a previous keynote conference] in Malaysia.
Combining things to create new ideas, is an important skill for knowledge workers. Creativity is needed today to solve problems.