AI Portfolio Governance for the Enterprise PMO with Cedric Fiederer
PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen AI experimentation is becoming an enterprise portfolio problem The first wave of enterprise AI was allowed to be messy. Teams tested tools, built pilots, experimented with agents, automated pieces of work, and tried to figure out what was possible. That exploration created useful learning, but it also created a problem […]
AI Strategy Execution for PMOs: From Gatekeeper to Strategy Navigator with Marc Chabot
PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen AI is creating a strategy-delivery problem before it creates a technology problem AI is making it easier for people across the organization to generate ideas, prototypes, automations, and new ways of working. That sounds like progress, and it can be. But for PMO and transformation leaders, it creates a second-order […]
The Agile Transformation Mistakes Organizations Cannot Afford to Repeat with AI with Jim Highsmith
PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen We are already seeing a familiar transformation pattern Organizations are moving quickly to adopt AI because the opportunity is real. Workflows can move faster. Information can be synthesized in seconds. Leaders can receive options, recommendations, and analysis that once took teams days or weeks to produce. But speed is not the same as judgment. AI can […]
How PMOs Can Cut Through AI Chaos with Paul McNamara
PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen PMO and transformation leaders are being asked to help organizations move quickly on AI while many are still positioned as reporting, governance, and oversight functions. That creates a serious gap. When the PMO is brought in only to track activity after decisions have already been made, it cannot address the […]
AI Is Exposing How Work Really Gets Done
PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen Organizations are rushing to add AI to workflows they do not fully understand. The risk is not simply that the output will be wrong. The bigger risk is that AI will accelerate the gap between the way work is documented and the way it actually happens. When that gap is filled with […]
6 Powerful Steps to Building a PMO Executives Actually Trust
PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen One of the questions I hear most often from PMO leaders is this: How do I build a PMO executives actually trust? Sometimes the question comes from someone who has been asked to build a PMO from scratch. Other times, it comes from a leader who inherited a PMO that technically exists, but is not […]
Why Project Managers Must Start Thinking Like Entrepreneurs with Eddie Monroe
PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen The Award Nobody Wanted Eddie Monroe stood in front of a room packed with nearly a thousand people. The moment came to announce the Project Manager of the Year for his territory. Eddie called the name. The room went silent. Not polite silence. Cricket silence. After the meeting ended, fifteen people ran up to him. They had […]
Top 5 PMO Mistakes That Keep PMOs from Demonstrating Value
PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen Many organizations still debate whether PMOs truly add value. Some executives view them as essential, while others see them as bureaucracy that slows the organization down. The reality is that both perspectives can be true depending on how the PMO was designed. In many companies, the PMO was originally created […]
4 Questions to Ask Before Expanding Your PMO Services
PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen If your PMO has started gaining traction in the organization, you may begin hearing a familiar request: “Can the PMO help with this too?” At first, that request can feel like validation. It suggests that leaders see value in the work your PMO is doing. When teams ask for more […]
PMO as Strategic Advisor: Helping Executives Make Better Strategic Decisions
PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen Executives spend much of their time thinking about where the organization should go. They focus on outcomes such as growth targets, market positioning, customer experience, and operational performance. Those priorities shape the direction of the business. But strategic decisions rarely happen in isolation. Every new initiative requires resources. Every shift […]