APM Knowledge SIG

Adrian Malone

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Atkins is a design,

engineering and

project management

consultancy.

• 18,462 employees

worldwide

• Revenue: £1.76

billion

• Established in

1938

Knowledge Management and

Project Management

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Venus

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A day on Venus lasts 243 days…

Venus rotates in the opposite direction to most other plants in our solar system…

Image: NASA

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With gravity just 37% of that on Earth, you can leap 3x higher…

There have been >40 missions to Mars, less than half were successful…

Mars

Image: NASA

Why Knowledge and Collaboration

Matters

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Global Infrastructure Gap

• Global infrastructure investment requirements to 2030 was

US$50tn (OECD)

• Mitigating effects of climate change up to 2050 was US$45tn

(OECD)

• UK Government targets 33% cost reduction, 50% time saving and

50% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2025. (Digital Built

Britain)

• 40% saving achievable through applying current best practice

globally, amounting to US$1tn per annum savings (McKinsey)

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How Can We Address This?

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The Challenge With Lessons Learned

The Importance of Communities

• Take ownership of learning process

• Provide context and interpretation

• Knowledge is social

Community first > Then tools and process

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Technical Networks

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Bridges Technical Network

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Key Principles

• Celebrating success and the creation of ideas

• Publically acknowledging contributions

• Valuing sharing of knowledge in career progression

• Celebrating re-use of learning from previous projects on new projects

• Ensuring all can ask questions without fear of ridicule… an issue of trust

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Technical Networks

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Technical Networks

Interpret & validate

Provide ownership

Share guidance

(multi-channels)

Value sharing

Manage skills and

Build trust

Professional Networks – PM Community

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PM Community

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At the Heart of The Professional Project Manager Journey

Final Thoughts

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• We have a global and national infrastructure

investment challenge

• We need to be better at sharing best practice to

drive efficiency and better outcomes

• Learning happens in networks

• Networks are social and need trust, time and

shared sense of belonging to be effective

Thank You

Adrian Malone

@adrianmalone

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