Risk and Resilience – Towards a More Effective Narrative…14/11/19

Organisation: APM
Date: 14/11/19
Time: 18:00
Speaker: Tom Jarman and John Arthur
Venue: Copthorne Hotel Newcastle
Cost: Free for APM Members or £10 for non-members
Type: Presentation/talk
Contact: events@apm.org.uk
Region: Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Time of Day: Evening
Topic: Networking

Tom Jarman and John Arthur examine differing modern forms of the dual operational concepts of ‘risk and resilience’ considering how these generate insight and add value.

Tom’s career in Project & Programme management was at the time when the need for ‘The Risk Register’ was the dominant narrative; John’s Organisational Psychology approach wrestled with multi-national crisis-management in global supply chains where regulatory scrutiny dominated. Both came to the conclusion that Risk and Resilience were too easily hard-wired as merely transactional processes generating organisational assurance. The effort needed to generate even this result meant that changes or challenges to systems thinking – based on their manifest efficiency or efficacy in generating real insight and measurable value, were not welcomed.

Despite the steady recurrence of highly publicised failures in programmes, projects and sectors of industries purportedly “protected” by standard Risk and Resilience management systems these legacy methodologies remain the dominant narrative.

Tom and John will be exploring a newer narrative. Tom will open by tackling the ‘grass roots expression’: how do people talk about these concepts at the basic organisational levels; how does the business still view the processes and outcomes; is it used to actually identify real risk within, and build any genuine resilience into, an organisation? John considers the strategic gap in the industry-standard approaches. He will lay out practical examples from the triple challenge of ‘Motivation, Meaning & Measurement’ for the design of Risk and Resilience Reasoning Systems to add demonstrable insight and value.

Tom concludes by looking at the current trajectory of Risk and Resilience in the context of construction. He will address developing challenges that mean a better Risk and Resilience narrative, acting as a framework to understand the future, is needed more than ever.

Timings:
18:00 Registration, networking, refreshments
18:20 Introduction to speaker
18:25 Presentation
19:45 Questions and closing
20:00 Close

This event is suitable for professionals with an intermediate level of experience.

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Site tour of TeesAMP07/11/19

Organisation: APM
Date: 07/11/19
Time: Site tour of TeesAMP
Speaker: Andrew Coleman
Venue: TeesAMP
Cost: Free
Type: Site Visit
Contact: events@apm.org.uk
Region: Tees Valley: Tees Valley
Time of Day: Day
Topic: Site-Operations

TeesAMP is a new 11-hectare site being developed by Geoff Hogg that will address the national shortage of high-quality buildings suitable for modern advanced manufacturing companies and processes. Representing an investment of £55m, and counting, TeesAMP will make a significant contribution to the economy of Tees Valley attracting excellent firms and the jobs they will bring.

Set in a prime location in Middlesbrough at the heart of Tees Valley, TeesAMP will provide a 21st century environment designed to encourage the clustering of like-minded businesses from a variety of industrial sectors. The modern facilities will help businesses maximise potential for products and services and help Tees Valley become synonymous with advanced manufacturing and emerging technologies.

You will be given a guided tour by Andrew Coleman, Site Manager of Robertson Construction, showcasing buildings at various stages in their construction including foundation level, steel frame and external cladding.

Timings:
8.00: Registration and refreshments
8.30: Site tour
10.00: Close
There is a limited number of spaces available so a waiting list will be in effect. Please bring your own PPE – safety boots, hats, glasses and gloves. This is a joint event between APM and RICS

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Overcoming the challenges of the Kynren project27/11/18

Organisation: ACE
Date: 27/11/18
Time: 18:00
Speaker: Deniece Wanley
Venue: Flatts Farm Toronto Bishop Auckland. D14 7SF D14 7SF
Cost: Member ticket: FREE; Non member ticket: £10.00
Type: Seminar
Contact: https://www.apm.org.uk/event/overcoming-the-challenges-of-the-kynren-project/
Region: Northumberland
Time of Day: Evening
Topic: Other

Presentation by Deniece Wanley, Head of Business Development and Communications of “Kynren – The story of us”. Now in its 3rd season, and on track to have been seen by 500,000 visitors by 2020, the presentation details the real “heart and soul” story behind this unique World Class Show. From concept & inception, through to its 10 year plans to put Bishop Auckland and the North East on the map as one of the biggest UK visitor attractions.

Kynren is made up of 1,000+ volunteers, and manages to attract visitors from as far as Japan. It is an international success story. The APM North East Kynren event will explore how Kynren has managed to overcome the following challenges:

1) Bringing 1,000 volunteers together on the story
2) Getting it right. From dream to reality.
3) Secrets to success

Kynren – An Epic Tale of England the action-packed live blockbuster performed by a cast and crew of 1,000,  taking you on an amazing journey through 2,000 years of history, myth and legend. Kynren, a world class show brought to life with magnificent sets, combat, stunts, horsemanship, stunning pyrotechnics and amazing special effects set to a thrilling original soundtrack. Kynren is a captivating experience for all the family, it really has to be seen to be believed!

This event is suitable for professionals with any level of experience.

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The Davy Case – A tale of warning and a true tale of doom07/11/18

Organisation: APM
Date: 07/11/18
Time: 18:00
Speaker: Stephen Carver
Venue: The Mansion House, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 1TJ
Cost: Free to members; £10 for non-members
Type: Seminar
Contact: https://www.apm.org.uk/event/davy-case-with-stephen-carver/ or 0845 4581944
Region: Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Time of Day: Evening
Topic: Other

Once upon a time there was an oil rig called Ali Baba. It was built in Norway in 1976 and for many years it plied its ordinary trade searching for oil across the world. However in 1989, this rig became the focus of one of the North Sea’s most extraordinary stories – a story of how an ex-diver dreamed of developing his own oilfield. The cast of characters in this incredible but true story include the British Government, Davy International, Trafalgar House, Hong Kong Land, Kvaerner and the Finish State Oil company. The story charts the progress of this incredible dream from its humble beginnings, to its spectacular realisation and it’s final degeneration into a commercial and contractual nightmare.

Stephen Carver:

Stephen is rated as one of the top 3 lecturers at one of Europe’s top MBA Business Schools. He has a reputation of taking complex management concepts such as Project, Programme and Crisis Management and being able to distil them down, into highly informative and fun lectures – often using “storytelling” techniques. His attitude is “if you haven’t done it – you shouldn’t be teaching it!”

Unusually, for an academic, he has actually spent most of his working life in real business and still runs his own, highly successful, management repeat of the Challenger disaster – NASA had not truly learned the lessons of the past!

Prior to Cranfield University, Stephen worked on projects for the oil business before moving on to work at Virgin before working directly for a global CEO as head of Project & Programme Management Strategy. He has experience of Project and Programme Management in almost all business sectors from banks to oil and from construction to law firms. He has lectured and consulted globally and is highly experienced in presenting ideas in a way that bridges different cultural and organisational differences. He is an Honorary Fellow of The Institute of Risk Management and an Honorary Fellow of the Association of Project Management.

 

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