S3E73: What Responsible Project Management is with Dr Karen Thompson, Dr Nigel L. Williams & Dave Corbin

<p>In this episode Dale and Val lift the wrapper on Responsible Project Management, and how we can help support responsible and environmentally aware and conscientious project managers.&nbsp;</p> <p>So what is Responsible Project Management? Their aim is to transform beliefs about project management. &nbsp;&nbsp;Achieving project success is increasingly challenging and ensuring a project is successful requires attention to the project context as well as the parameters of cost, time and quality. &nbsp;New understandings and new competencies are needed for project professionals to navigate the complexities of the social, environmental and economic context of a project. &nbsp;Our purpose is to contribute ideas, events and resources to support the development of the profession of Project Management.</p> <p>Dr Karen Thompson is a Senior Academic at Bournemouth University Business School in the UK. &nbsp;She is an innovative, award-winning educator who researches at the intersection of Project Management and Sustainable Business.</p> <p>Before joining academia, she worked in the field of information systems and technology in financial services, local government, and the voluntary sector.</p> <p>As an academic, Karen is co-founder of the Responsible Project Management movement that brings together researchers, educators, and project management practitioners from a range of industries.</p> <p>Her current research interests include the development of competencies for sustainable development, how projects are managed in refugee camps, and educational use of Lego® Serious Play®, Ketso Connect® and virtual reality.</p> <p>She is a Fellow of the Association for Project Management, Member of the Project Management Institute (UK), Associate Editor for Project Management Research and Practice, Fellow of Advance HE and Project Management Expert for the Centre for Project Management at the University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka.</p> <p>Dr&nbsp;Nigel&nbsp;L.&nbsp;Williams, PMP is the Reader in Project Management and Research Lead in the O