| Only a few years ago my approach to business was | | | | haven't met before, in countries we've not been to. |
| very much along the lines of risk avoidance. I didn't | | | | What I like immensely about this forthcoming change |
| want to take risk, not at all.In the last few years I | | | | is how traditional project management and |
| have spent more time than ever with risk takers. | | | | programme management - which I have been |
| Talking and meeting with these people has been, and | | | | involved in for years - is going to change dramatically. |
| continues to be, extremely stimulating. Through | | | | Management style will need to be far more |
| conversations I realised that, despite my previous | | | | innovative and creative as a direct result of your |
| perceptions, there was an ounce of entrepreneurship | | | | options for resourcing a project and delivering it |
| within me. In fact, not an ounce but a seed and like | | | | become limitless. True project managers will need to |
| all seeds it needed nurturing to grow. I have been | | | | have the fundamental skill of team building (search |
| focussing on this ever since and channelling my | | | | and selection if you prefer) and collaboration. Online |
| energy and time toward this. One key skill that I | | | | communities will prevail, communities of practice, |
| realised I have is that of risk management. Through | | | | project level communities, client level communities etc |
| avoiding risk for so long I have a great eye for | | | | etc. I'm looking forward to working with |
| identifying risks in the first place. What is different | | | | Entrepreneurs and managing teams in this new |
| now is that I want to take risks. Risk is stimulating | | | | environment greatly, not all will feel the same |
| and challenging. It breeds uncertainty which takes us | | | | way.Who am I? Why choose to work with me?My |
| back to challenges again. I see more and more | | | | background and experience is mainly project |
| that;[a] taking risk is an absolute necessity in today's | | | | management within diverse environments such as |
| world. There are far too many people out there | | | | large corporate financial institutions, medium-sized |
| competing with you. They are not just in your | | | | technology consultancies and smaller start-ups. Having |
| geographic location, they are global.[b] taking risk can | | | | held positions including Operations Director (COO) and |
| certainly reap rewards in much the same way that | | | | Head of Process Management, I recently decided |
| gambling can. Few people though want to gamble.[c] | | | | that the time is right to take a calculated risk and |
| the role of the Risk Manager will be key to all | | | | leave corporate life for good...the entrepreneurial side |
| organisations from start-up to global. It's not the | | | | of my character is prevailing.My focus is on becoming |
| traditional risk manager role though. This is about the | | | | an "Un-natural Entrepreneur". I want to work with |
| literal translation - managing risk. To be explicit, it | | | | people and companies that have vision. I can offer |
| means that you need to take risks and mitigate | | | | key values and skills to help bring your ideas to |
| them where possible and monitor them closely where | | | | fruition. If you are a "starter", then I am your |
| not.For me there are few better environments to | | | | "finisher". My approach to a challenge is to clarify, |
| work in other than this. Let's take risks, let's move | | | | understand, problem-solve, develop and deliver.To |
| fast, let's get up quickly when we fall and not slip on | | | | take an idea or concept through from its inception to |
| the same banana skin for a second time.We will all | | | | its execution requires a consultative approach - a |
| need to take risks in the future as we become more | | | | partnership. |
| and more globalised. We'll work with people we | | | | |