Powered by Projects - by Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

The future of business is built on projects--learn how to lead them to fuel your company's growth.

The business landscape has irrevocably shifted. Constant transformation has become the norm. Projects and initiatives are now the primary ways organizations drive value, strategic growth, and innovation. In this new paradigm--the project economy--new approaches are needed for sustained success. Modern project management tools and capabilities are essential, but they are only the beginning.

Powered by Projects: Leading Your Organization in the Transformation Age offers a bold new blueprint. Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez, the worldwide expert on projects-first cultures, shows readers how to embrace the deep changes in leadership style and organizational structures necessary for projects and initiatives to flourish. Exploring the practical strategies and deep case studies of project-driven organizations, you will learn to:

• Decentralize decision-making to empower people to break through the bottlenecks that slow down transformation
• Prioritize ruthlessly and sponsor actively to ensure resources are directed to high-value initiatives
• Develop your organization's transformation muscles to remain resilient, adaptive, and relevant
• Measure success with project-specific metrics, aligning team goals with organizational incentives
• Integrate project analytics and AI to support real-time decision-making, predictive planning, and risk reduction
• Cultivate the next generation of project leaders who will drive the implementation of your initiatives faster and with higher impact

This book is a new manifesto for CEOs, transformation drivers, and project leaders. Lead with agility and purpose. Embrace the project economy. And thrive in a world where projects are the path to success.

About the Author

Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez is the worldwide expert on modern project management. He is the author of the Harvard Business Review Project Management Handbook and the most published expert in HBR on project management. In 2023, he was included in the Thinkers50 ranking, recognizing his research and global impact on modern management. Antonio is a visiting professor in seven leading business schools. After a 25-year corporate career as a program director in PwC, BNP Paribas, and GSK, Antonio launched Projects & Company, a strategy consulting firm that advises executives on how to accelerate their transformations while developing their internal organizational transformation capabilities. He is also the cofounder of the Strategy Implementation Institute. You can follow Antonio through antonionietorodriguez.com, his LinkedIn newsletter Lead Projects Successfully, and his popular LinkedIn Learning courses.