Center Stage: The Voice of The Project Economy

Dr. Madelyn Blair is a leader, author, and researcher who has studied the factors that lead to resilient leadership. This capability is more relevant than ever before, exploring how individuals, managers and senior leaders can increase their agility in the face of our volatile and uncertain world. Madelyn is an award-winning author who will share perspectives with PMI COO, Joseph Cahill, about the qualities that promote excelling in a world of challenge, uncertainty, and loss.

Tom Davenport is the President's Distinguished Professor of Information Technology and Management of Babson College, a Digital Fellow at the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, and a Senior Advisor to Deloitte's Analytics and Cognitive practice. His recent book is ‘The AI Advantage: How to Put the Artificial Intelligence Revolution to Work.’ He has also been an author and co-author of over 20 books and more than 200 articles. His research and writing focus on the impact of information technology on people and organizations. He advises senior executives in many of the largest multi-national organizations on topics such as artificial intelligence, analytics, smart machines, enterprise systems, process management, and knowledge management.

There are very few enterprises that truly surpass the wonders of good fiction, while becoming firmly grounded in the psyche of nations and real history. NASA can claim that status - and only a handful of individuals can be recognized for the exceptional contribution they have made to that organization’s innovative reach for success.Michael Ciannilli is one of those people. He is NASA’s Program Manager for the Apollo Challenger Columbia Lessons Learned Program and has worked for the administration for over 24 years, during which time he’s seen great success and great tragedy - including the destruction in flight of the space shuttle Challenger. In conversation with PMI’s chief operating officer, Joseph Cahill, he talks about how he and his teams work to enhance the efficacy of complex programs, and deliver lessons learned through inspirational projects.