The path to a Resilient world: an effective framework connecting Purpose, ESG and Project Delivery

On October 10^th the PMI hosted “PM4TheWorld Conference”. It was organized by an international volunteer network who care about the world and the people living in it. The aim was to help those affected by disasters, whether man-made or natural, regardless of their race, culture, or religion. Their mission was to initiate, back, and promote events supporting all people impacted by ongoing or unique situations in partnership with not-for-profit organizations that share our objectives.

Within the conference David Dunning and Alex Shapley presented on a broader perspective than on the tactical responses for specific adverse events. Our presentation came from the starting point that ALL organisations need to have the will and ability to provide response to environmental and social challenges from the basis of their key stakeholder worldviews, and their own, wider organisation purpose. Our proposition was that the path to a Resilient world is contributed to by organisations which care about sustainable wellbeing for all humanity, have the ability to transition this into their strategies, and the means to prioritise all objectives for leadership time, funds and resources. Hence – ‘doing good’ is not just a downstream activity to be fitted in or sacrificed – it is instead baked into the organisation governance framework.

“The path to a Resilient world: an effective framework connecting Purpose, ESG and Project Delivery” discusses the importance of integrating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals into the core purpose of organizations.

Summary

The write up notes / highlights the following key points:

1. PM4TheWorld Conference: The PMI hosted the “PM4TheWorld Conference” on October 10th, organized by an international volunteer network to support people affected by disasters. The mission was to promote events supporting all people impacted by ongoing or unique situations in partnership with not-for-profit organizations.

2. Presentation at the Conference by David Dunning and Alex Shapley: The presentation emphasized the need for organizations to respond to environmental and social challenges based on their key stakeholder worldviews and wider organizational purpose. It proposed that organizations should prioritize sustainable well-being for all humanity and integrate this into their strategies and governance frameworks.

3. Role of Project and Programme Management: The presentation explored the critical role of project and programme management in achieving socially and environmentally positive outcomes in a sustainable manner. It suggested that the responsibility for driving these outcomes should not rest solely with project managers but should be embedded / visible in the organization’s goals.

4. Challenges in Commercially Driven Organizations: The presentation discusses the challenges faced by commercially driven organizations in prioritizing ESG goals. It highlights the need for organizations to move beyond tactical responses and integrate ESG goals into their core strategies.

5. Data and Audience Feedback: The presentation included questions to the audience about how their environmental and social workloads were driven. The responses indicated that many organizations rely on individuals to drive these goals rather than integrating them into business as usual.

6. Business Integrated Governance (BIG) Framework: The document proposes the BIG framework as a solution to embed ESG goals into the organization’s identity. This framework emphasizes the need for integrated strategy management and clear accountability for achieving ESG goals.

7. Call to Action: The document encourages organizations to commit to a purpose-driven approach and highlights the benefits of effective governance in achieving sustainable well-being for humanity.

Calls to Action

The Link to the online recording are available here.

Use this presentation privately for your organisation to highlight the challenges and benefits of a purpose-driven approach, questioning whether organisations can commit to such a transformation or whether they will continue to only pay lip-service to sustainability. The audience will be encouraged to reflect on their ability to influence their organisations towards adopting this integrated, resilient approach within which project management for the Resilient World can flourish.

By “attending” this session, you will gain insights into the key issues impacting strategy delivery and learn how to elevate your role in driving organisational success. This is an opportunity to connect, discuss, and share best practices on how to bring strategy to life through effective governance – and by so doing become more able to care about the world and the people living in it.

Useful Links

• Purpose Driven Organisations – Exec Briefing
• Part 1 – Purpose Driven Organisations – Presentation in Partnership with the Good Governance Academy
• Part 2 – Purpose Driven Organisations – Presentation in Partnership with the Good Governance Academy
• BIG – Strategy and Strategic Process
• Deeper event write up and data collected around the event

Who should be interested?

 – Strategic leadership who want to see effective strategy delivery and are inspired to ensure their organisation plays its part in assuring the sustainable wellbeing for the whole of humanity

 – Operations and finance directors who want to see funds / resources deployed in line with strategic priorities and do the right thing where it comes to prioritising deployment of leadership time, funds and resources

 – Governance Professionals who want to see effective decision making, application of policy and process to strategy delivery including ESG goals and constraints

 – Transformation leads who want to fit their delivery and change workloads into a prioritised (funded and resourced) business operation

 – PMO/P3 Directors to cannot see how ESG strategy is driving change or how projects are enabling ESG strategy

 – PMO Leaders who are struggling to support strategic projects and programmes

 – More stakeholder profiles here