Overview:

There are many ways to improve your professional knowledge and skills. One way is to increase your knowledge by reading current and relevant project management books. We've created book clubs that are designed to be small discussion groups led by a facilitator.

It's an informal group meeting for a Saturday morning where one person serves as the facilitator to guide and promote discussion. It is an excellent way to meet other chapter members and open a dialogue regarding trends and challenges experienced by those in project management roles.
And, earn PDUs!

This virtual joint meeting will provide a special opportunity to meet the author, Robert Synder! In October 2024, Robert gave a virtual presentation to the Fort Worth PMI chapter on his Innovation Elegance methodology, and we are thrilled to have him back to talk about his latest book. Make sure to get yourself registered soon so you don't miss it!

Current Book:

Innovation Portfolio: Five Verbs Shape Your Team's Legacy

by Robert F. Synder (Author) 

 

 

“Five Verbs Shape Your Team’s Legacy” is the second book in the Innovation Elegance series. For some organizations, structured documentation has fallen out of favor. Some organizations manage innovation work without thoughtful word choice in their formal plans. These approaches contribute to communication traffic jams, poor employee experiences, and poor project success rates.

This book explains how Five Verbs (draft, review, revise, approve, distribute) shapes a disciplined agreement factory. This factory reduces surprises, laboriousness, and latency in information sharing. The durability of the factory outputs reduces long-term costs. The right documentation, governed by Five Verbs, resembles a love letter to your future stakeholders. The portfolio you leave behind to them forms your team’s legacy.

This empathy for your stakeholders, disguised as a disciplined agreement factory, is nothing short of elegance. Innovation Elegance converts chaos and cruelty into discipline and empathy through familiar activities, habits, and language. Innovators will be able to crawl, walk, and run adopting tools to shape culture, raise project success rates, and improve the employee experience.

Location:

This meeting will be held online via Zoom. A meeting link will be distributed to registrants prior to the meeting.

Cost:

There is no cost to attend this event. Attendees will be responsible for acquiring the book.

Agenda:

The facilitator will open the session and handle the meeting logistics. The group will rate and discuss the selected book.
Other book club business includes:

• Select the meeting facilitator for the next book (volunteer requested)
• Request a volunteer to write a review for the current book to be posted on the chapter website.

Want to learn more? See the Book Club webpage.

PDUs:
You can earn PDUs by simply reading the book. Under the new CCRS guidelines, reading is its own category ("Education - Read"). You can earn up to four (4) PDUs for reading the book selection. You will also earn two (2) "Informal Learning" PDUs for attending the meeting. One volunteer will earn an additional "Giving Back - Volunteering" PDU for writing a book review or (2) PDUs for facilitating the meeting.

The alignment to the Talent Triangle will vary based on the book selection. Please note that "Giving Back" PDUs has a maximum allowed per certification cycle.
Please note: Category limitations may apply.

Questions:
If you have questions, please send an e-mail to the book club manager.