Post by Saeed Nayeri

In three days we went from the largest steelworks in the Netherlands (Tata Steel IJmuiden), mid-way through a 200-project journey to carbon-neutral steel, to a floating neighbourhood in Amsterdam-Noord that runs its own solar smart-grid and sells its surplus energy, Europe’s highest swing, and a room full of diamonds in between. The through-line for a group of project managers was hard to miss, circular production, benefits management, stakeholder relationships and the “social licence to operate,” and courtesy of one very over-budget metro line, a live lesson in optimism bias. Plus a bit of team dynamics on two wheels (ask me about the tandem).🚲 Proud of this group, and grateful to the Turing Scheme UK and the University of Northampton for making it possible. Full field notes in the article below, the trip wrap-up is coming next.  Dr Ade Otukoya PhD, sheida salamaat, Gift (Nkem) Ikeke, Robert Atarie Esaduwa, Ellis Okoye, Abigail Agyei Pokua, Abdul Moiz, Urva Nadeem, Shalom Michaels, Esther Wiredu, Rejoice Nomtei, Caroline Mayes, Gavin Moore, Gil Ogilvie-Johns, Taiwo Adeniyi-Ayodele ACIPM, Assoc CIPD #ProjectManagement #Sustainability #StudyAbroad #TuringScheme #UniversityOfNorthampton #MScProjectManagement #CircularEconomy #GreenSteel #BenefitsManagement #StakeholderManagement #InternationalStudyTrip #Amsterdam #Netherlands #ExperientialLearning #LifelongLearning #TataSteel #Heineken #Schoonschip #NDSM #UrbanRegeneration #Decarbonisation #ADAMLookout #GassanDiamonds #TeamDynamics #Leadership