February 2022 PMI-4C Monthly Meeting (Telepresence Only)

Join us on Thursday, February 24th for Our Monthly Webinar Presentation: The Road to Defensible Decisions Speaker: Prof. Errol Wirasinghe Ph.D. About the Presentation: Sadly, in today’s world of Big-Data, and VUCA*, traits such as logic, intuition, commonsense, etc., are totally inadequate for serious decision-making. *VUCA: Volatility; Uncertainty; Complexity; Ambiguity “Every action is a Decision, and Every interaction is a Negotiation” A McKinsey survey revealed that over 80% of Sr. Executive (in large to medium size companies) have never had any training on how to make “decisions”! They get through life making decisions, relying on traits such as commonsense, gut-feel, logic, intuition, experience, judgement, etc. Some even have an “illusion of infallibility”! Caution: The absence of an accident does not make the process/operation “safe’! Before we undertake, any serious task, we need to assess “our level of competence”, and compare it to the “required level competency”. Decision-making is no exception. As a Project Manager, you are required to make hundreds of decisions; some with serious consequences! This introductory session is about... Decision-Making. To reinforce your commonsense, logic, intuition, etc., thereby enabling you to make Better, Defensible, Decisions! YOU CAN’T AFFORD NOT TO ATTEND THIS SESSION!! About the Speaker: Prof. Errol Wirashinghe, PhD Errol, a native of Sri Lanka, was educated in the United Kingdon. He has over 35 years of experience in Decision-Making, Optimization, Creative Thinking, and Strategic Planning for Shell Oil Co., Petroleos de Venezuela, Abu Dhabi National Oil Co., Williams and Enron. As an Oil & Gas industry specialist and a University Professor, Errol has published papers on topics relating to Management, Engineering and Economics. He has been involved in decision-making methodology, since the early 70's when he was at Shell Oil Co. Today, this process is used in disciplines as diverse as Budgeting, Career Planning, Safety Audits, Real Estate, Purchasing, Bid Evaluation, Recruiting, Performance Evaluations, Customer Rankings, Team Selections, etc. Fluent in English, Spanish and Sinhalese, he has worked and trained professionals in Asia, Mid-East, Europe, North America and South America. He has a thorough understanding of the impact of cultures and values, on decision-making. Specialties: Decision-Making and Negotiating (Leadership Development) Session Details: Hosted on Zoom Date: Thursday, February 24th 2022 Meeting Time: 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Location: Connection details provided via e-mail after registration. Agenda: 6:20 pm - 6:30 pm Telepresence Session Open / Audio Check 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Speaker Presentation 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm Chapter News / Announcements This meeting provides attendees with 2 PDUs.