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PMI’s 2020 Most Influential Projects highlights more than 250 bold, breakthrough efforts—spanning sectors and continents. Guests discuss three of those initiatives: Hugh Lawson, project director at Sydney Metro in Sydney, discusses how the massive project will transform transportation in the city and how COVID-19 created opportunities to challenge long-held assumptions. César García Marirrodriga, project manager at the European Space Agency in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, shares what scientists hope to learn about the heliosphere from the Solar Orbiter’s seven-year mission. Rob Wright, of Public Services and Procurement Canada, talks about how the project team created a long-term vision with built-in flexibility for a multiyear restoration of Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.  Key themes [00:56] PMI’s 2020 Most Influential Projects[02:24] Sydney Metro to bring new ways to move around the city[04:43] Challenging long-held assumptions and finding opportunities in COVID-19[07:00] Sydney Metro transforming transportation for years to come[09:31] Solar Orbiter: Unlocking secrets of the sun[12:25] Creating a long-term vision with built-in flexibility for Parliament Hill Rehabilitation[15:03] Using Centre Block as an apex project to drive strategy[17:37] Lesson learned: Bring construction and design together on day one

Command and control leadership is losing ground to a new style—one that emphasizes creativity, resilience, authenticity and a willingness to reach out for help. Two TED@PMI speakers discuss the must-have skills of the modern leader.Billy Samuel Mwape, PMP, assistant information and communications technology manager at Development Bank of Zambia in Lusaka, discusses resilience and letting team members make mistakes. He also talks about a very personal project: unifying a team of therapists in response to his son’s diagnosis of cerebral palsy. Chiwuike Amaechi, PMP, principal subsea intervention engineer at Shell Nigeria Exploration & Production Co. in Lagos, Nigeria, discusses the power of storytelling and shares how he uses the skill to drive home the points he wants to make to his team. Key themes [01:17] Leaders wielding creativity, empathy and resilience[02:46] Traits of resilience: Know the roadmap and be transparent[07:01] How uncertainty drives creativity[12:19] Using storytelling to unite teams[14:20] The role of listening for storytellers[16:06] When crafting stories, reflect and be deliberate

Innovation in the healthcare sector takes time—with companies devoting long hours to research and clinical trials while adapting to regulatory changes along the way.  Leo Rapallini at Medtronic in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA discusses how his team upgraded the world’s smallest pacemaker for a bigger share of the market. He talks about how company culture and a passionate, multidisciplinary team helped the organization deliver disruptive innovation.  Andy Molnar at UVD Robots in Boston, Massachusetts, USA shares how the company scaled up to meet a global increase in demand for its autonomous disinfection robot. He also discusses how he sees bots helping humans do more strategic work in healthcare.   Key themes [02:16] Staging development: Starting pacemaker innovation with the Micra VR[06:08] Micra AV: Giving a tiny pacemaker an upgrade[08:25] Company culture, passionate team key to disruptive innovation[12:07] COVID-19 shines spotlight on sanitation across industries[14:13] How UVD Robots scaled up to meet spike in demand[19:06] Robots not taking over—helping humans do value-added work in healthcare