Intelligent Disobedience - A very different view on leadership in projects & management"

Intelligent Disobedience is the ability to counter management directions or instructions and suggest improvements while defending the integrity of the organisation. This ability requires courage, good presentation skills and political awareness. These skills set the great leaders apart from those who are merely good.

Engaging in intelligent disobedience requires a dedication to your own truth, a dedication to what you personally believe is ethical, and a pursuit of personal growth in your own terms. The challenge for all of us is to engage in our work in such a fashion that we can pursue that all important personal growth and support the highest possible truth, all while still conforming to the needs and requirements of our employers, or the marketplace that pays us for our skills. We will explore this challenging set of objectives as we discuss this topic at the WIT meeting in October.

Speaker's Bio:

Bob McGannon, PMP, is a specialist in Information Technology (IT) management, technology outsourcing, IT delivery measurement and quality, and general project management.

He has 25 years of IT and project management experience, 18 of those years with the IBM Corporation. His management experience includes Technology Operations management, Applications Development in the mainframe and client/server architectures, marketing, team building and development. Bob has worked internationally while playing a major role in the development of international trade applications in use in the United States and Europe, and has just completed a consulting engagement with Medicare here in Canberra. He has managed project teams as large as 460 individuals, once serving as the Infrastructure IT manager for IBM, supporting American Express.

Bob is a certified Project Management Professional by the Project Management Institute, is a certified Executive Project Manager with IBM, and is a Certified Project Management Coach for the Boeing Corporation. He holds university degrees in Operations Research and Mathematics.