
Cognitive Readiness in Project Teams
Reducing Project Complexity and Increasing Success in Project Management
Productivity Press
1st Edition
Published on 30. June 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
252 pages
978-1-032-09376-5 (ISBN)
Description
Issues surrounding business complexity plague organizations throughout the world. This situation is particularly true of the numerous complex projects and programs upon which organizations embark on a regular basis. Current project management processes and standards are based on Newtonian/Cartesian principles, such as linearity, reductionism, and single source problem causation. However, complex projects exhibit both Newtonian/Cartesian characteristics and complex systems characteristics, such as emergence, self-organization, non-linearity, non-reductionism, and multi-source problem causation. To conduct successful projects, complementary ways of approaching projects are required, and new competencies for those who manage projects and for those on project teams are required as well.
There are a number of books available to help project managers and teams address the issue of systems behavior. However, there are none that approach complex projects from a neuroscience-based approach to human behavior and ambiguity. This book does exactly that in order to reduce project complexity and thereby increase the probability of project success.
Cognitive Readiness in Project Teams looks to the concept of cognitive readiness (CR), first developed by the United States Department of Defense to better prepare and manage teams of individuals in complex battlefield situations. Its intent is to make project managers and teams more focused, responsive, resilient and adaptive through self-mastery and the mastering of interpersonal relationships. It introduces a CR framework for project managers and teams. This framework has neuroscience fundamentals and theorems as the foundation for the three pillars of CR: mindfulness, emotional intelligence, and social intelligence. The book is a compendium of chapters written by renowned authors in the fields of project management, neuroscience, mindfulness, and emotional and social intelligence.
There are a number of books available to help project managers and teams address the issue of systems behavior. However, there are none that approach complex projects from a neuroscience-based approach to human behavior and ambiguity. This book does exactly that in order to reduce project complexity and thereby increase the probability of project success.
Cognitive Readiness in Project Teams looks to the concept of cognitive readiness (CR), first developed by the United States Department of Defense to better prepare and manage teams of individuals in complex battlefield situations. Its intent is to make project managers and teams more focused, responsive, resilient and adaptive through self-mastery and the mastering of interpersonal relationships. It introduces a CR framework for project managers and teams. This framework has neuroscience fundamentals and theorems as the foundation for the three pillars of CR: mindfulness, emotional intelligence, and social intelligence. The book is a compendium of chapters written by renowned authors in the fields of project management, neuroscience, mindfulness, and emotional and social intelligence.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional and Professional Practice & Development
Illustrations
45 s/w Abbildungen
45 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
485 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-09376-5 (9781032093765)
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Carl Belack | Daniele Di Filippo | Ivano Di Filippo
Cognitive Readiness in Project Teams
Reducing Project Complexity and Increasing Success in Project Management
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Carl Belack | Daniele Di Filippo | Ivano Di Filippo
Cognitive Readiness in Project Teams
Reducing Project Complexity and Increasing Success in Project Management
E-Book
02/2019
1st Edition
Routledge Cavendish
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Carl Belack | Daniele Di Filippo | Ivano Di Filippo
Cognitive Readiness in Project Teams
Reducing Project Complexity and Increasing Success in Project Management
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Persons
Carl Belack, Daniele Di Filippo, Ivano Di Filippo
Content
Foreword: Russell D. Archibald, PhD (Honorary)
Foreword by Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner - Digital Economy and Society
Chapter 1: Complexity and Complex Projects - Carl Belack, Daniele Di Filippo, and Ivano Di Filippo
Chapter 2: The Cognitive Readiness Framework - Carl Belack, Daniele Di Filippo, and Ivano Di Filippo
Chapter 3: Introduction to Neuroscience and Project Leadership - Carl Belack and Dan Radecki, PhD
Chapter 4: Minimizing the Effect of Bias in Project and Program Decision-Making - Carl Belack
Chapter 5: Mindfulness: The Foundation for Intelligence and Optimal Performance - George Pitagorsky
Chapter 6: From Mindfulness to Action: Applying Augmented Cognition to Project Management - Daniele Di Filippo, Ivano Di Filippo, and Rebecca Winston
Chapter 7: Emotional and Social Intelligence Competencies and the Intentional Change Process - Richard Eleftherios Boyatzis, Daniel Goleman, Fabrizio Gerli, Sara Bonesso, and Laura Cortellazzo
Chapter 8: Emotional and Social Intelligence Competencies for Project Management - Richard Eleftherios Boyatzis, Daniel Goleman, Fabrizio Gerli, and Sara Bonesso
Chapter 9: Training, Cognitive Readiness Competence Development, and Implementation - Dave Gunner
Afterword - Rebecca Winston
Foreword by Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner - Digital Economy and Society
Chapter 1: Complexity and Complex Projects - Carl Belack, Daniele Di Filippo, and Ivano Di Filippo
Chapter 2: The Cognitive Readiness Framework - Carl Belack, Daniele Di Filippo, and Ivano Di Filippo
Chapter 3: Introduction to Neuroscience and Project Leadership - Carl Belack and Dan Radecki, PhD
Chapter 4: Minimizing the Effect of Bias in Project and Program Decision-Making - Carl Belack
Chapter 5: Mindfulness: The Foundation for Intelligence and Optimal Performance - George Pitagorsky
Chapter 6: From Mindfulness to Action: Applying Augmented Cognition to Project Management - Daniele Di Filippo, Ivano Di Filippo, and Rebecca Winston
Chapter 7: Emotional and Social Intelligence Competencies and the Intentional Change Process - Richard Eleftherios Boyatzis, Daniel Goleman, Fabrizio Gerli, Sara Bonesso, and Laura Cortellazzo
Chapter 8: Emotional and Social Intelligence Competencies for Project Management - Richard Eleftherios Boyatzis, Daniel Goleman, Fabrizio Gerli, and Sara Bonesso
Chapter 9: Training, Cognitive Readiness Competence Development, and Implementation - Dave Gunner
Afterword - Rebecca Winston