Newsletter - February 2023

PMI Belgium Chapter kicked off 2023 with the traditional New Year’s General Assembly event. 

I wanted to kick-off this year with more interaction with the audience and I proposed the attendees to submit their ideas and sentiments about Chapter’s activities through a live online survey.

Project Management in Retail by Colruyt Group

Colruyt Group is a Belgian retail business founded in 1928 by Franz Colruyt. A 10B Eur revenue business in 2021, the group is managing the Colruyt Lowest Price supermarkets and other brands such as OKay, Bio-Planet, DATS 24, DreamLand, DreamBaby, JIMS fitness centers, Bike Republic, the online pharmacy Newpharma and others. The group employs 33,000 workers, active in three countries, and operates one of the largest retail networks in BeNeLux, with more than 740 stores, 300+ collect & pick-up points.

By Shirley Pullan, PM for PM Fair 2023

In our post-pandemic age we learnt from our PM Fair of 2022 the importance of embracing change to manage our future. But what is the future? Those that read PMI Global Megatrends report 2022 will be aware of key areas of change that impact industry, and ultimately ourselves as project managers and team leaders.

Author: Stuart Thorp

This is the 6th in a series of PMI Belgium monthly newsletter articles relating to Climate Action.

I was very pleased to hear positive comments from attendees of the PMI Belgium General Assembly on 24 January who had read previous articles - thank you for this feedback and encouragement :-)

PMI - BOOK REVIEW - by Gregor Nicolas 

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Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know February 2, 2021 by Adam Grant 

Who is the author? 

Author: ELGUARNI Mohammed Elmehdi

Project Management Institute France

Since I am a passionate about project management and especially about one of its fundamental components, “the project risk management”, I was amazed when I read a quote from Denis Waitley saying: “Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.” To me, so far, it’s the most complete definition of any project manager’s journey through a project.

Arlène Derbaix & Jessica Thiry from Bliss

It is now a known fact that women in leadership positions are great assets for any teams or any companies. An HBS(1) research shows that gender diversity, in regions where gender diversity is seen as important, relates to more productive companies (as measured by market value and revenue)

Why is it so? 3 reasons for that: