Fernando Maquiaveli is a senior manager of global programs with 25+ years leading complex programs across multinational environments, currently pursuing a Professional Master's in Project Management at UNINOVE with research focused on Cultural Intelligence, Internal Stickiness, and AI in multicultural projects.
Which project management certifications do you currently hold?
PMP, DASSM, and currently pursuing my PgMP
Which volunteer team do you currently support?
PMI AI & Project Management Research Hub, hosted by the PMI Goiás Chapter, bringing together volunteers and researchers from multiple Brazilian PMI chapters. I serve as Tribe Leader and Chief Researcher for Tribe 4, focused on the intersection of Cultural Intelligence, Generative AI, and project success in multicultural environments. In parallel, I contribute as Subject Matter Expert for PMI Standards+, writing articles that connect research findings to practitioner application, and I participate as a mentor in the PMI DF mentoring program, supporting project professionals in their development.
What impact does your volunteer team have on the project management profession?
The AI/PM Research Hub transforms emerging research into structured, applicable knowledge for the project management community, going well beyond surface-level AI conversations. Our work bridges academic rigor and practitioner reality: we produce frameworks, executive articles, and diagnostic tools that help project professionals navigate the real friction points where culture, technology, and human behavior intersect. By connecting researchers across multiple Brazilian PMI chapters, we are building a knowledge base that is critical, evidence-based, and genuinely useful in complex, multicultural project environments. This impact extends beyond the Hub itself. Through my role as Subject Matter Expert for PMI Standards+, I contribute articles that draw from 25+ years of hands-on experience, informed and sharpened by my academic background, turning lived practice into useful guidance for the broader community. Through the PMI DF mentoring program, I work directly with project professionals navigating their own development journeys, closing the loop between knowledge production and knowledge application.
How does your volunteer experience benefit your day-to-day job as a project professional?
My three volunteer roles each feed a different dimension of my professional practice. Leading Tribe 4 sharpens my ability to turn complex questions into structured deliverables under real constraints. Contributing as SME for PMI Standards+ disciplines how I translate experience into clear, transferable knowledge, a skill directly applicable when communicating with senior stakeholders. And mentoring at PMI DF keeps me grounded in the developmental challenges project professionals face at different career stages, making me a more attentive leader with my own teams. Together, they create a feedback loop that continuously strengthens my judgment and my capacity to lead in complex environments.
Which M.O.R.E. principle do you apply most in your work as a project practitioner, and how does it influence your approach to delivering project success?
Own Project Success Beyond PM Success - in complex, multicultural program environments, delivering on scope, schedule, and budget is the floor, not the ceiling. The real work is ensuring that what gets delivered creates value that stakeholders recognize and that organizations can actually absorb and sustain. My research on Cultural Intelligence and Internal Stickiness exists precisely because I kept seeing projects that were executed well, but landed poorly. Someone has to take ownership of that gap. That is the standard I hold myself to, and the one I try to model for the professionals I mentor.
In practice, owning success requires the other three principles to work alongside it. I actively manage how stakeholders perceive value throughout delivery, not just at the end. I continuously reassess parameters as complexity and context shift. And I expand perspective by considering the cultural, organizational, and human dynamics that formal project plans rarely capture. For me, M.O.R.E. is not a menu to choose from. It is an integrated discipline, with ownership at the center.
Is there a ProjectManagement.com article or webinar you found helpful? Can you share the title or link?
I would recommend the webinar Managing a Mature Career.
Where can others connect with you?
https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernandomaquiaveli
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by James Turchick
on: April 24, 2026 07:00 AM |
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