From this list give me your top 5 influencers in Project Management. If they are not on this list tell me that as well.
Lindsay Scott
Cornelius Fichtner
Josh Nankivel
Elizabeth Harrin
Bas De Baar
Peter Taylor
Bill Mabry
Thomas Kennedy
Storm Cunningham
Bernardo Tirado
Jeanne Bradford
Anne Samoilov
Susanne Madsen
Steve Maul
Sean Hull
Nelson Biagio Jr.
Ron Rosenhead
Susan de Sousa
Lisa Drake
Craig Brown
Neil A. Walker
Andrew Wicklander
Michelle LaBrosse
Carl Pritchard
Rita Mulcahy
Bob Sutton
Daniel Pink
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Wayne MackRetired| RetiredSouth Riding, Va, United States
For me personally, the two biggest influencers come from general management theory and they far out weigh anyone on the original list.
Dr, W. E. Deming
Peter Drucker
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Wai Mun KooPMO Director| Intergraph PP&MSingapore, Singapore
Interesting to see Daniel Pink's name in it. How did you come up with this list? Saving Changes...
Mark Price PerryBusiness Driven PMO Evangelist| BOT InternationalOrlando, Fl, United States
So agree with Wayne Mack, as always. In addition to Deming and Drucker, I would offer Harrison Owen who for the last five decades has been an outspoken advocate and pioneer of the emerging field of study referred to as Complex Adaptive Systems (also referred to as complexity scirence) which challenges the efficacy of scientific management of which plan driven project management is a constituent member. Though the principles and behaviors associated with Complex Adaptive Systems have been with us since the beginning of time (cavemen sitting around the fire each night), the recognition of the importance of CAS is increasingly being recognized and supported in many business domains including project management.
In terms of top influencers and passionate project management folks not already on your list, I would add the following international folks:
Stephen Jenner, UK
Deji Jemiyo, Nigeria
Wai Mun Koo, Singapore
Rommy Musch, New Zealand
Bassam Samman, UAE
Your initial list as well as input from others have all been positive influencers. It would be interesting, though perhaps a bit touchy, to see a list of negative influencers on project management (individuals or institutions) whether these folks have negatively impacted project management by design or unintended conequences..! Saving Changes...
