From Second Line to Agile: What Jazz Funerals Teach Us About Adaptive Teams

Dr. Tricia Diamond is an aerospace engineer turned portfolio governance practitioner and over 20 years of experience directing complex programs across government, defense, and the private sector. As the former director of a $386 million ARPA Implementation PMO, she achieved 100% federal audit compliance while navigating institutional resistance and political pressure. She holds the PMP, PMI-ACP, PMO-CP, GPM-b, CAL, ITIL, AWS-CCP, and AWS-AIP credentials and served as Vice President of Professional Development and Programs for Puget Sound PMI. She speaks internationally on AI governance, portfolio leadership, and adaptive team practices, drawing on a career that spans aerospace engineering, federal program management, and cross-cultural leadership across the United States and Europe.