Richard Campbell

Project Management Lessons From Global Agility in Practice

Richard Campbell

Product Engagement Lead

Agile Business Consortium

About the Presentation

Project managers must lead through disruption by shifting from rigid processes to continuous adaptation and sustainable value creation. This session explores three critical shifts shaping modern project management.

First, the shift from framework adoption to competence development. Project managers must move beyond simply “doing agile” by following a framework, to “being agile” by building a core organizational competence. Second, redefine success by moving from outputs and activity-based tracking to outcomes and value-driven results. Third, expanding from project-centric change to enable ecosystem-wide adaptation through strong networks of collaboration.

Attendees will learn to navigate key leadership paradoxes, balancing team autonomy with accountability by establishing clear boundaries, enabling self-organizing teams, and maintaining strategic alignment.

Key Takeaways:

  • Build agility as a core organizational competence, not just a framework to follow.
  • Focus on outcomes and impact to define and measure success.
  • Lead beyond the project by enabling collaboration and adaptation across the broader ecosystem.

About Richard Campbell

Richard Campbell is responsible for the development and delivery of our portfolio of knowledge products that advance business agility. Our products help organizations respond more effectively to the complex and volatile world in which we operate. As the professional body for business agility, our products combine with continuous professional development to help individuals grow their competence in the application of agile principles.

He has spent his career working in the advanced technology sector, in a mix of commercial and product management roles in communications, defense, finance and transportation sectors, serving customers throughout the world.

As a passionate ecologist, technologist and practical problem solver, he has designed and built two houses with strong ecological credentials.

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