Engagement Management Training

A couple of weeks ago Capgemini held another round of Engagement Management training here in China.  I'm quite glad to be continuing this sort of formal professional development whilst out here.

 

Our University in Paris sent a trainer from Canada... a Level 4 practising Engagement Manager who runs an ADC in Montreal.  Ok so that doesn't mean anything to you, but to me it means that he's an expert project manager who can manage complex and challenging programmes spread across multiple countries.  And the ADC is an accelerated development centre - professional, process driven, excellent quality levels, very few corners cut.  A good backdrop for a trainer.  He's also quite mad, which helps keep the training participants awake hehe!

 

Going forwards, we are training up staff within our organisation to become trainers of various courses.  We have sent a number of staff to our University in Paris to study and practice training - to be qualified as a Capgemini University Trainer is indeed a privilledge, and we hope to build up a few.

 

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Dear MAF

 

A note of personal thanks for your teaching the week before last.  A more lively and passionate teacher of engagement management I have never seen or heard of.  Positively barmy!

 

Whilst some of the material and concepts were for me, I gained a lot during the week.  Learning more about my colleagues was invaluable, especially in this small and rapidly growing organisation.  Also of value to me personally was to remember that one of my strengths here is the rich project and programme experience I carry from the UK.  Classroom learning is one thing, but I believe that it is experience that motivates the discipline of engagement management, and avoids processes being put to one side when the project gets tough.  In a land where my challenges are more obvious than my strengths, it is rewarding to uncover a hidden strength.

 

On a separate note, we talked a little about smart metering in Canada, and I enquired about the possible relevance to China.  I wonder if the smart metering leaders have entered into discussion with our China energy guys, in consideration of when the market here would be ready for it.  Certainly energy shortage, stability and environment are critical issues for rapidly developing countries such as China/India, and given scale the business case for savings would be straightforward.  I believe you offered to send some materials over, although now I wonder if an enquiry / introduction to the right people for a quick chat would be another way to go.

 

Kind regards, and wishing you a marvellous holiday with the wife girls and benz!

Kai Wing