Innovator Role:
Becoming a Master Manager in the one-person Owner/Manager Business 7 of 9 articles
Introduction ● Director Role ● Producer Role ● Co-ordinator Role ● Monitor Role ● Mentor Role
● Facilitator Role ● Innovator Role ● Broker Role ●
Integration and the Road to Mastery
[2] www.apm.org.uk Association of Project Managers
(APM). Ex-council member.
[3] How to solve Big Problems in just 5 days
Introduction: The article is based on the book
[1] a “Competency Framework”. Its evolution and eight roles that a Manager
should be doing day-to-day. These will be explained in each article, this being
the seventh of nine. The hard part is honesty and
self-analysis and doing each step.
Innovator Role: Living with Change, Creative Thinking and Managing Change.
Living with
Change: This is driven by global changes in health, technology, economics, and
politics.
Assessment: The pandemic has shaken people.
Learning: Lockdown and WFH has made people think about changing
their life’s.
Analysis: No commute, quiet roads, and healthier life.
Practice: The lockdown has enabled it.
Application: WFH and no commute are win-win and some companies that do not the change will end up with no employees.
Creative
Thinking: Is turning problems upside down and thinking outside the box to find
solutions.
Assessment: More and more people will be doing this.
Learning: People must learn enough to be members of Sprint[3] Teams.
Analysis: This will lead to more productivity.
Practice: Coaching will aid know-how.
Application: Product and Service solutions in 5 days.
Managing
Change: Requires good Project Management [2] and working in partnership with
the Client or Business Partners or Suppliers.
Assessment: Based on obtaining a Client Brief.
Learning: Who does what and how to change them.
Analysis: How to do the changes needs input and constructive
questions.
Practice: Learn by doing.
Application: When required by any project.
