During the third module of the flagship program "Energy of Innovation: Executive MBA", the participants of the 2nd group began to plan their team business projects

On February 10-13, the third module of the flagship program "Energy of Innovation: Executive MBA" took place, during which the participants of the second group began to work on the planning of their innovative projects which will become their theses.

From the very beginning of the program, all participants work on a real team business project. And already at the end of the program, they have a realized prototype or pilot, which contributes to the implementation of strategic innovations in the company and the country as a whole.

During the first two modules of the program, the participants decided on the topic of the innovative project. And on the third, they moved to its planning. The groups are divided in such a way that pilot projects are implemented at all DTEK Businesses at once.

The key speaker of the module was Sergey Potapov, consultant, project management trainer, LvBS lecturer. During the module, the participants:

• talked about project management in the operational and strategic management system;
• focused on the key points of initiating, planning and implementing projects, transferring project results into operation, working with risks, as well as the specifics of working in a multi-project environment;
• applied project management tools for detailed planning of their own projects in their project teams;
• examined the problems of a multi-project environment and the Theory of Constraints in a project organization in the form of a game.

Participants were given the overview of the world practice in project management by:

• Mike Hannan, Lecturer in Project Management at the University of Southern California, co-author of The CIO's Guide to Breakthrough Project Portfolio Performance: Applying the Best of Chritical Chain, Agile, and Lean;
• Gilbert Robinson, Certified Practitioner and Researcher for Theory of Constraints and Critical Chain Project Management, one of the book's authors «The CIO's Guide to Breakthrough Project Portfolio Performance: Applying the Best of Chritical Chain, Agile, and Lean".

For effective synergy of theory and practice, participants consider the best practices of Ukrainian and international companies and non-profit organizations. Lubomyr Yavorsky, the Patriarch of the UGCC, explained how examples of project management work even where there seems to be no projects.

DTEK's post-industrial experience is an excellent basis for training and development in Ukraine and abroad. The participants reviewed the case of the construction of the Pokrovskaya SPP by DTEK RES together with Oleg Solovey, the head of the capital construction department.

Following this case, DTEK Academy has created an interactive film "At the Speed of Light", which deals with systems thinking and project activities. In this format, depending on what decision you choose at a particular stage, the plot of the film changes, and, as the name implies, the decision will need to be made very quickly. To learn more about the film follow the link: https://cutt.ly/akZEVXI

Academy DTEK is an open educational platform for business and society, the leader in corporate training in Ukraine. In 2019, the Academy was recognized as the best corporate university in the world in the Corporate Responsibility category by the Global CCU (Global Association of Corporate Universities). Every year, 140 thousand people are trained at the Academy - from trainings on the development of competencies, distance courses to corporate MBA programs. There are 289 internal trainers, 8 certified assessors and coaches that work for Academy DTEK.

The Energy of Innovation: Executive MBA program is designed for top managers and senior executives who have more than 5 years of managerial experience and seek to scale, develop and change the environment in which they work, as well as successors to key positions in the company. within the System of Talent Development D.Talent.