Rocco Ricciardi
Senior Project Manager, Omnicom Adobe Practice & Marketing Vice Chair, PMI New Jersey Chapter
2:15PM
U.S. Bank Conference Theater
PDUs:
1.0
PMs and DMs: The Great Improvisors
Do projects ever follow the first draft of a Project Plan?
PMs know how improvisation, pivoting, and quick thinking are all key in managing projects, but they aren’t the only ones who regularly use these skills. In Dungeons and Dragons, the Dungeon Master frequently utilizes these strategies as their campaigns twist and turn with adventure.
In this session, the audience will step into a D&D-style interactive session to dive into creative problem-solving as obstacles arise, and to explore how the intersection of psychology, sociology, and ludology can be used to foster psychologically safe environments for teams to collaborate and thrive. The ability to improvise represents true resiliency.
Learning Objectives
-Methods in improvisation in project management
-Tenants of creating a psychologically safe environment for project teams
-Creative problem solving skills to build skills in resiliency
Speaker Bio
From his Bachelor’s in Game Design, to his career in the digital marketing, advertising, and consulting spaces, Rocco's career has revolved around one concept: excellent project management is the glue that brings it together.
Rocco’s career is dedicated to strategically bridging the gap between technology, people, and solutions, believing that clever problem-solving requires a blend of creativity and technicality. Rocco has served a number of reputable businesses in his career such as Adobe, Pfizer, Disney, Uber, Samsung, American Red Cross, and Benjamin Moore.
Aside from the dayjob as a PM, Rocco enjoys a range of hobbies from carpentry, fencing, DJing, and gaming.