How Young People are Changing the World of Projects | #PMIFuture50

(upbeat music) - Thank you so much for being here. I'm so happy to have this opportunity to share with a new generation of Future 50. I know so many young people around the world would love to know what's your favorite thing about working on projects? - Working on something new at every turn. At every opportunity, I'm creating a new solution. I'm creating something unique, in a sense. And that's exciting. - You have the opportunity to come together with multiple people, often with either differe

nt roles or different backgrounds. So, you come together and align around a common goal, so it's really fulfilling when you reach that. You learn a lot along the way. - So what I love so much about being a [project manager] is just really providing that desperately needed structure to keep things on track, keep things moving forward and keep people informed. And once you do eventually deliver that work, celebration is built into part of the process, and I'm a big celebration girl, (people cheeri

ng) so I think that's the part that I love the most is that that little micro-environment that we create around a project. - So how do you see young people really changing the world? Because they are taking the world right now. They are a new generation looking for something new, looking for new projects, looking for technology. How do you see them really changing the world using project management? - They're bringing a lot of fresh perspectives, and in the process, the perspective can be relate

d to some of the trends we're seeing, increased focus on sustainability, diversity, inclusion. And I think what we're seeing with technology nowadays is not just automation of tasks, but young professionals are the ones that are latching on to it at this point and are really going to bring that AI revolution into project management. - I think the world itself has changed, and I think young [project managers] are bringing new and needed ideas and skill sets to the PMI world, and we're constantly

breaking barriers and finding ways to really connect in an authentic way, because that's really important to us. Identity is really important to us, and we're definitely re-imagining some of the concepts that we've taken for granted for a long time. And I think honestly, that's a really, really good thing. - [Julissa] What are the challenges that are facing young professionals? - From my own experience, I would say it's really cultivating trust, but I'm so inspired by the young people around me.

Really, it's about pushing through those barriers and just seeking out those opportunities and being willing sometimes to be taken under somebody else's wing for a little while to prove that you can do it and to get some of that expertise and experience. - And definitely, I think I very much agree with what Monique was talking about. Making that first impression gets to be tough, but at the same time, the opportunities to do that aren't one and done. You'll have opportunities almost daily. - Th

e biggest challenge for me as a young project manager has been stakeholder management. The best solution is keep communicating. Communicate more, communicate better, and communicate right on time. - [Julissa] What kind of advice would you give to someone interested in becoming a professional project manager? - For me, that one advice I would give to young people is resilience. You have to be resilient and stay focused on delivering the goal. - You learn a lot from those distractions and trying t

o maintain that path of focus. But at the end of the day, email us, text us, call us, find us in person, find us on LinkedIn. As [project managers], we love sharing our knowledge and experience, and we really love providing support and advice, and we really, really love talking. So, don't be afraid to reach out to your local [project managers] in your area. - Definitely focus on learning and development when you're starting, because I know it gets exciting to jump on to the next offer. But often

times, that gets really disruptive in your early career. If you're able to at least spend enough time to feel that you've really rounded out a certain experience in a certain company, in a certain role, and you're able to, at the same time, build lasting connections with the people that you're constantly working with. (upbeat music continues)