Maureen Clarry, President and CEO of CONNECT spoke on “Anticipating and Communicating Change in Data Governance Initiatives.” Business organizations and data governance initiatives exist in an environment of on-going change that create challenges for data governance initiatives. Organizational silos yield data silos and cross-functional collaboration and communication become significant issues for data governance success. Many of these organizational and individual patterns of communication and reaction to change can be accurately predicted and more effectively managed by understanding organizational dynamics and interpersonal change styles. Although there is frequently conflict between different perspectives in implementing data governance processes, the possibility exists for great synergy if people are more aware of underlying organizational system patterns and individual change styles.

The Data Management Association (DAMA) hosted CONNECT’s CEO, Maureen Clarry, who presented “Great Minds Think Differently.” DAMA members learned about their thinking styles and how to appreciate opposite thinkers. Maureen Clarry illuminated pathways to the logic and creativity of opposite thinkers and removing barriers to engaging and influencing them.

PMI hosted CONNECT in June to teach their highly-acclaimed Power, Politics, & Partnership in Strategic Workshop to PMI members in Des Moines. This dynamic, invigorating, and enlightening one-and-a-half day workshop provided insight and strategies on how to create cross-functional collaboration between executives, steering committees, customers, functional managers, program managers, project managers, and project teams. Instructors, Maureen Clarry and Lorna Rickard, taught hands-on exercises, in-class coaching, and peer discussion to reinforce participants’ learning.