LGDA online event: Why we don’t need project managers by Fola F. Alabi

What High-Performing Organisations Do Differently with Project Management to Accelerate Value

Closing the Strategy-to-Value Gap Before AI Makes It Irreversible

Most organisations are not failing because they lack talented project professionals.
They are failing because they have a structural gap between where strategy is set and where value is actually delivered — and almost no one inside the organisation has the mandate, the language, or the framework to close it.
The numbers tell the story: only 35% of anticipated project value is ever fully realised. Billions are invested in transformation, technology, and talent every year, and the majority of that investment never produces the return it was designed to deliver. Not because of poor execution. Because of a design failure that lives above the project level and below the boardroom.
High-performing organisations have solved this differently. They have built the conditions for execution intelligence to shape strategy, not just respond to it. They have closed the gap between what executives decide and what project professionals know. And they have done it not with more tools or better certifications, but with a fundamentally different model of strategic collaboration.

In this session, Fola Alabi — Founder of Strategic Project Intelligence™, executive advisor, doctoral researcher, and practitioner who has worked on programmes worth over $32 billion across four continents — will show you exactly what that model looks like, why most organisations are missing it, and what you can do to begin closing the gap starting now.

This is not a session about methodology or software.
It is a practical, evidence-based conversation for executives and project leaders who are ready to fix the problem that is costing their organisation more than they realise — before AI makes the window to act even smaller.

You will leave with:
• A clear diagnosis of where the strategy-to-value gap lives in your organisation
• A practical framework for closing it from both sides of the room
• The language to have the executive conversation that most project professionals never get to have
• A concrete first step you can take the week you return


Bio

Fola F. Alabi is a transformational leader and the creator of the HyperValue Economy™ — the strategic framework that gave rise to the Strategic Project Intelligence™ discipline she designed to close the multi-billion dollar gap between where strategy is set and where value is actually realised.

With over 20 years of experience delivering complex programmes and developing leaders across North America, Europe, and the Gulf, including a $32 billion infrastructure initiative.

Fola brings a rare bilateral perspective: a practitioner who has operated at every level from project execution to executive advisory.

She is currently completing her doctorate, with research focused on strategic collaboration between executives and project leadership during strategy design and its influence on project success.

A keynote speaker, thought leader, and podcast host of the Strategic Project Leader series, Fola’s singular mission is to equip project professionals and executives with the tools, language, and strategic mindset to elevate the PM discipline, increase project success, and maximise ROI on business transformation.

She is one of the most distinctive voices in the global conversation on business transformation with strategic project leadership, career elevation, and organisational value, helping leaders create change that sticks and value that lasts.

She also loves to cook!!

https://www.linkedin.com/in/folafalabi/

Questions? lgdarmstadt@pmi-gc.de