Since I’ve been on board,
we’ve grown the competition
by 33 percent in terms of partners and 20 percent in terms of
teams competing.
I think project management
in education is unique. When
you’re a company, you’re looking to make a profit for your
business. In education, you
have a different kind of mission.
You’re trying to influence people. Your stakeholders aren’t just the people in
your institution; they’re also young people and parents. Because of that, you
have to constantly engage people at different levels.
In the United Kingdom, there’s a decline in people getting science and
engineering degrees. So when I go to our events and meet young people, and
I see them changing their mind about what an engineer can be, that’s a very
satisfying and rewarding feeling.” PM
“It’s my job to embed
this project within the
Institution of Engineering
and Technology to
move it forward. That
requires managing quite
a lot of risk in terms of
making sure we have the
proper funding, the right
support network and
executive sponsorship.”
—Ahmed Kotb
