The Influential Project Manager
The Influential Project Manager
Kyle Nitchen
Breaking Down Project Silos: The Three Levels of Thinking & Cross-Departmental Collaboration
50 minutes Posted Apr 3, 2025 at 4:27 pm.
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Projects are built by people. These people assemble into teams. Teams are networks of people making commitments to each other.

But most of the time, our teams aren't actually aligned. They have different needs, different personal goals; they have different moods and emotions. And essentially most people operate in their own self-interest.

I sat down with Dan Fauchier from Construction Accelerator and one of the leading voices behind Lean Alignment Partnering™, to talk through the Three Levels of Thinking, why traditional collaboration fails, and how to create Project First cultures that work.



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