Top-down Communications Using The Pyramid Principle

Mithun Sridharan, Social Media Lead (PMI) and Founder (Think Insights) will present a webinar on top-down communications using the Pyramid Principle. Organizations initiate projects and programs to achieve their strategic business outcomes under the stewardship of Executive sponsors, who provide the overall governance and direction. Project and Program Managers often interact with executive stakeholders and project sponsors to solicit resources, provide status reports, and share risks and tradeoffs. Executives are extremely busy people, who expect succinct communication.

With its origins in the Management Consulting industry, the Pyramid Principle is a hypothesis-driven methodology for structured thinking and crisp communication. The top-down communication is a counter-intuitive approach that starts with the answer or solutions before detailing the supporting arguments. This approach works well in high stakes problem-solving contexts, such as Management Consulting and Project Management, where program and project managers need to ensure ongoing support from busy executives and project sponsors. During this webinar, you will learn about:

• Top-down communication and executive interaction
• Structuring your thinking using the Pyramid Principle
• Ordering ideas using horizontal and vertical logic
• Storytelling using the SCQA approach
• Communication using the Rule of Three

The following document should be used as a companion reading:  

Biography of the Speaker

Mithun Sridharan is a Social Media Lead at PMI Germany Chapter and the Founder of Think Insights, a popular website on Strategy, Management Consulting and Digital Transformation. He is a Global Industry Advisor at a leading cloud technology company, where he advises CxOs & Executives at global corporations on their Digital Transformation initiatives and directs strategic investments in joint ventures and corporate portfolios. Prior, he served on leadership roles at global Management Consulting & technology firms, such as KPMG, Sapient Consulting and Oracle. He holds an MBA from ESMT Berlin and a Masters from Christian Albrechts University of Kiel. He is a recognized speaker and Thought Leader on Strategy, Digital Transformation, Organization Design, Change Management and Data Literacy topics with several publications on high-impact journals, such as American Banker, Wired, etc. He is based in Heidelberg, Germany

 

PDU

1 PDU in the Power Skills category

Language

 The event will presented in English and Online. It will be recorded and published on the chapter's Youtube channel. This is to make the discussion available to others interested in the article. By registering for the event, you agree that the event will be recorded and published on the chapter's Youtube channel. 

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Mithun Sridharan