Project Risk and Value Expert.

Emotional Risk Pioneer.

Emotional Risk Management: The Secret To Bouncing Back From Failure

Karlene will share how to bounce back from failure using emotional risk management. She’ll share how she went from being someone who loved reading so much her Teacher told her to socialise more, to doing terribly in her degree during a recession and feeling like a failure, then building a career which has led to awards, speaking internationally and writing for leading international publications. She will share how to build resilience and enhance your career.

Unlocking Project Value

What are the keys to unlocking expected and unexpected project value? Karlene studied this at the University of Oxford and shares practical insights that can be applied in the short, medium and long term to deliver greater value - both for the project team and the ultimate customers of the project.

Create A Winning Project Team

Command and control has long proven ineffective for delivering in today’s complex sociopolitical landscape but what does work? Karlene draws on her research at the University of Oxford, as well as organisational design to share the most important things a project leader can do to create a high-performing team.

In addition to her signature talks, Karlene delivers engaging and insightful keynotes on the topics:

  • Starting megaprojects for success

  • Risk and value management for major programmes

  • Creating psychological safety in major projects

  • Overcoming personal failure and building resilience

Engaging Speaker

  • Karlene spoke at the Danish Society of Engineers, International Risk conference and she made the benefits of combining risk and value management on projects clear. Karlene has an impressive portfolio and it’s easy to see why, with her strength in advising megaprojects on risk and value management. Her presentation was insightful, engaging and useful. I would not hesitate to recommend Karlene as a Speaker.

    Jesper Pedersen, Board Member, Danish Society of Engineers (IDA) Risk

  • Karlene lectured MSc students at the University of Greenwich where she shared her excellent knowledge of value management and risk management (both quantitative and qualitative), on our Risk Management module. She provided valuable insights into these areas and we hope that she'll come back again to speak to our students in the future.

    Liz Whelan, Senior Lecturer at the University of Greenwich

  • Karlene pays great attention to detail and has the capacity to understand complex issues and develop practical solutions to these complex issues. Karlene is a pleasure to work with, as she is always enthusiastic, energetic and focused on actions and priorities.

    Paul Hopkin, former Director of the Institute of Risk Management