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The climate crisis is impacting coastlines across the globe, with communities facing threats from rising sea levels and more frequent extreme weather events. In response, teams are launching projects to mitigate risks and build resilience. We discuss this with: Swarna Kazi, senior disaster risk management specialist, World Bank, Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Ignacio Urrutia, senior disaster risk management specialist, World Bank, Bangkok: Kazi and Urrutia discuss a project that aims to bolster sections of Bangladesh’s coastline, how considering risk at all stages of the project helps them create a cohesive strategy, and how the challenges they faced will influence their approaches to future coastal resilience projects.Catherine McCandless, climate change and environmental planning project manager, City of Boston Environment Department, Boston: McCandless talks about leading coastal resilience planning projects for two neighborhoods in Boston, how her team adapted community engagement during the pandemic, and how she and fellow project managers work together to manage not only multidisciplinary stakeholders but also team members.Key themes[01:19] Projects around the world aim to mitigate effects of climate change on coastlines[05:25] Stakeholder management: Using data and community input in project planning[09:26] Tackling a changing environment and futureproofing coastal resilience projects in Bangladesh[13:41] Planning coastal resilience efforts for Boston’s 47-mile shoreline[17:57] Adapting and digitizing community engagement during COVID-19[19:44] Managing multidisciplinary stakeholders and project team members

Over the last decade, governments across the globe have launched digital transformation projects, from digitizing services to revamping their online presence for better citizen engagement. We discuss this with:  Katrine Maria Krzeminski, program manager, Agency for Digital Government, Copenhagen: Krzeminski discusses her project to create personal pages for each citizen on the country’s public sector portal, how her team builds support from and collaborates with multiple government agencies on the multi-year effort, and how it’s empowering citizens with data and increasing government transparency. Yolanda Martínez, global project lead for the GovStack initiative, International Telecommunications Union, Geneva: Martínez discusses how e-government services are changing how citizens interact with their governments, the challenges governments face when digitizing services as well as how the GovStack initiative is helping countries worldwide accelerate their digital transformation efforts, thanks, in part to an open-source platform. Key themes[01:58] Empowering Denmark’s citizens with data [04:26] Collaborating with and building buy-in from government agencies [06:33] Tackling resourcing challenges, legacy systems when digitizing[11:05] How partners, potential users impact project decisions[14:18] Changing citizens’ experience through e-government services[16:49] Breaking down silos and creating replicable assets to accelerate digitization[19:31] How GovStack aids countries in developing digital government services[23:52] Advice to project leaders: Co-design a vision with partners and set clear priorities

The events of the past few years have wreaked havoc on the global supply chain. Organizations are responding with innovative projects to increase their resiliency. We discuss this with: Leefke Grosjean, senior researcher and project manager for 5G-Smart, Ericsson, Stockholm: Grosjean discusses how the 5G-Smart project is testing 5G’s potential in manufacturing, ways the team improved communication and collaboration, and how solutions from the three pilots can be adopted across factories. Peter Grimvall, supply chain design and planning manager, Ikea, Basel, Switzerland: Grimvall discusses the effects of supply chain disruption on organizations, the AI tool he helped create to improve Ikea’s demand forecasting for stores across the globe—and its impact so far—and why teams need to be ready to make mistakes and iterate on innovation projects.Key themes[01:54] Exploring the potential of 5G manufacturing in factories[05:10] Improving collaboration, communication across the 5G-Smart team[07:24] How 5G can boost factory flexibility, efficiency and safety[12:45] Creating an AI tool to improve Ikea’s demand forecasting[17:35] Using tech to predict disruptions—and how to bounce back from them[18:40] Lessons learned: Embrace mistakes and be ready to iterate