In our industry I see many professionals with more or less accurate technical skills, but who really fail when it comes to certain management skills.

This is actually the main source of dissatisfaction, struggle, and complexity: managing people, navigating internal bureaucracy, understanding the purpose of each stakeholder, handling complaints about lack of resources, dealing with pressure from higher levels, meeting deadlines, controlling the budget, minimizing risks, and understanding contract terms.

In our community, there are water professionals with a diverse range of specializations, from desalination to wastewater treatment plants, investment, wet networks, NGOs, stewardship, industrial water, hydropower…

They all have one thing in common: there's a daily job to be done within a project framework, conditioned by many aspects.

Once you know and understand all the frameworks and aspects that condition a project in our water industry, you'll be much more prepared.

That's why I'm creating this channel.

It won't be full of empty words. This is the insights I would hand to anyone joining my team.

This series of essays will contain actionable knowledge, something you can retain and apply to better manage yourself and others.