Karen Smits é constantemente convidada a dar palestras em conferências, eventos corporativos e universidades. Suas apresentações são informativas, interativas e inspiradoras. Baseada em pesquisa acadêmica e em histórias individuais e da vida real, suas palestras são sempre dinâmicas e sob medida para o público. Karen é uma palestrante comprometida, que realmente se conecta com seu público e garante deixar o auditório com um claro chamado para a ação.

Temas

As apresentações da Karen estão sempre relacionadas a cultura e colaboração no trabalho. Às vezes, a discussão é sobre os desafios culturais de uma empresa; em outras ocasiões, ela discute mudança organizacional ou rituais corporativos. Os assuntos das discussões são sempre definidos com uma participação ativa do cliente. Karen fala holandês, inglês, espanhol e português e teve o privilégio de ministrar suas palestras nos seguintes eventos: clique aqui

Atividades como palestrante

  • CUBO Talks – Sao Paulo, June 14 2016, Como a cultura pode acabar com seu projeto?
  • Project Management Institute Nuevo Cuyo Chapter Argentina, May 23 2016, La Cultura Organizacional – un aspecto esencial en la gestión de proyectos. Webinar with 50 attendees from Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Mexico and Spain
  • Projectmanagement.com, May 12 2016, Corporate Culture in Project Management – A Collabyrinth. Webinar with over 900 attendees from all over the world.
  • Project Management Institute France Chapter – Lyon, April 28 2016, The Challenges of Culture in Project management
  • SPRI Basque Business Development, March 22 2016, El trabajo intercultural: un Collabyrinth
  • Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado (FAAP), March 9 2016, Collabyrinth: Os desafios da Cultura em Projetos
  • Projectlab – São Paulo, December 8 2015, Collabyrinth: Colaboração em Projetos
  • 14th Seminar on Project Management (14SIGP), November 11 2015, Keynote: The Challenges of Culture in Project Management.
  • SIETAR Brasil, October 22-23 2015, Collabyrinth: Os desafios da cultura em Projetos.
  • SIETAR Argentina, September 24-25 2015, Workshop: Culture at Work: a Collabyrinth, Presentation: Trabajo Intercultural: Prácticas de Colaboración en la Ampliación del Canal de Panamá.
  • ProjectLab – Rio de Janeiro, August 17 2015, Os desafios da cultura em projetos.
  • ProjectLab – São Paulo, July 8 2015, Os desafios da cultura em projetos.
  • 9o Congresso Brasileiro de Gerenciamento de Projetos, November 24-25 2014, Dinâmica Culture in Project Management!
  • International Project Management Association (IPMA), International Congress, September 29 2014, Cultural practices of governing mega-projects: the case of the Panama Canal Expansion Project.
  • International Association of Dredging Companies, September 19 2014, Cross Cultural Collaboration: Practices of Collaboration in the Panama Canal Expansion Program
  • Project Management Institute, Change Management Community of Practice, August 5 2014, Cross Cultural Collaboration: Practices of Collaboration in the Panama Canal Expansion Program. Webinar with over 700 attendees from 35 countries.
  • TEDxPuntaPailtilla Panamá, May 28 2014, Culture at Work: A Collabyrinth.
  • Project Management Institute, Global Diversity Community of Practice, November 24 2013, Cross Cultural Collaboration: Practices of Collaboration in the Panama Canal Expansion Program. Webinar with over 600 attendees from all over the world.
  • Rotary Club Panamá Nordoeste, November 20 2013, La Colaboración Intercultural: un Colaberinto.
  • Rotary Club Panama Sur, November 19 2013, La Colaboración Intercultural: un Colaberinto.
  • Project Management Institute Puerto Rico, National Congress, November 8 2013, Cross Cultural Collaboration: A Collabyrinth.
  • Project Management Institute Panama Chapter, National Congress, September 27 2013, La Colaboracion Intercultural: un Colaberinto.
  • Witteveen & Bos, the Netherlands, September 3 2013, Cross Culture Work.
  • Project Management Institute Netherlands Chapter, National Summit, June 13 2013, Cross Cultural Collaboration in the Panama Canal Expansion Program.
  • Project Management Institute Panama Chapter, April 16 2013, Colaboración Intercultural: Prácticas de Colaboración en la Ampliación del Canal de Panamá.
  • Netherlands Council for Trade Promotion, the Netherlands, October 19 2012, Cross-Culturele Complexiteit: Praktijken van Samenwerking in het Panama Canal Expansion Program.
  • Project Management Institute, Netherlands Chapter, Meeting, October 3 2012, Cultural Complexity in the Panama Canal Expansion Program.
  • National Project Academy, the Netherlands, June 21 2012, Culturele Complexiteit: Praktijken van Samenwerking in het Panama Canal Expansion Program.
  • Research Platform Project Management, the Netherlands, May 24 2012, Cross-Culturele Complexiteit: Praktijken van Samenwerking in het Panama Canal Expansion Program.
  • Dutch Ministry of Works and Water Management, the Netherlands, May 16 2012: Cross-Culturele Complexiteit: Praktijken van Samenwerking in het Panama Canal Expansion Program

Conferências acadêmicas

  • European Group for Organization Studies, Finland, July 6 2012, Practices of Collaboration in the Panama Canal Expansion Program: Finding Common Ground.
  • European Academy of Management, the Netherlands, June 8 2012, Collaboration in the Panama Canal Expansion Program: Diminishing Practices.
  • Making Projects Critical Workshop, United Kingdom, April 16 2012, Projects as Practice: Collaboration in the Panama Canal Expansion Program.
  • International Critical Management Studies Conference, Italy, July 2011, Collaboration in Infrastructural Mega Projects: Cultural Interfaces in the Panama Canal Expansion Program.
  • Annual Conference Multi-Organisational Partnerships, Alliances and Networks, Scotland, July 5 2011, Collaboration in Infrastructural Mega Projects: Cultural Interfaces in the Panama Canal Expansion Program.
  • European Academy of Management – Doctoral Colloquium, Estonia, June 1 2011, Collaboration in Infrastructural Projects; Cultural Interfaces in the Panama Canal Expansion Program.
  • European Academy of Management, Estonia, June 3 2011, Collaboration in Infrastructural Projects; Cultural Interfaces in the Panama Canal Expansion Program.
  • Fresh Perspectives: New Encounters, Amsterdam, September 16 2010, Collaboration in the Panama Canal Expansion Program: an Insight in the project participants’ perspective.
  • Latin American and European Meeting on Organizational Studies, Argentina, April 9 2010, transforming Public Values to Daily Practices in the Panama Canal Expansion Program
  • Asia-Pacific Researchers in Organization Studies, Mexico, December 2009, No Man Is an Island: Collaboration in the Panama Canal Expansion Program.
  • Fresh Perspectives, Amsterdam, November 14 2008, Collaboration in Infrastructure Projects.