Professional Responsibility

In this episode, Ricardo reflects on the sale of Maurizio Cattelan’s artwork The Comedian, a banana taped together with duct tape that cost US$6.2 million. He discusses three lessons that can be applied to projects:

In this episode, Ricardo talks about Google's latest AI endeavor, Gemini. It includes a native multimodal environment, allowing people to write, talk, or draw and get answers live. One of its demo videos was so impactful that it instantly got millions of views (https://youtu.be/UIZAiXYceBI?si=FDCCrScYXQQDr5wy).

In this episode, Ricardo discusses a prank at the Web Summit where two individuals posed as a rapper and an Adidas executive, promoting absurd ideas like implanting SIM cards in workers to control productivity. The audience applauded, highlighting a concerning disconnect from reality.

In this episode, Ricardo asks: can the project manager be subject to criminal or civil liability for something that went wrong on the project?

In this podcast, Ricardo Vargas talks about the impact of projects in society and their associated risks. He explains that in addition to the technological and financial aspects, companies must identify the main stakeholders and verify the positive and negative impacts that the project will bring to the involved society.

In this podcast, Ricardo talks about the importance of creating the business in a correct manner, that is, how to generate prosperity with responsibility. He also says that project management is one of the best ways to bring prosperity to the world and that during a negotiation you have to foster a relationship where both suppliers and buyers can win. This podcast was recorded only in Brazilian Portuguese.

In this podcast, Ricardo talks about the project management in the third sector (NGOs - non government organizations and nonprofit organizations). He mentions examples like the UN, the PMI's Educational Foundation program and other initiatives from various countries in the areas of sanitation and infrastructure.

In this podcast Ricardo make comments about the new PMI Code of Ethics and the importance of an ethical attitude and it's influence in the project environment. This podcast was recorded only in Brazilian Portuguese. The link below is for the Brazilian Portuguese version.