PMI UK Midlands & Derbyshire Branch Event: From ‘The Lazy Project Manager’ to ‘The Invisible Project Manager’ Redefining Productive Project Management in an AI-First World. 22nd October 2026
This event is taking place at The University of Warwick, WMG International Digital Laboratory (IDL Building), Mezzanine Auditorium
Building on Peter Taylor’s bestselling concept of ‘productive laziness’, this presentation traces the evolution from his original book ‘The Lazy Project Manager’ to his latest bestseller ‘The Invisible Project Manager: Why Artificial Intelligence Will Run Tomorrow’s Projects ― Without You’.
Starting by asking the question ‘what if the best project manager didn’t exist?’ this provocative and future-facing manifesto explore the uncomfortable questions about the impact on his profession from the inexorable rise of artificial intelligence.
Traditional project management has created a substantial legacy, but what if project managers aren’t evolving but evaporating? What if success no longer needs a command-and-control human hero at the helm?
Thanks to the power of AI, the next generation of project delivery won’t be managed, it will be orchestrated, seamlessly, silently, invisibly. It just might be the end of project management as we know it and the beginning of something radically smarter, but will humans still be involved and, if so, how?
The presentation offers an essential and thought-provoking guide to evolution for forward-looking leaders, digital transformation strategists, and change agents who are planning for the long game.
Are you ready to disappear?
Expect a highly interactive and fun fuelled conversational session.
Agenda
- 17:45 Welcome, Reception & Networking
- 18:30 Introductions
- 18:45 Main session
- 20:15 Q&A
- 20:30 Wrap Up & Networking
Speaker
Keynote speaker and coach, Peter Taylor is the author of the number 1 bestselling project management book ‘The Lazy Winning Project Manager’, along with many other books. He has built and led some of the largest PMOs in the world. He has also delivered over 530 lectures around the world in 28 countries and has been described as ‘perhaps the most entertaining and inspiring speaker in the project management world today’.