Everything is secondary to personal connections. You need to get them right before you can implement new technology-based solutions.

Chris believes that understanding your connections, embracing diversity and being inclusive can unleash not only your talents but also support others in unleashing theirs.

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Chris Lavelle is Project Services Assistant Project Manager within the Critical Mission Solutions business Unit at Jacobs delivering nuclear, defence and security life-cycle solutions for the benefit of his team, his clients, his business and his community.

In his time with Jacobs Chris has worked at the programme level on a Defence Framework getting involved with all elements of project management and liaising with internal and external clients across disciplines. Specifically, he provides support on all fronts to identify opportunities, issues and risks to the Project. A significant achievement for Chris were Facilitating Value Engineering & Sustainability Workshops (Value to date £423 million. 12,000t CO2) and as a result, winning the Jacobs Global CFO Sustainability award and supporting a move towards aligning our CSR to the UNSDG. Project Managing IT on the framework. Before this, he supported the role out of a UK wide supplier Management, contract and materials management systems for Jacobs.

Chris is also a board member of the Social Enterprise “Glasgow Eco trust”; married to his wife Karen and lives in Glasgow. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx