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Beyond The Plan
Ali Farhoodi
8 episodes
1 hour ago
Need help with managing your next big infrastructure project? Get in touch with our team: https://edsico.com.au/contact-us/ ----- In this episode, we’re joined by Colin Hickling, Senior Partner at AITW | AI That Works, who brings more than 30 years of experience helping government agencies and large organisations navigate digital transformation. Colin reveals a confronting reality: 95 percent of AI projects fail, not because of the technology, but because organisations lack the govern...
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Need help with managing your next big infrastructure project? Get in touch with our team: https://edsico.com.au/contact-us/ ----- In this episode, we’re joined by Colin Hickling, Senior Partner at AITW | AI That Works, who brings more than 30 years of experience helping government agencies and large organisations navigate digital transformation. Colin reveals a confronting reality: 95 percent of AI projects fail, not because of the technology, but because organisations lack the govern...
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Episodes (8/8)
Beyond The Plan
How To Make AI Actually Work Inside Your Organisation | Ep. 08
Need help with managing your next big infrastructure project? Get in touch with our team: https://edsico.com.au/contact-us/ ----- In this episode, we’re joined by Colin Hickling, Senior Partner at AITW | AI That Works, who brings more than 30 years of experience helping government agencies and large organisations navigate digital transformation. Colin reveals a confronting reality: 95 percent of AI projects fail, not because of the technology, but because organisations lack the govern...
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1 week ago
1 hour 19 minutes

Beyond The Plan
The TRUTH About PMOs in 2026 | Ep. 07
Need help with managing your next big infrastructure project? Get in touch with our team: https://edsico.com.au/contact-us/ ----- In this episode, we’re joined by Amireh Amirmazaheri, founder of PMO Solutions and Asia-Pacific Lead for the PMO Global Alliance, often called the Queen of PMO. With a background spanning engineering and large-scale infrastructure portfolios, Tamira brings a rare mix of technical depth and business strategy to the conversation. She shares why negotiation do...
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1 month ago
1 hour 5 minutes

Beyond The Plan
Why Mega Projects Fail (And How Collaborative Contracting Fixes Them) | Ep. 6
Need help with managing your next big infrastructure project? Get in touch with our team: https://edsico.com.au/contact-us/ ----- In this episode, we’re joined by Mark Simister, former British Army officer and global programme director, whose career spans drilling boreholes at Buckingham Palace to leading multi-billion-dollar infrastructure frameworks at Sydney Water. Mark explains why mega projects so often fail under fragmented, risk-averse contracts, and how collaborative contracti...
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2 months ago
1 hour 12 minutes

Beyond The Plan
The TRUTH About Project Management in Capital Projects (2025) | Ep. 05
Need help with managing your next big infrastructure project? Get in touch with our team: https://edsico.com.au/contact-us/ ----- In this episode, we’re joined by Omer Iqbal, President of PMI Sydney and Senior Portfolio Manager at Sydney Water, whose career has spanned oil and gas, mining, defence, transport, and utilities. Omer shares why portfolio management is the missing link between boardroom strategy and on-the-ground delivery, how defining risk appetite at the top shapes hundre...
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3 months ago
58 minutes

Beyond The Plan
Why Big Projects Keep Failing And How We Can Fix Them | Ep. 04
Description: Need help with managing your next big infrastructure project? Get in touch with our team: https://edsico.com.au/contact-us/ ----- In this episode, we’re joined by Veno Panicker, a Partner in Construction & Infrastructure at Hamilton Locke who has worked closely with contractors and developers across civil, energy, and public infrastructure. Veno talks about why Australia’s obsession with lump sum contracts is fuelling insolvencies, how shifting risk down the chain i...
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4 months ago
51 minutes

Beyond The Plan
25 Years of Infrastructure Procurement Advice in 45 Minutes | Ep. 03
Need help with managing your next big infrastructure project? Get in touch with our team: https://edsico.com.au/contact-us/ ----- In this episode, we’re joined by Scott Beveridge, a Senior Strategic Sourcing and Category Manager at Downer who has over 25 years of experience in procurement. Scott talks about why integrated planning is crucial for managing risks, how accurate cost benchmarking can transform procurement outcomes, and the value of strategically engaging the market to bala...
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5 months ago
58 minutes

Beyond The Plan
Avoiding Billion-Dollar Mistakes: Lessons from TfNSW’s Director of Contract Management | Ep. 02
Need help with managing your next big infrastructure project? Get in touch with our team: https://edsico.com.au/contact-us/ ----- Welcome to ‘Beyond the Plan’. In this episode, Ali Farhoodi sits down with Barry Gordon, Director of Commercial and Contract Management at Transport for NSW, to unpack the biggest contract mistakes he’s seen over his career, and what you can do to get it right from the start. If you work in major projects (government or private) this episode is a must-watch. ...
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6 months ago
54 minutes

Beyond The Plan
5 Critical Lessons from Delivering Australia’s Biggest Infrastructure Projects | Ep. 01
Need help with managing your next big infrastructure project? Get in touch with our team: https://edsico.com.au/contact-us/ ----- In this episode, Ali Farhoodi sits down with John Szmajda, an industry veteran with 45+ years of experience delivering massive projects like the Sydney Metro, and mining infrastructure for clients like BHP and Rio Tinto. We take a brutally honest look at what it really takes to deliver large-scale projects successfully, and John shares the 5 things every proj...
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7 months ago
44 minutes

Beyond The Plan
Need help with managing your next big infrastructure project? Get in touch with our team: https://edsico.com.au/contact-us/ ----- In this episode, we’re joined by Colin Hickling, Senior Partner at AITW | AI That Works, who brings more than 30 years of experience helping government agencies and large organisations navigate digital transformation. Colin reveals a confronting reality: 95 percent of AI projects fail, not because of the technology, but because organisations lack the govern...