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PM Insight-Fremont Virtual Meeting: Create the Impossible: Innovation for PMs

 

PM Insight-Fremont Virtual Meeting:

Create the Impossible: Innovation for PMs

 

 
When:  Wednesday, July 2, 2025 6:00pm-8:00pm
Where:  Virtual Meeting 
 
Last Date for On-line Registration is 7/01/2025 at 5 PM. Registrants will receive meeting joining details from Meeting Leader by the afternoon on the event day. Please remember to check all email folders for your invitation.
 
Description: 
 

In today's rapidly evolving project landscape, the ability to innovate within constraints has become the defining characteristic of exceptional project managers. This engaging, interactive session challenges the false dichotomy between process and creativity that keeps many PMs trapped in conventional thinking. Drawing from her unique background as a former professional artist turned innovation strategist, Melissa Dinwiddie shares her Create the Impossible framework—a proven, three-step approach that has transformed how teams at Google, Meta, and Salesforce tackle seemingly impossible challenges.


Through storytelling, engaging exercises, and practical application, participants will discover how to break free from limiting beliefs about their own creativity, foster innovative thinking among team members, and present breakthrough ideas to C-suite stakeholders. You'll leave with immediately applicable techniques to elevate your projects beyond the ordinary, even within the most structured environments, because as it turns out, process and creativity aren't enemies; they're perfect partners for delivering exceptional results.

Takeaways:

-Apply the Create the ImpossibleTM framework (Play Hard, Make Crap, Learn Fast) to overcome project roadblocks, align difficult
stakeholders, and present innovative solutions to executives
-Implement specific facilitation techniques that encourage team members to share early-stage ideas and contribute creative
solutions to complex project challenges
-Recognize and overcome the limiting beliefs that prevent you
and your teams from bringing your full creative potential to project management
-Transform project setbacks into learning opportunities that accelerate innovation rather than derailing progress
-Balance structured project management approaches with
creative thinking to deliver results that exceed stakeholder expectations

 

 

About the Instructor:

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Melissa Dinwiddle

Melissa Dinwiddie is an innovation strategist, keynote speaker, and author who helps leaders and teams Create the
Impossible through the strategic use of creativity, connection, and play. With her unique background as a professional artist for 15 years before moving into the corporate world, Melissa brings a fresh perspective to innovation in structured environments like project management.

Melissa has transformed how teams at Google, Meta, Salesforce, and Uber approach seemingly impossible challenges through her Create the Impossible framework. This methodology has proven particularly valuable for project-driven organizations navigating complexity, tight deadlines, and
competing stakeholder needs. Her work sits at the intersection of creativity and pragmatism—exactly where great project
management lives. Melissa holds degrees from UC Berkeley and the University of Birmingham, England, and her book, "The Creative Sandbox Way," provides project leaders with practical tools to unlock innovation within constraints. Through her memorable, interactive sessions, Melissa has helped thousands of professionals rediscover their creative confidence and apply
it to deliver breakthrough results.

Meeting Leader: Prachi Joshi

Contact Meeting Leaders:  prachi.joshi20922@gmail.com

 

Program Agenda:

6:00 pm PST – Sign-In and Networking
6:15 pm PST- Featured Speaker
8:00 pm PST - Meeting Adjourn

PDU Info:

Power Skills: 2.0 PDU

PDU claiming instructions 

  

Online Registration

PMI Silicon Valley Members: $5.00 

Non-Members: $5.00

Cancellation Policy

This event is a professional society meeting, held for the benefit of its members. The Plan Ahead registration fee paid is based on the registrant's ability to commit to attendance, ahead of time. The Plan Ahead registration fee will not be refunded for any reason, other than event cancellation, after normal business hours (5:00 PM, Pacific) on the registration deadline day. The PMI - Silicon Valley Chapter reserves the right to make last-minute changes to program content and speakers, as circumstances dictate.

Event Properties

Event Date 07-02-2025 6:00 pm
Event End Date 07-02-2025 8:00 pm
Cut off date 07-01-2025 5:00 pm
Individual Price 5.00
No. of Power Skills PDUs 2.0
Location Virtual Event

We are no longer accepting registration for this event

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