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Executive Contributors at Brainz Magazine are handpicked and invited to contribute because of their knowledge and valuable insight within their area of expertise.

Fergus O'Connell

Executive Contributor

Novelist, Project Manager, Teacher & Speaker

Fergus O'Connell

Novelist, Project Manager, Teacher & Speaker

📷The Sunday Business Post has described Fergus O’Connell www.fergusoconnell.com as having ‘more strings to his bow than a Stradivarius’.
 
Fergus has a First in Mathematical Physics from University College Cork and is one of the world’s leading authorities on project management. His first project management company – ETP - was founded in 1991. Fergus’ disruptive, common sense project management method – The Ten Steps – has influenced a generation of project managers. In 2003 this method was used to plan and execute the Special Olympics World Games, the world’s biggest sporting event that year.
 
Fergus’ new company, Fast Projects (www.fastprojects.org) is again disrupting the project management space by focusing on speeding up projects / shortening time to market – the only company in the world to be doing so.
 
Fergus’ experience covers projects around the world - in Europe, North America, South America and Asia. He has written on project management for many publications including The Wall Street Journal. He has lectured at University College Cork, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin Institute of Technology, Manchester Metropolitan University, Bentley College, Boston University, the Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business, the Irish Management Institute and on television for the National Technological University.
He holds two patents.
 
Fergus is the author of sixteen business and self-help books http://www.amazon.com/Fergus-OConnell/e/B000APF0KK/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1, including a book on project management for children entitled, How To Put A Man On The Moon If You’re A Kid. His book, How to Run Successful Projects – the Silver Bullet, has become both a bestseller and a classic and has been constantly in print for over twenty years. His book on common sense entitled Simply Brilliant – also a bestseller and now in its fourth edition – was runner-up in the W H Smith Book Awards 2002. His books have been translated into twenty-eightlanguages.
 
Fergus is also a novelist and screenwriter. His 2002 novel, Call The Swallow, was described by The Irish Times as ‘better than Schindler’s Ark’ [itself a Booker Prize winner]. Call The Swallow was short listed for the 2002 Kerry Ingredients Irish Fiction Prize and nominated for the Hughes & Hughes / Sunday Independent Novel of the Year.
 
He has two grown-up children. Having lived in Australia, France and Italy, he lives – for the moment - in England.

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CREA Global Awards presented to

Fergus O'Connell

Novelist, Project Manager, Teacher & Speaker

The CREA Global Awards is proudly presented to the honoree by the Brainz Magazine Selection Committee, in recognition for their creative and innovative ideas, adaptability in business, or for their contributions to sustainability and mental health projects.

Caroline Winkvist

Editor-In-Chief

Daniel Ålund

Selection Committee

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Brainz 500 Global Awards presented to

Fergus O'Connell

Novelist, Project Manager, Teacher & Speaker

Brainz 500 Global Awards is proudly presented to the honoree by the Brainz Magazine Selection Committee, in recognition of their entrepreneurial success, achievements, and dedication to helping others.

Caroline Winkvist

Editor-In-Chief

Fredrik Elfqvist

Selection Committee

Executive Contributors at Brainz Magazine are handpicked and invited to contribute because of their knowledge and valuable insight within their area of expertise.

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