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In North Carolina, Mark Little leads a collaborative approach to rural economic development that builds on community relationships to create and sustain job growth. Discover his journey to purpose, how he and his team manage a large number of projects with social and economic impact.

Mark Little is a graduate from Rice with a Ph.D. in geology and geophysics who now heads two initiatives NCGrowth and CREATE, at the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Drawing on his commitment to helping rural and underserved communities in North Carolina and in the low country of coastal South Carolina.

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You will learn:

• What inspired action to pivot into a changemaker
• How that many projects and teams are managed
• The value of "high potential" and culture change
• Stakeholder management in a large population
• Discovering your purpose, vision and direction
• The value of multi-disciplinary approaches to problem solving

From PMI Strategy on changemakers:

Embracing and expanding impact from project managers to all changemakers and knowledge workers to create ten times a positive impact on our society. More broadly, Changemakers are people whose job involves using the information to make impactful decisions to enable changes; those who proactively drive change and as such need project management skills. They might be PMs by profession or people who would never consider themselves project managers today. Changemakers tackle diverse global challenges and require a broad skillset with a foundation in project management alongside additional skills tailored to the need of these challenges.