The Pragmatic PM®

Jean-Charles is the Pragmatic PM®. We help companies develop and execute programs and projects with pragmatism. This includes:

Working with executives to define the best project organization and project culture in the company
Helping middle-managers identifying their value to the projects
Mentoring project directors and managers
Developing the project spirit amongst the project team members

with pragmatism !

With Jean-Charles we worked on improving project management within the Gonzales Group. Our group being composed of seven operational entities worldwide, we needed to standardize the missions of our project managers and provide cross-functional action between teams around our processes. Jean-Charles, beyond being an expert in the field of project management, was able to listen to our teams and brought a lot of methodology to our actions. Diagnostics, analyses, training, have been the key po… Read more

Jean-Marc Ancelle, Managing Director, Gonzales Group

Jean-Charles Savornin provided training on project management in July 2019 for the members of the group’s expanded EXCOM. This training was combined with a follow-up on a number of projects conducted in 2019 and 2020.

Each project manager involved testified to the practical assistance and virtuous help provided by Jean-Charles, both in learning (and then in applying the methodology) and in the use and relevance of the tools provided.

Jean-Charles was able to adapt himself perfectly to every … Read more

Gérard Bourgès, HR Director, LimGROUP

Jean-Charles supported ENTECH Smart Energy in its evolution as a French leading company of the energy transition. He first advised us on the structuration of the organization according to the different businesses addressed (energy storage, energy conversion, energy production). Then, Jean-Charles worked with the whole team to clarify and detail the newly defined project management process.Finally, through trainings on management and project tools, he helped create a common and transverse under… Read more

Patrick Capuano, Sales & Operations Director, Entech smart energies

I have had the pleasure to manage Jean-Charles when he was part of my international development team at Solairedirect. This was a time when nothing was carved in stone and everything had to be created, adapted, implemented to build the business including the engineering and project management. Jean-Charles took a leading role as head project manager supporting the local teams in the USA, South Africa, India, Chile, Morocco and Thailand, setting project standards and project implementation scheme… Read more

Frederik Nilsson, Business Development Director