Interim Consultant, Temporary PM
Working Remotely from Denver as an Independent Contractor.
Facing a Temporary Vacancy or Reduced Availability
Due to Burn-Out, Sabbatical, Temporary Leaves, Personal Reasons or Unforeseen circumstances within your Team,
Don't hesitate to hire me for a temporary replacement
Currently available for 24 hours weekly. Working remotely from Denver, Colorado. Project based Pricing or Monthly Retainer.
Fast Learner, Autonomous, Flexible Worker
Bi-Lingual French + English. Conversational Spanish.
Experiences and Skills Stack:
- Project Manager applying Agile Methods, 30 years of experience
- Independent Consultant, 25+ years of experience
- Wellness Consultant, 10+ years of experience
- Lifestyle Business Coach, 5+ years of experience
Master of Science degree in Project Management (Université de La Rochelle, France). Master Thesis on Agile Methods.
Facing Delays, Dealing with Challenges?
Limit Damages, Get Your Projects back on Tracks
Project Fixer, I am a interim consultant specialized in problem-solving, tactic planning and system thinking.
Key Aspects of My Approach:
- Simplifying: Agilifying Ops with Kaizen / Kanban
- Strategic Planning: careful Planning, iterative Project Fixing
- Monitoring Projects: detail oriented Project Auditing
- Project Fixing: Solving Problems, Tackling Challenges
- Project Recovery: Stepping-in to get difficult Projects back on tracks (specs, budget, deadlines).
- Exit Strategy: Situation Analysis, Dealing with Uncertainty
- Decision Making: neutral perspective, facing hard decisions
Secure Your Project's Roadmap with a Monthly Retainer: gain direct access to my expertise and experience, benefit from a continuous follow-up and my full commitment. I help to navigate complexities, overcome challenges, and achieve positive results.
Let's cooperate and fix your projects. Contact me (online form)
Consulting Studio
Prelinimary Studies | Project Development & Management
Consultant, Project Developer
Getting Things Done in specifications, budget and time
- Helping project leads and business owners to innovate, imagine, design and develop new projects.
- Agilifying, Simplifying and Streamlining the Operations with Kaizen and Kanban approaches
- Leading Projects from Initiation to Delivery / Deployment- Helping to fix problems, deal with complex situations and take difficult decisions.
- Providing an neutral, free of conflict-of-interest point-of-view
Opportunity Study & Project Strategy
Applying an Agile Project-Oriented Strategy
- Project Design, preliminary study, vision, strategic positionning, swot analysis, tactic plan, desirability.
- Project Development, project mapping, setting smart goals, project plan, backlog / critical path, feasibility
- Project Management, roadmap, retro-planning, risks management, resources request, viability.
- Business Coaching, business models, problem solving, cash flow management, sustainability.
- Team Coaching, training, coaching & mentoring on Agile methods (Kaizen & Kanban) and Lean approach.
Some Projects:
- Mindful Nutrition, MSC Cruises Explora Journeys
- Plenty Grocer, EKM6 in Ekamai 6, Bangkok
- Azulfit Yoga Pilates center Villaverde Fuertventura
- Blue Lotus Learning Center in Hua Hin, Thailand
- Plant-Based Cuisine on board! Oceania & Regent Cruises
- Design Juice / Smoothie Bar on Oceania Cruises
- Developing Tom Juice’s Bar in St Barthélemy.
Schedule an Exploratory Call
Consulting / Co-Development / Coaching - Pick a slot for a complimentary call
1-hour call with Chris
Google Meets, WhatsAppLet's talk. Brief me on your project and situation. During our conversation, you will see how I interact and approach projects to know if there is a good fit. I will understand howI can help and send you an offer. I am currently based in Denver, Colorado (MT time is GMT-6 / Paris time -8 hours).
Select date and timeEvent time zone:Etc/UTC GMT+00:00What I am Doing Now
Lifestyle Business Coaching | Wellness Projects Consulting | Altitude Running as a Master 50
Christophe Berg @kristofberg
Based in Denver - Open for Business Coaching / Consulting.
Exploring the trails of Colorado: I am running daily in Cherry Creek Park, getting back to racing as Master 50 in 10K & Half Marathon distances and running on the mountain trails of the Front Range.
Last articles on Personal Development:
- Wearing Multiple Hats as an Independent
- Sabbatical Project, a practical checklist to Plan a Sabbatical
- Turn Your Goals into Projects, Personal Project Management
Last Articles on Running:
- Running Doubles - Twice a Day for Non Elites
- Playful Running, the Nordic Way
- Running 1-Hour Daily, a Minimalist Running Practice
Read on Lifestyle Business
Ideation & Development | Project Manifesto & Operating System | Pricing Tactics
Business Projects
Initiate, Develop a new Lifestyle Business Project
Turn your Goals into Projects
Stop Setting Good Resolutions that fail, Start Projects
Unlock Your Potential with Personal Project Management
Dream > Plan > Do
- DREAM, Visualize your Idea, Turn a Goal into a Project.
- PLAN, Breakdown a Personal Project into Simple Activities.
- DO, Don’t Commit to an Outcome, Commit to Get Things Done.
- Reflect and Adjust: Evaluate and Adapt
- 5-step ADAP Method
Read the article Turn your Goals into Projects
How-to develop an Idea into a Viable Project?
Visualise, Clarify and Simplify a new Business Project
Enable an Idea by verifying that the project is
• Desirable
• Doable
• Viable and Sustainable
Conduct a rapid Opportunity Study to decide if you should pause, go for it or exit. Visualise your project just in two pages. Keep your concept in a format that helps to communicate and memorise the key elements of your business project.
Read the article on How-to Turn an Idea into a Business Project. Listen to our conversation on how-to develop an idea.
Draft a Project Manifesto
Share Your Magic, Tell Your Story and Send Your Message
• Tell your Story
- People don't know you, so introduce yourself.
• Send a Message to your Audience
- How can you help? What is the problem that are you looking to solve?
• Explain the Why? and How?
Read the article on "Draft a Project Manifesto".
Develop a Project Operating System
Dream with a Plan. Deal with Constraints. Set Simple Rules.
• Define a set of simple rules to operate your project
• Use Constraints to drive your Creativity
• The Art of Seizing fleeting Opportunities
• Enable your Project
Read the article on "Develop a Project Operating System".
Pricing Tactics for Independents
Focus on Outcomes. Not Hours. Care about your Work.
• What is an Independent Worker?
• Alternatives to Hourly Billing
- Daily or Weekly billing
- Retainer or Monthly Fixed Fee
- Project based billing
- Respect your work, price it accordingly!
Read the full article on Simple Pricing Tactics for Independents. Listen to our conversation on Pricing Tactics.
Read on Self-Growth and Self-Development
Autonomy & Agility | Habits & Mindset | KAIZEN + KANBAN
Lifestyle Design, Habits and Mindset
How-to Articles on Self-Development
• Change your Lifestyle starting by Daily Habits
• How-to design your Lifestyle in 3 Steps?
• What is Self-Actualisation about?
• Mindsets, the Artisan & The Plagist
• How-to Manage your Time with KANBAN?
• Time Boxing, a simple Time Management Technique
• Time Blocking, Tasks Grouping & Batching
• Find a Mental Sparring Partner
• Do less, work better with KAIZEN
• Revolution or Evolution? KAIKAKU or KAIZEN?
• Remote Work, a mini playbook
• Mind Mapping to Communicate Ideas
Change by Adopting new Habits in 5 Steps
Each Action is a Vote for The Type of Lifestyle you Want.
- Know Where You Start
- Find What You Want to Change
- Prioritise and Replace
- Fine tune Your Environment
- Master the Startline
Daily Habits are a Simple yet Powerful Way to Start Changing your Lifestyle. Read the full article on the power of Daily Habits.
How-to Design Your Lifestyle?
Find your Own Path. Try stuff. Live the life you want.
• What is Lifestyle Design?
• Step by Step: Three Empowering Questions:
- Where are you Now?
- What do you Want? Who do you want to Become?
- How-to Get it?
• Draft a Personal Development Plan
• What's your Next Move?
• What is a Lifestyle Business?
Read the article How-to Design Your Lifestyle?
Draft a personal Manifesto in 3 Steps
Don't neglect your dreams, write your adventure book
A manifesto is a letter to yourself, a reminder and a call to live under your terms.
Start by figuring out who you are. Then question who you think you are. Finally draft your own adventure book, who you want to become.
Read the full article on "Draft a personal manifesto in 3 Steps".
How-to manage your time with KANBAN?
A visual way to manage your tasks and get things done
Your time is precious. Take good care of him. Forget the busyness. Forget multitasking. Instead do one thing at a time. Focus on getting essential things done in time.
• Visualize your week and your tasks (BACKLOG)
• Organize your tasks in columns to visualize your progression
• Minimize your work in progress (WIP)
• Limit switching between different types of tasks
Mind Mapping to Communicate Ideas
Map ideas to organize thoughts and communicate a vision
• What is Mind Mapping?
• Mind Mapping to Communicate
• Keep it Simple
• How to draw a Mind Map?
• Mind Mapping Process
• What do I like about Mind Mapping?
Read the article "Mind Mapping to Communicate Ideas"
