Luigi Morsa, Ph.D.
Luigi Morsa (Ph.D.) is an Aerospace Engineer and Project Manager working in the Aircraft Industry in Germany. The passion for project management has led Luigi to contribute to two books by Dr. Harold Kerzner, the pioneer and globally recognized expert in project management.
Luigi wrote two case studies about the Aircraft industry for Project Management Case Studies, 5th and 6th Editions (Wiley, 2017, 2022), two sections (Open Innovation in Action; The Project Manager’s Role in Developing Innovation Skills and Ideas in People) and the chapter “Innovation Management Software” for Innovation Project Management 1st and 2nd editions (Wiley, 2019, 2023). He wrote with Richard Maltzman, PMP and Master Lecturer at Boston University Metropolitan College, the chapter “10 Lessons Learnt from Irresponsibility in Project Management” for the book De Gruyter Handbook of Responsible Project Management (De Gruyter, 2023).
In 2018, Luigi was a speaker at the Project Management Institute EMEA Congress (Berlin) to discuss the complexity of the aircraft industry market, with particular emphasis on the relationship between product and customer needs. He has presented at the 18th Annual Project Management in Practice Conference (Boston, 2024) the latest achievements of the Artificial Intelligence software in Project/Innovation Management.
Luigi has been contributor for the International Institute of Learning Blog since 2019 with articles that cover themes related to Employee Engagement, Innovation, Team Management, Risk Management, Conflict Management, Agile, AI.

Authored Articles

Keys for Implementing Empowerment in Projects
By Luigi Morsa and Richard Maltzman
It’s important to remember that engagement reflects the involvement and enthusiasm of employees in their work and workplace.

Project Management Tools (AI and otherwise) to Transition from Project Management to Project Leadership!
By Luigi Morsa & Richard Maltzman
Introduction Let´s start with a basic definition: “Project management tools simplify everything from project planning to collaboration, helping meeting deadlines and deliver a more refined finished project”

Human–AI Synergy in Innovation: from Innovation Management Software To Open Innovation
By Luigi Morsa and Richard Maltzman
Introduction In a former article on this Blog, we discussed how Artificial Intelligence (AI) software intersects with Project Management.

Artificial Intelligence and Project Management: The First Step!
By Luigi Morsa and Richard Maltzman
In November 2022, when ChatGPT was made available to the public, it put Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the spotlight for all people – not just ‘techies’ and those who have followed AI for a long time.

Artificial Intelligence and Project Management: The First Step
By Luigi Morsa and Richard Maltzman
AI can contribute to PM (it requires a certain effort) and will not replace project managers. However, AI can be a powerful tool, but to get an immediate tangible effect or contribution, it must be used as an Assistant.

Avoiding Mistakes: The Great Challenge
By Dr. Luigi Morsa
One of the greatest sources of “headache” for a project leader, a project manager or, in an Agile environment, a Squad Leader, is to discover that some mistakes have been made.