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2024 Events for Project Managers, Business Leaders, and Industry Professionals

Epicflow

Check out our selection of events for project/resource managers, business leaders, and industry professionals, which will provide you with valuable insights into recent trends and challenges, networking opportunities, and contribute to your professional development.

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4 Autopsies of Big Change Management Failures

LSA Global

This outsized, rugged, status-symbol of a GM product failed to see the writing on the wall. They were not agile enough. Their customers would have used them for books from small publishers, not CD or DVDs and not books from large presses to the exclusion of small. Autopsy #2 – Hummer. They didn’t pay attention to what consumers wanted.

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The First Step to Fixing U.S. Manufacturing

Harvard Business

A few outlier industries (notably pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and computers) prop up the sector’s aggregate performance; most others have experienced flat growth or outright declines in real GDP over the past two decades. It’s clear why pain in the domestic supplier base matters from a policy perspective.

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Top 11 Must-Read Project Management Books

Epicflow

Becoming a competent and sought-after project manager is impossible without constant professional development. The essays are based on Scott Berkun’s work experience as a project manager at Microsoft, which however doesn’t mean that his guidelines will be useful for software development projects only.

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What to Know Before You Sign a Payment-by-Results Contract

Harvard Business

The UK’s Department for International Development uses “results-based” aid to improve the educational outcomes of young girls in Africa and Asia. Pearson, the educational publisher, measures the efficacy of its products to improve educational outcomes. Consider these examples: Education. ” Health care.

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Changing Company Culture Requires a Movement, Not a Mandate

Harvard Business

Prasad, CEO of Dr. Reddy’s, a 33-year-old global pharmaceutical company headquartered in India that produces affordable generic medication. Projects were selected across channels to highlight agility, innovation, and customer centricity. Product packaging was redesigned to be more user-friendly and increase adherence.

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How a U.S. Health Care System Uses 15-Minute Huddles to Keep 23 Hospitals Aligned

Harvard Business

The model has been used in other industries and has parallels to the “teams of teams” approach in the agile method of operating that has become so popular. Our clinics reported the early development of the disease in huddles. Earlier this year, for instance, a community-wide outbreak of hepatitis b occurred.

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