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

Epicflow

In the present-day dynamic business environment, you should stay on top of all recent trends and be ready to implement innovations in your work. The event will allow project managers to earn PDUs, learn from expert speakers during the educational sessions, acquire new skills, master new technologies and methodologies, and network with peers.

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6 Current Trends in Project Management [2024]: What to Prepare for?

Epicflow

This is confirmed by the recent PMI Pulse of the Profession report — they’ve found that companies that give particular importance to soft skills (or how they call them “power skills”) achieve better project outcomes and have higher levels of project management maturity and organizational agility [3].

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The Secret History of Agile Innovation

Harvard Business

You hear a lot about “agile innovation” these days. Teams using agile methods get things done faster than teams using traditional processes. Agile has indisputably transformed software development, and many experts believe it is now poised to expand far beyond IT. They keep customers happier.

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Top 11 Must-Read Project Management Books

Epicflow

His ideas regarding remote work difficulties and how to handle them are based on his research of Agile software development, human resources, supply chain management, cognitive psychology, organizational behavior, and labor economics. The ideas presented in the book are based on the author’s 20+ experience in managing projects.

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Do You Know What Your Company’s Data Is Worth?

Harvard Business

Definitions for what constitutes EvD, and methodologies to calculate its value, remain in their infancy. Meaningfully defining EvD will help ensure that corporate accounting and risk management standards take into account present day realities.

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How Children’s Health System of Texas Is Improving Care with Design Thinking

Harvard Business

But the most powerful drivers of change are not necessarily technological; radical improvements increasingly also come from applying new innovation methodologies like design thinking that focus on developing a deep understanding of patient experiences and invite patients and partners into co-creation processes. Insight Center.

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Use Design Thinking to Build Commitment to a New Idea

Harvard Business

Anyone who comes up with new ideas for a living will recognize the challenges this truism presents. A logically plausible proposition, combined with supporting data, is presented to produce a cognitive “sense of proof.” Finally, he made a more formal presentation to the Board.

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