The View from PMI50: After the Storm

October 10, 2019 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

In theory, we should all return from a work conference stoked full of new ideas, new or refreshed professional contacts, and ready to rock. The reality is that after the hotel beds, the dim weird conference room lighting, the whirlwind of introductions, the writer's cramp from trying to take notes

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The View from PMI50: Winds of Change

October 7, 2019 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Agility is required to navigate the halls of the PMI Global Conference: one moment I am being swept back into memories of my work for the PMI Publishing Division's North Carolina office 25 years ago (a chapter which is, sadly, missing from the PMI history book we all received in our conference packe

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The View from PMI50: Non-Conformists Move the World

October 5, 2019 | by Johanna Mickel

Great to be at the 50th anniversary of PMI here in our hometown, Philadelphia, PA! The opening keynoteer, Adam Grant is recognized as one of the world’s 10 most influential management thinkers and -- how appropriate – a Wharton professor.  Author of the book Originals, ant gave an engaging and thoug

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Agile. It's A. Dead. B. Insidious. C. Human.

August 28, 2019 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

A number of stories about agile in my inbox this week made me think of this quote often attributed to Mahatma Gandhi  (although it's more likely from a speech by a labor organizer, Nicholas Klein, it does paraphrase thoughts expressed in some of Gandhi's published works). Long ignored as an enthusia

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Agile! It's Everywhere

August 14, 2019 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

This blog was updated April 2025 Is it just me, or has “agile“ become the most overused word in the language of business? I may be mistaken about this; perhaps I just notice it more because this past year has been all about agile for us here at PM Solutions and PM College. This time last year, we

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