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Top 25 Project Management Influencers of 2025

NimbleWork

These top 25 influencers for 2025 aren’t just keeping up with the trends—they’re setting them, reshaping how teams collaborate, innovate, and deliver in today’s fast-paced world. What distinguishes these influencers in the landscape of project management thought leadership?

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The 3 Types Of Employee Engagement You Should Know

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This does not just apply to industries that place heavy physical demands on their workers, such as construction and engineering; it also applies to other labor-intensive industries, such as education and retail. On the other hand, a manager that exhibits a high degree of negativity is bound to influence other people the same way.

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Cost of Production: Types of Production Costs

ProjectManager.com

That informs the retail price you put on the product and shows how high you can go without alienating your customers or negatively impacting your profits. Fixed costs aren’t influenced by the amount you produce when in production, but are still part of the overall cost of production.

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Kanban vs. Scrum: What’s the Difference?

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That hasn’t stopped practitioners from using scrum in varying industries, from retail logistics to event planning. This means this methodology greatly influences how your team operates and might even require you to make hiring decisions based on it. What Is the Difference Between Scrum and Kanban?

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An Introduction to Supply Chain Management (SCM)

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These sources include suppliers, manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and retailers. Like anything else, SCM didn’t show up fully formed but was influenced by other disciplines. These items are usually outsourced from any number of places. Items can pass through several hands until they reach the customer. Diverse Discipline.

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The Clerk (A Misunderstood Product Owner Stance)

Scrum.org

A clerk is a white-collar worker who conducts general office tasks, or a worker who performs similar sales-related tasks in a retail environment (a retail clerk). Clerks are also rarely talking (or allowed to talk) to external influencers or governance stakeholders, such as legal authorities and/or regulators.

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Project management degrees: Do you need one and what you can do with it

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I do think that having a degree (of any kind, in any subject) is beneficial for securing a job, especially as project managers are expected to influence and lead, and many employers want to see evidence of the ability to operate at that level and use a degree as a benchmark for it. That varies depending on the industry.