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Embracing Positive Risk: A Path to Innovation

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We often think of risk as a negative force, something to be avoided or mitigated. If you ask most middle managers what their main job is, a majority will reflect that they manage the flow of work to their people and manage the risks of the work. We might prioritize rigid processes over flexibility or discourage experimentation.

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7 Ways Project Manager Roles Are Changing

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Data-Driven Decision Making While project managers have always applied data to their decision-making, the more accurate, real-time insights and tools that have become available are influencing them with increased objectivity, proactive risk identification and predictive analytics.

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Product strategy: where customer needs and technology align

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Roman Pichler’s work on the strategy stack depicts an important relationship beyond requirements for users to one of a symbiotic relationship between the product strategy and technology strategy. Technology’s role, importantly, is to provide a set of constraints for the product strategy.

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Top Project Management Conferences for 2025, 2026 & 2027

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The event features hands-on experiences in the Innovation Hub, networking lounges, and exclusive member meetups. With content delivered in multiple languages and regionally relevant case studies, it offers practical strategies for leading cross-border projects.

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Breaking The Commerce Bottleneck: Your SAP Exit Plan Starts Now

Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar

🔄 Composability 101: Discover how modular architecture boosts agility, lower risk, and unlock scalability. 🧰 Mitigation without Mayhem: Proven strategies and paths for transitioning off SAP with minimal disruption. Understand the urgency of modernizing legacy platforms before the July 2026 deadline.

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Balancing Operational Excellence with Innovation

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How many people struggle with juggling Business as usual (BAU) operations as well as delivering products to customers and well as investing in innovation? I have found that using metrics such as Innovation index are a good way to see the balance in an organization between operational excellence and innovation.

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Pilot Project: Meaning, Benefits and Example

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These projects are conducted on a small scale to minimize risks and costs, and this test phase is used to evaluate the effectiveness of an idea before full deployment. Its a learning opportunity, which helps identify issues, gather data and make improvements, as well as mitigate risks by detecting failures early.

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From Rigid To Resilient: Why Enterprises Need Modular Commerce Now

Speaker: Benjamin Woll, Tiffany Spizzo, and Jaime Santos Alcón

We’ll explore how brands can integrate a modern commerce solution within their existing infrastructure to move faster, adapt to market changes, and fuel long-term growth without the risks of a full migration. Key Takeaways: ✅ Agility Without the Overhaul: How an extensible approach enables innovation while maintaining stability.