CONTENTS
Creating Value for the 3
PMI Family
Virtually or In Person— 11
Leaders Learn and Share
Their Passion
PMI Thought Leadership Series 14
Examines Talent Management
PMIEF Scholarship Recipients 17
Events Calendar 22
PMI China News 23
Using Research to Bolster 24
Standards Development Process
Event Webcast Platform Wins 25
Innovation Program
Chapter Links 26
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Focus for Success
Entrepreneur and sports legend Earvin
“Magic” Johnson, CEO of Magic Johnson
Enterprises, kicked off the congress by
explaining that his successes both on the
court and in the business world stemmed
from assembling the right team to beat
the competition. “You have to adjust
and adapt, adapt and adjust, or it’s going
ork smarter and more
creatively, and understand
the competition. That’s
the secret to staying ahead of the pack
in today’s high-speed business world,
in which global competition and new
technologies are the norm, according to
keynote speakers who addressed 2,200
practitioners at PMI® Global Congress
2014—North America. Attendees from
60 countries gathered in Phoenix,
Arizona, USA and returned home with
knowledge to boost productivity and
innovation in an accelerating project
environment.
W
2014 PMO Symposium
Leading-Edge
PMOs Tackle
Talent and
Strategy
By Tegan Jones
ven the most brilliant strategy
won’t mean much unless an
organization has the right project
and program practitioners to execute
on it. And that’s precisely where
project management offices (PMOs)
can step in to help with the daunting
task of finding the talent to fuel
strategic initiatives—a big takeaway
from the 2014 PMO Symposium.
“Why do organizations struggle with
talent management? Because people
are hard,” PMI President and CEO
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Magic: 2014 PMI Chair
Ricardo Triana, PMP,
is taller than the congress
opening keynote speaker, Earvin “Magic” Johnson
PMI® Global
Congress 2014—
North America
Competing
in a
High-Speed
World
By Alma Bahman
