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shared the knowledge they gained in a
presentation to IBM Japan co-workers in
December. Mr. Kanei planned to discuss
how he was able to refresh his technical
skills and explore trends that will steer
tomorrow’s project environment.
oshimitsu Kanei knows he must
be ready for change. But—and no
surprise here—day-to-day work
responsibilities often get in the way of
preparing for the future. So Mr. Kanei, an
associate project manager at IBM Japan
in Osaka, Japan, saw the PMI Global
Conference in Chicago, Illinois, USA as
“a trigger to start learning and gathering
new information everyday.”
Mr. Kanei and 14 other project
professionals from his organization
I N S I D E
Looking Back at 2017: 3
Transformation Begins…
A Year of Excitement
Introducing the 2017 PMIEF 13
Scholarship and Award Recipients
Reports Help Organizations 19
Achieve Greater Agility
Events Calendar 20
Chapter Links 22
PMI China News: Experiencing 24
the Miracle of Alibaba
See page 9
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Biggest, Best, Coldest
Yet Warmest Leadership
Institute Meeting Yet
PMI® Global Conference
The Futureproof
Game Plan
By David Brummer
Combined Leadership Institute Meeting and
PMI Global Conference keynote session with Sir Tim Berners-Lee.
JANUARY 2018 A SUPPLEMENT TO PM NETWORK® PUBLISHED BY PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE
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