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PMO Leaders Assess Their Agile Transformations
“I want to deliver business value sooner” is a direct quote I received from an executive manager and Program Management Office (PMO) leader I met with recently. This was in response to a question I po...
Ethics Is Integral to Doing ‘Good’ Design, Georgetown Expert Says
It happens often—maybe at a meeting or a dinner party. When Linda Berkeley, founder of the management consulting firm LEB Enterprises, tells people she teaches a graduate course called Ethical Design,...
In Focus | Investment in Emerging Markets
New technology is, by nature, disruptive. That’s true no matter what business you’re in, and it’s especially true for real estate. Here, Glenn Williamson, faculty director for Georgetown’s graduate pr...
In Focus | Before the Crisis Strikes
Say you’re an expert in crisis management. How do you convince your client—the head of a big corporation—to invest in crisis planning? Actually, it’s relatively straightforward, says Brian Ellis, exec...
In Focus | Microsoft’s Digital Transformation
With tremendously successful creations like Windows and Office, Microsoft has long been known as a “product company,” says Nina Somerville, general manager for Microsoft’s Northeast Cloud Solutions. T...
In Focus | Careers in College Athletics
Chevonne Mansfield, director of communications for LEAD1 Association, is having a fascinating—and successful—career in college sports, and she says the key to doing that is to follow some time-honored...
Preserving a Community Poised for Development: Congress Heights
Business writers don’t normally speak in superlatives, but in this case it was justified. Amazon, soon to be named the world’s richest company, had just picked the Crystal City section of Arlington, V...
Student Retreat Provides Opportunities to Relax, Reflect on Sacred Stories
SCS students enjoy the second annual student retreat at Georgetown’s Calcagnini Contemplative Center in Bluemont, Virginia.Who are you? What communities in your life make a claim on you? What ar...
In Focus | Sports Media
Sports media may have changed a lot in the digital age, but for freelance broadcaster Scott Jackson, there’s nothing quite like the immediacy and excitement of that old standby: play-by-play. Listen t...
In Focus | Study Abroad
The problems the world faces today—everything from climate change to the rise of authoritarianism—will not be solved by any one country or culture, says John Lucas, Ph.D., president of International S...
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