Relevance, Communication, Collaboration, and Community — four takeaways from the European Conference on Games Based Learning What did we learn from attending the 20th European Conference on Games Based Learning (ECGBL 2026) in Darmstadt, Germany? That game-based learning is about much more than playing games. It is about making important subjects relevant, communicating complex ideas,… Continue reading Beyond the Game: What We Learned at ECGBL 2026
Last week, I had the privilege of participating in the FedCSIS 2026 Conference Series at Riga Technical University in Latvia. As always, FedCSIS was exceptionally well organised, with outstanding presentations, keynote speeches and panel discussions. With only 15% of submissions accepted as full papers, the quality of the research presented was extremely high. Our participation… Continue reading Research, Recognition and Collaboration at FedCSIS 2026
On Sunday, August 23, Gloria will present research on accountability in artificial intelligence projects at the FedCSIS 2026 conference in Riga, Latvia, while also helping facilitate two sessions of the Information Technology for Business and Society (ITBS) track. Presenting in the ITBS track Gloria’s presentation, Accountability Mechanisms in AI Projects: An Empirical Analysis of Governance,… Continue reading Accountability Mechanisms in AI Projects at FedCSIS 2026 in Riga
A paused project feels safe. It isn’t. While it sits idle, teams disperse, knowledge fades, technology moves on, contracts lapse, and stakeholder support quietly erodes. The project that made sense to pause in March can be much harder to restart by fall, and probably more expensive. Our new article, A Practical Assessment for Project Suspension,… Continue reading When a Project Pauses, What Should Happen Next?
Artificial Intelligence is rarely a topic that leaves people indifferent. As announced on our last post, we presented about how AI is changing how we manage projects. Before our recent role model talk, we asked participants a simple question: “What are your emotional feelings about Artificial Intelligence?” The responses reflected the uncertainty many people experience… Continue reading From Curiosity to Confidence: What Happened When We Talked About AI, Projects and the Future of Work
Artificial intelligence projects are increasingly expected to deliver multiple outcomes simultaneously: regulatory compliance, financial benefits, innovation, sustainability, and positive societal impact. Yet when these objectives compete, who is actually accountable? This question sits at the heart of my forthcoming research chapter, “Accountability in Artificial Intelligence (AI) Projects: System Capabilities, Delivery Pressures, and the Limits of… Continue reading Who Is Really Accountable in AI Projects?
A reflection on language, resistance, and the future of flexible project management Last year, our team set out to answer a question that might sound almost trivially simple: does it matter what we call things? Specifically, we were looking at the abandonment option in Real Options: the decision to exit a project early when evidence… Continue reading When Words Shape Decisions: Rethinking How We Talk About Stopping Projects
When I was young, I had an encyclopedia, a couple of dictionaries, and a huge atlas in my room. I loved looking things up: checking words, expressions, historical facts, reading about people, countries, and places I had never seen. I loved going to the shelf, open a volume, and start reading letting my imagination flow.… Continue reading Why Buy a Book in the Age of Google and AI?
How can the early closure of a project be recognized as a smart, strategic choice rather than failure? That was the question of our latest study: Rebranding ‘Abandon‘ in Project Management – a collaborative exploration conducted with experienced project managers using the Delphi method. The Negative Connotation of ‘Abandon’ In traditional project management, the word… Continue reading Rebranding ‘Abandon’: Turning Project Closure into Strategic Value
At the IEEE conference last August, Harry Jones gave a provocative presentation about Fantasy Projects. He described these as visionary, exploratory endeavors that push the boundaries of what’s possible, i.e., the kind that expand humanity’s collective knowledge, even when their outcomes are uncertain. NASA’s Apollo missions, the Hubble Space Telescope, and the Constellation program were… Continue reading The Fantasy of AI Projects: Chasing Accountability in a Delusional Age