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Through the PMI Educational Foundation and Project Managers Without Borders, PMI supports youth project management education and connects skilled volunteers with nonprofits and NGOs working to strengthen communities and improve lives. ### FAQ #### Is a PMP certification worth it? A Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification is widely considered a valuable certification for project managers seeking to advance their careers. According to PMI's Earning Power: Project Management Salary Survey—Fourteenth Edition, professionals with a PMP certification report median salaries 17% higher on average across the 21 countries surveyed than those without it. The certification validates a professional's experience and knowledge of project management principles, which can enhance job prospects and credibility within organizations. #### What are the best certifications for project managers? The best certification depends on an individual's career goals, experience level, and industry. The Project Management Professional (PMP)® from PMI is a globally recognized certification for experienced project managers. For those newer to the field, PMI's Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)® is a common starting point. Other notable certifications include those focused on agile methodologies, such as the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)®, and program management certifications like the Program Management Professional (PgMP)®. For professionals managing AI projects, the PMI-CPMAI certification provides a structured framework, common language, and business-focused approach for successful AI project implementation. #### How does PMI support career growth for professionals? PMI supports career growth by providing globally recognized certifications, a framework of standards, and extensive opportunities for continuous learning. Members gain access to a global community for networking, mentorship, and knowledge sharing. The organization also produces research and thought leadership on emerging trends, helping professionals stay current with skills in areas like AI, agile practices, and strategic business management. These resources are designed to help professionals at all levels enhance their skills and advance their careers. #### What is the PMBOK® Guide? The PMBOK® Guide, or A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, is PMI’s foundational guide to generally accepted project management knowledge and practice. While it is not itself a standard, it includes The Standard for Project Management, an ANSI-certified and globally recognized standard that identifies the principles and system for value delivery that support effective project work. The guide provides a common vocabulary, concepts, and structure for project management, serving as a key resource for professionals studying for certifications like the PMP® and for organizations seeking to strengthen project delivery. #### How is AI changing project management? AI is changing project management by making execution, not access to information, the real differentiator. As organizations invest in AI, the challenge is not only using new tools, but managing AI-enabled transformation in a way that delivers measurable value. Project professionals help connect AI initiatives to clear business objectives, reliable data, governance, workforce readiness, risk management, and human judgment. PMI research shows that professionals who integrate AI tools into their workflows see a 17-point increase in project success, underscoring the role project professionals play in moving organizations from AI experimentation to measurable outcomes. #### What are the most important skills for a project manager? Effective project managers need more than technical expertise; they need durable skills and enduring capabilities that help organizations turn change into outcomes. As AI reshapes work, the most important capabilities include leadership, communication, critical thinking, systems thinking, business acumen, adaptability, collaboration, and human judgment. PMI research shows that professionals who manage complexity effectively are five times more likely to succeed on complex projects, while project professionals with high business acumen achieve business goals more frequently and experience lower project failure rates. #### How can I get involved with the PMI community? Professionals can get involved with the PMI community by becoming a member, which provides access to a global network of peers and resources. Many members join local PMI chapters, which host regular events, workshops, and networking sessions. Online, PMI's projectmanagement.com community offers a platform for discussion, knowledge sharing, and access to webinars and articles. Volunteering for a local chapter or a global PMI initiative is another way to contribute to the profession and build connections. #### What is the difference between PMP and CAPM? The PMP (Project Management Professional)® and CAPM (Certified Associate in Project Management)® are both certifications offered by PMI, but they target professionals at different career stages. The CAPM is an entry-level certification designed for individuals with little or no project experience, validating their understanding of fundamental project management knowledge and terminology. The PMP is for experienced project managers and requires a combination of formal education and years of documented project leadership experience, making it a more advanced and globally recognized certification. #### How does PMI support social impact? PMI supports social impact by helping individuals, nonprofits, NGOs, and communities use project management to turn purpose into measurable outcomes. Through the PMI Educational Foundation, PMI expands access to project management education for youth worldwide, including underserved and underrepresented populations. Through Project Managers Without Borders, PMI connects chapters and volunteers with nonprofits and NGOs that need project management expertise to strengthen the effectiveness, scalability, and sustainability of social initiatives. 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The sparkling air smelled as clean as lavender, and the tulips were out in golden profusion. Margate was something every Briton should have more of, and wasn’t that what the Labor Party was after? Or was it? The delegates at Margate did not seem to know just what they wanted. Was it more power for the workers, or more planning by the state? The two visions conflicted more sharply than ever. If any people could achieve “democratic socialism,” Britons could; but British Laborites, for all their genius for compromise, were caught in a somber contradiction that not even Margate’s salty breezes could blow away. Old Business. A minor sample of the dilemma was presented by salty old (75) Mrs. E. M. White of Radlett, an old-line suffragette, who rose to remind the delegates that Laborites had been advocating equal pay for women for the last quarter of a century. Mrs. White had to stand on tiptoe to reach the microphone, but when Chairman Philip Noel-Baker flashed his red warning signal she stayed on the rostrum as tenaciously as a suffragette chained to a Downing Street railing. “People who accept principles without applying them can be called unprincipled,” said Mrs. White. “Don’t have any nonsense about embarrassing the Government. . . . We are not to be a herd of yes men and women.” The Labor bosses on the platform agreed with Mrs. White in principle, but pointed out that the national planning would be strained by the £50,000,000 required to raise women’s wages to the level of men’s. But Mrs. White’s recommendation was carried, 2,310,000 to 598,000\. Contented, Mrs. White toddled back to her boardinghouse, put on her slippers and puffed away at a pipe filled with her favorite tobacco, Parson’s Pleasure.\* New Business. The real trouble, democratic socialism’s fundamental flaw, was exposed when fat Will Lawther, president of the National Union of Mineworkers, demanded, with his chins quivering, that the Government set higher wages for miners and exempt them from income taxes. Another resolution from the planning-minded side demanded that the Government “regulate the distribution of manpower between essential and nonessential industries and . . . exercise the strictest control over the entry of men and women into non-productive employment.” Up to the rostrum marched Arthur Deakin, who succeeded Ernest Bevin as general secretary of the huge (1,250,000 members) Transport and General Workers’ Union. There was fiery anger in his flict which wrecked Karl Marx’s First International.\* This planning v. freedom conflict added fuel to the long-smoldering ill will between trade unionists and those they call the “bloody intellectuals.” The intellectuals—Britain’s planners whose end-all is the Socialist State—have carefully avoided roiling the trade unionists, because Britain’s unions supply about three-fourths of the Labor Party’s members. The planners know that they cannot blueprint an economy for Britain without “planning” labor as well as industry. But at Margate they ducked the broader issue raised by Deakin, and acceped the miners’ resolution although many an old trade unionist shook his head and glowered. No Business? Next day brought a more sensational but not more important fight. Ernest Bevin arrived at Margate to defend his foreign policies. But first he had to hear a couple of “bloody intellectuals” criticize him. Bucktoothed, Communist-lined Konni Zilliacus and tall, handsome Richard Howard Stafford Grossman were unusually restrained: they did not make an all-out attack on Bevin to his face. Ernie Bevin, a massive man, sat impassively like a Buddha, his slanting eyes glinting behind his heavy glasses, and smoke curling from a cigaret. Finally, he rose ponderously and waded into a patient review of foreign policy. He touched on the Truman Doctrine: “I think America did right to step in” when Britain stepped out of Greece. He turned on the Grossman group of rebels, punched his meaty hands together, turned his voice into an angry shout. When he was in the U.S. getting wheat for Britain, he said, “I was stabbed in the back.” He added: “I grew up in the trade unions. I was never used to this kind of thing.” Margate last week was also aware of two non-members of the Labor Party who might gain in strength if democratic socialism failed to work. One was Winston Churchill, to whom the Tory Margate town council last week voted the freedom of the city. The other was Arthur Horner, the little (5 ft. 3 in.) general secretary of the Mineworkers’ Union. An avowed Communist, Horner is all for a Government “wages policy.” Last week Herbert Morrison, busily trying to conciliate the warring Laborites, ran into Horner on the seafront. Morrison wagged a finger and said archly: “Arthur, you’ve no business in Margate.” Retorted Horner: “You’ll see.” What would be the outcome of these broils between materialists of various sects and persuasions? Perhaps the best prophecy was uttered by Labor’s Prime Minister Clement Attlee as he rose on Whitsun morning in the old church of St. John the Baptist, overlooking Margate. In the presence of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Attlee was asked to read the lesson. In his light but curiously penetrating voice, Attlee intoned: “For if ye live after the flesh ye shall die: but if ye through the spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.” \*Britain’s Ministers no longer smoke at Cabinet meetings, an earnest to their pleas for Britons generally to cut down on smoking (TIME, April 28). At Margate most of them puffed away, but Chancellor of the Exchequer Hugh Dalton tried to set a dollar-saving example by refraining. He had an embarrassing moment. When a young girl tried to hand him four packs of cigarets, he waved her away, said: “Not here, not now—see me outside.” \*The two bewhiskered giants of 19th Century socialism, Karl Marx and Mikhail Bakunin, split over the issue of compulsory state planning v. the free action of voluntary associations of workers. Said Bakunin in 1872: “Marx is an authoritarian and centralizing communist. He wants what we want: the complete triumph of economic and social equality, but he wants it in the state and through the state power, through the dictatorship of a very strong and, so to say, despotic provisional government, that is, by the negation of liberty. . . . We want the reconstruction of society . . . not from above downward . . . but from below upwards. . . .” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6775467/great-britain-after-the-flesh/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6775467/great-britain-after-the-flesh/"},"headline":"GREAT BRITAIN: After the Flesh","datePublished":"1947-06-09T04:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T14:16:52.851Z","description":"To the 1,255 delegates at the Labor Party's 46th annual conference last week, seaside Margate looked like a dream coming true for every British working man and his family. 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