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S2E309 August 2020

S2E30: Expert Panel Debate on Critical Path Method and AI automation

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S2E30

S2E30: Expert Panel Debate on Critical Path Method and AI automation

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In this episode, we're shaking it up by inviting our Season 1 guests back for a battle of wits in a FOR and AGAINST debate on two relevant project topics. Listen to our panel go back and forth and give it all in a show of might, charisma and banter....

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