Communication skills, the ability to build relationships, positivity, and even a good sense of humor are qualities that recruiters are looking for when hiring project managers. In this episode of MET Makes Conversation, Metropolitan College project management lecturer Richard Maltzman and student Farrah Aversano discuss the rising emphasis on these “power” skills, as projects become more complex and automation simplifies planning and scheduling processes.

Few consider the complex functions and operations of a supply chain—until it’s interrupted, and goods and services are delayed. That is the inspiration for this discussion with subject experts Canan Gunes Corlu, BU MET supply chain management professor and program coordinator, and Barry Lynn, president and founder of Supply Chain 411 Corp and member of the MET Supply Chain Management Advisory Board.

In this installment, BU MET Criminal Justice professors Mary Ellen Mastrorilli, Shea Cronin, and Danielle Rousseau examine institutional and organizational reform efforts and offer solutions to the practical challenges they face.