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What Can Project Managers Learn from South Korea’s Failed AI Textbook Initiative?

What Can Project Managers Learn from South Korea’s Failed AI Textbook Initiative?

Update: 2025-10-23

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When a high-profile AI education program collapsed just months after launch, it exposed deep flaws in planning, testing, and stakeholder engagement. This episode examines how skipping pilots, underestimating user resistance, and relying on unstable sponsorship can turn innovation into failure, and what project managers can do to prevent similar setbacks.

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What Can Project Managers Learn from South Korea’s Failed AI Textbook Initiative?

What Can Project Managers Learn from South Korea’s Failed AI Textbook Initiative?

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