People and Projects Podcast: Project Management Podcast
Episodes
PPP 407 | How to Get Your Message Read, Understood, and Acted Upon, with author Ben Guttmann
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Summary In this episode, Andy interviews Ben Guttmann about his book, Simply Put: Why Clear Messages Win and How to Design Them. They discuss how to d...
PPP 406 | How to Successfully Lead Teams and Deliver Projects: Career Lessons from Tara Miller
24 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Summary In this episode, Andy interviews Tara Miller, a successful project manager and the founder of Artemis, a management consulting business. Tara ...
PPP 405 | How to Deliver Better Results, with Gil Broza
17 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Summary In this episode, Andy Kaufman interviews Gil Broza about his new book, Deliver Better Results: How to Unlock Your Organization's Potential. Th...
PPP 404 | How Project Managers Can Move Fast and FIX Things, with Anne Morriss
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Summary In this episode, Andy interviews author Anne Morris about key concepts from her book Move Fast and Fix Things: The Trusted Leader's Guide to S...
PPP 403 | The Project Manager's Path to Freelancing Success, with Kayla McGuire
20 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Summary In this episode, Andy Kaufman interviews Kayla McGuire, a seasoned project manager and coach who runs a boot camp to help people learn and pre...
PPP 402 | Surprising Insights About the Growth Mindset that Project Managers Need to Know, with Eduardo Briceño
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Summary In this in-depth discussion, Andy is joined by Eduardo Briceño, author of The Performance Paradox: Turning the Power of Mindset Into Action, ...
PPP 401 | Customer Service Secrets Every Project Manager Must Know, with Micah Solomon
06 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Summary In this conversation, Andy Kaufman interviews Micah Solomon, author of the book Can Your Customer Service Do This? Create an Anticipatory Cust...
PPP 400 | Celebrating Episode 400 with Adam Grant
30 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Summary In this episode, Andy Kaufman celebrates the 400th episode of the People in Projects Podcast with special guest Adam Grant. They discuss Adam'...
PPP 399 | Don't Wait For Someone Else to Fix It, with Doug Lennick and Chuck Wachendorfer
22 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Summary In this conversation, Andy interviews Doug Lennick and Chuck Wachendorfer about their book Don't Wait for Someone Else to Fix It! They discus...
PPP 398 | The Burnout Wake-up Call, with Dr. Neha Sangwan
01 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Project Manager Burnout There is so much focus these days on getting more done with less. Delivering faster. Increasing efficiency. Being excellent at...
PPP 397 | Keeping Your Poise When Emotions are Rising, with Neuropsychologist Dr. Julia DiGangi
23 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When Emotions Are Rising On Your Project Let's say you're sitting in a meeting tomorrow for a project you are leading. You're looking to get sign-off ...
PPP 396 | Do You Tend to Be a Perfectionist? Embracing the Power of Good Enough, with author Thomas Curran
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Stop Saying You're a Perfectionist There's a classic question that is often asked somewhere during a job interview: "So, what's your biggest weakness?...
PPP 395 | Feeling Low on Energy? Ideas for You and Your Team, from Josefine Campbell
21 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Your Power Barometer There is so much focus these days on optimizing our time, right? And though I'm all for staying focused and productive, here's so...
PPP 394 | Practical Ways To Improve Your Emotional Intelligence, With EQ Expert Joshua Freedman
08 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What Is Emotional Intelligence, Really? You've heard of emotional intelligence, right? You know it's important. But a lot of us haven't had formal tra...
PPP 393 | Lessons On Leading And Delivering, With My Friend And Colleague Molly Beran
14 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Inspiring Women in Project Management Most days, you can find me working with a group of people, helping them learn how to improve their ability to le...
PPP 392 | Leading When You Can't Know It All, With Wanda T. Wallace
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Leading In The Age of Deep Expertise Not everyone aspires to be a VP or higher someday, nor should they. But could it be that some of us are held back...
PPP 391 | How Ambitious Managers Make The Jump To Leadership, With Adam Bryant
31 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Do You Really Want to Lead? Making the leap to leadership can be one of the most rewarding--and challenging--moves we can make. And I'm excited in thi...
PPP 390 | From Brain Tumor Survivor To Leadership Expert: The Inspiring Journey Of Jen Dary
26 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing Jen Dary In most of our episodes, I'm introducing you to an author of a new book, looking for ways to apply key ideas from what they've wr...
PPP 389 | Your Past As An Asset: How Experiential Intelligence Empowers Leaders And Teams, With Author Soren Kaplan
18 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Your Past as an Asset Have you ever noticed how two people can go through something similar? For one person, it takes them under. And the other person...
PPP 388 | PMeLa Interviews Abraham Lincoln: A Lesson On AI Automation
08 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
PMeLa Takes the Mic Hi! You will recall back in episode 384 I introduced you to an AI persona I had developed named PMeLa. She's an AI designed to be ...
PPP 387 | How To Face Project Uncertainty And Still Deliver, With Decision Sprint Author Atif Rafiq
04 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Progress Despite Uncertainty One of our recurring themes on the podcast is decision-making. The reality is you are likely facing some decisions you ne...
PPP 386 | AI Insights From A CEO (Andy Tryba) And A Friend (John Chmela)
28 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing Andy Tryba and John Chmela When you think of artificial intelligence and tools like ChatGPT, what comes to mind? Do you find it intriguing...
PPP 385 | How To Say No When You Feel Like You Have To Say Yes, With Author Vanessa Patrick
21 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"Why Did I Say Yes?" We've talked in past episodes about how, unless there's a compelling reason to say No, say Yes--that there are opportunities for ...
PPP 384 | Andy Interviews An AI: Introducing PMeLa
06 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing PMeLa It's impossible to avoid hearing about AI these days. From those who praise it to those who warn about an impending apocalypse becau...
PPP 383 | Feeling Stuck? The Science Of Getting Unstuck, With Adam Alter
23 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Feeling Stuck Can you think of situations when you felt stuck? I recently talked with someone who feels stuck in their career. Some of my MBA students...
PPP 382 | Balancing The Now And The Future: How To Make Tomorrow Better Today, With Author Hal Hershfield
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Balancing The Now and The Future Throughout my career, I've had the privilege of working with some amazing bosses. One was a woman named Cindy. What m...
PPP 381 | How To Make Wiser Decisions, With Human Performance Expert Dr. Jim Loehr
03 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Making Wise Decisions Think about some past decisions. Can you recall one that turned out well and another that, in hindsight, didn't go as planned? I...
PPP 380 | How To Navigate Stressful Conversations With That Friend (Or Stakeholder) You Don't Agree With, With Guest Mónica Guzmán
23 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dangerously Divided Times I'd like you to think of some examples of divides in your life. It could be with a friend or relative that has radically dif...
PPP 379 | Overcoming Fear And Uncertainty: A Guide To Risk-Taking, With Author Angie Morgan Witkowski
08 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"What's A Risk You're Glad You Took?" I asked this question to my LinkedIn network recently, and it led to a long thread of responses. The two most me...
PPP 378 | How To Say It Right The First Time, With Pitch Perfect Author Bill McGowan
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Say It Right the First Time So much of what we do when leading teams and projects comes down to communication. Whether it's written or spoken, with a ...
PPP 377 | Happier Hour: How To Focus On What Really Matters, With Author Cassie Holmes
19 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Focusing On What Really Matters When you don't have enough time, what's the first thing that gets cut from your schedule? Now, of course, the answer i...
PPP 376 | How To Help Your Team Stop Drowning In Work, With Author Nick Sonnenberg
10 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Stop Drowning At Work Have you ever heard someone say they are drowning at work? Maybe you feel like that even right now as you start this episode. If...
PPP 375 | Navigating The Fear Of Offending: A Guide To Living (And Leading) Unafraid
04 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Permission to Offend Is it possible to be too nice? We have a vigorous discussion around this question in our Essentials of Project Management worksho...
PPP 374 | Building A Strong Personal Brand Without Being A Self-Promoting Jerk
20 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Building Your Brand Without Being Pushy What comes to mind when you think of personal branding? Some feel that personal branding is superficial. Or in...
PPP 373 | Supporting Parents In The Workplace: Tips And Strategies, With Julie Foubert
13 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Navigating Parenting As a dad of 5 kids, I think back to when we had our first child. Those early days were a blur for both my wife and me. And as mor...
PPP 372 | How To Quit Bad Decisions Faster: Knowing When To Walk Away, With Annie Duke
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Winners Never Quit? It's an overused cliche that winners never quit, and quitters never win. The only problem with that, of course, is that it oversim...
PPP 371 | Why We Get Trapped In High Conflict And How We Get Out, With Amanda Ripley
04 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Help for Getting Out of High Conflict When you think of the word conflict, what comes to mind? I ask because I've had the opportunity to pose that que...
PPP 370 | The Smartest, Clearest, And Funniest Book On The Brain, And Why It Matters, With Dr. Chantel Prat
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hi! Meet Your Brain Have you ever looked at how someone made a decision and wondered, "What were they thinking?" For me, it's not just even watching o...
PPP 369 | Is That Influence Or Manipulation? How To Know The Difference, With Andres Lares
12 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Influence and Manipulation Where's the line between influence and manipulation? Well, I'll save the answer for when you hear from today's guest. Andre...
PPP 368 | Where Good Leaders Go Wrong, With Author Jim Wetrich
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Leadership Lessons Over the years of hosting the People and Projects Podcast, we've heard from authors from all kinds of backgrounds. I enjoy bringing...
PPP 367 | What If They Don't Follow Your Advice? How To Amplify Your Influence, With Rene Rodriguez
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Influencing Skills for Project Managers One of the constant challenges for those of us who lead teams and projects is influencing people around us. Wh...
PPP 366 | Want More Accountability With Your Teams? Here's Where To Start, With Author Michael Timms
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Accountability on Project Teams In this episode, we're taking on the subject of accountability. And though fostering accountability among our team mem...
PPP 365 | The Top Skill For Women (And Men) To Develop To Take Your Career To The Next Level
14 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Career Advice for Women (and Men) Most days you can find me working with a group of leaders, helping them learn how to improve their ability to lead a...
PPP 364 | Helping Students Prepare For Their Future (And Pass Their Chem Exam Next Week)
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Your Kids Are Project Managers As I've often joked on this podcast, I don't think I've ever heard of an 8-year-old child telling their parent, "Mommy,...
PPP 363 | Lessons From One Of The Top Management Thinkers, Roger L. Martin
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A New Way to Think Over 300 episodes ago we were joined by Roger L. Martin to talk about ideas from his book The Opposable Mind. In the years since I ...
PPP 362 | Surprising Lessons From The Science Of Motivation
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Staying Motivated to Get Things Done How do we stay motivated when we're pursuing our goals? And what can we learn from motivational science to help u...
PPP 361 | Leading Virtual Teams Across Cultures—In The Trenches With Yasmina Khelifi
04 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In The Trenches With Yasmina Khelifi Every once in a while we have a type of episode that we call In the Trenches. It's an episode that interviews som...
PPP 360 | How Hands On Should You Stay? Mistakes That Managers Make, With Dr. Janet Polach
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mistakes (New) Managers Make If you are currently in a management role, do you remember what it was like when you first took on that new position? Do ...
PPP 359 | Improve Your Team Culture In 15 Minutes? Brad Federman Tells Us How
04 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Developing Culture Beyond the Theory You know that the culture of your team and organization is critical to your ability to get work done. But here's ...
PPP 358 | How Compassionate Leaders Deliver Results
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What Is Compassionate Leadership? In this episode, we're continuing a series about rehumanizing the workplace. From conversations with so many of you,...
PPP 357 | Loneliness On Your Team—And What You Can Do About It, With Author Steven Van Cohen
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Crisis of Loneliness One of my least favorite phrases over the last couple of years is the term Social distancing. I understand the idea and I wor...
PPP 356 | Why Everything You Know About Relationships Is (Mostly) Wrong, with Eric Barker
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Dirty Little Secret of Business For years I've been telling coaching clients that the dirty little secret of business is that everything comes dow...
PPP 355 | Fear Is Holding You And Your Team Back--Here's What To Do, With Unfear Author Mark Minukas
30 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A How-To Guide for Psychological Safety Fear is something that can impact us as individuals for sure, and it spreads to teams and organizations. In th...
PPP 354 | The Stories We Tell Ourselves—And Why We Armor Up
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rehumanizing the Workplace A couple of years after COVID first hit, I can think of so many examples of how we're becoming less human at work. It's not...
PPP 353 | The Not So Simple Art Of Doing Less
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Staying Focused One of the biggest challenges we face in day-to-day living is staying focused. There are so many things vying for our attention. In fa...
PPP 352 | How To Build Psychologically Safe Relationships With People Who Are Different From You
29 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Psychological Safety on Project Teams It is likely not a new idea to you that there are so many benefits to our projects and our teams when we foster ...
PPP 351 | How To Deal With The Predictable And Avoidable Pitfalls Every Project Faces, With Kimberly Wiefling
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Scrappy Project Management Too much project management education--including what you find on bookshelves at stores--is dry. Seemingly impractical and ...
PPP 350 | How To Hire For The Anniversary Date, Not The Start Date, With Lou Adler
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hiring: Your Most Important Responsibility It could be argued that there is nothing more important than hiring outstanding people. But the sad fact is...
PPP 349 | How To Communicate With Manipulators, Naysayers, And Other Difficult Personalities
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Communicating With Difficult Personalities One of the biggest complaints people have when working on projects is related to communication. Often peopl...
PPP 348 | How To Work Less Hours And Get More Done, With Author Joe Sanok
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Thursday Is The New Friday If you ask someone about how things are going at work, what's a typical response? What I most often hear is "Busy! We are b...
PPP 347 | How To Influence Your Boss, Stakeholders, And Your Team, With Zoe Chance
02 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Improving Your Ability To Influence One of the common concerns I hear from clients and podcast listeners is related to influence. How can I convince a...
PPP 346 | Lessons From A Successful Project Manager, With Donna Gregorio
26 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lessons from a Successful Project Manager (and Business Analyst) One of the joys of hosting this podcast is introducing you to a wide group of authors...
PPP 345 | Becoming A Better Leader From The Inside Out, With Darren Reinke
18 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Improving Your Ability to Lead We often joke in our project management workshops that participants have signed up for a leadership class cloaked as a ...
PPP 344 | You CAN Change Other People. Here's How; With Peter Bregman And Howie Jacobson
18 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Can You Change Other People? We're continuing a series of episodes on the topic of change. Back in Episode 339, we talked with Katy Milkman about her ...
PPP 343 | How To Cultivate Change At Work By Thinking Like A Gardener, Not A Mechanic
20 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Leading in an Ecosystem We're continuing a series of episodes on the topic of change. Back in episode 339 we talked with Katy Milkman about her book H...
PPP 342 | Change Your Words And You Can Change Your Team And Your Career, With Krister Ungerbock
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Little Changes Can Make A Big Difference It's interesting to me how little changes can have outsized benefits. For example, how something is said. The...
PPP 341 | The Pushy Project Manager, With Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez
29 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Help For Leading and Delivering Projects Part of leading and directing projects is influencing--ethically using the tools and techniques at our dispos...
PPP 340 | Why You Should 80-20 Everything, with Perry Marshall
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
80-20 Is Everywhere You've certainly heard of the Pareto Principle, right? It's the 80-20 rule that says, for example, 80% of the value of our project...
PPP 339 | The Science Of Getting From Where You Are To Where You Want To Be, With Katy Milkman
09 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How to Change There's a change you've probably been wanting to make. It could be that you know what to do. The problem is doing it. Remembering it. Fo...
PPP 338 | The Difference Between Kindness and Niceness—and the ROI of Kindness
23 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The ROI of Kindness Is it possible to be too nice? Is niceness the same as kindness? In today's discussion, we're going to drill in on that idea. I'm ...
PPP 337 | How Hands-On Should You Stay? Johanna Rothman on Management
15 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Managing Projects and Teams One of my favorite voices in the world of leading and delivering is Johanna Rothman. I've had the pleasure of knowing Joha...
PPP 336 | Project Success Rates Suck. Here's What To Do About It, With Clint Padgett
08 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How to Deliver Projects Let's say a boss comes up to you and says, "Hey, our senior leadership team just authorized this big new project. I'm assignin...
PPP 335 | How To Improve Your Ability To Think, With Acclaimed Science Writer Annie Murphy Paul
31 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Much Of How We Think About the Brain is Wrong Today we're having a discussion about the brain. Actually, it's more than that--we're going to talk abou...
PPP 334 | Beyond The Pandemic: Preparing For The Next Rogue Wave, With Futurist Jonathan Brill
24 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Preparing for the Next Rogue Wave We're continuing a series of episodes on the topic of the future. It's hard to imagine that we can be effective at l...
PPP 333 | How To Boost Morale And Results By Making Work Fun, With Dr. Bob Nelson And Mario Tamayo
18 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How much fun would you say you and your team have as you go through your day-to-day work? When you look back over the pandemic experience thus far, th...
PPP 332 | Keeping Teams Engaged and Connected While Working From Anywhere, with Kevin Eikenberry and Wayne Turmel
10 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Leading Virtual Teams That Work Though many people are slowly starting to return to the office for at least part of the week, there's reason to think ...
PPP 331 | Should I Trust Them? Do They Trust Me? Harvard Professor Sandra Sucher On The Power Of Trust
03 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Power of Trust A key aspect for us to grow in our ability to lead and deliver comes down to trust. It's difficult to follow someone we don't trust...
PPP 330 | The Working Mom Blueprint, With Dr. Whitney Casares
28 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Working Project Manager Mom A common struggle I see is the challenges and expectations faced by working moms. I think it's challenging for any wor...
PPP 329 | Preparing Your Career And Your Team For The Future, With Deborah Westphal
20 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Preparing for the Convergence It's hard to imagine that we can be effective at leading others if we're not forward-thinking. But the future is so unsu...
PPP 328 | Why You Need To Know About LogFrame, with Terry Dean Schmidt
14 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Strategic Project Management There's a good chance that right now, as you listen to this episode, you've been tasked with delivering something that fe...
PPP 327 | What is Sustainable Project Management? A Conversation with Rich Maltzman
06 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sustainable Project Management Insights One of my favorite voices on how to lead projects is Rich Maltzman. Rich contributed to A Guide to the Project...
PPP 326 | Kiron Bondale Shares Project Leadership Lessons
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lessons in Project Leadership One of my favorite voices on how to lead projects is Kiron Bondale. He joined us back in episode 92 for an In the Trench...
PPP 325 | Managing Up And Conversations About Race, With Author Dana Brownlee
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Two Interviews in One I've been looking forward to sharing this interview with Dana Brownlee for many weeks. In many ways, it's two interviews wrapped...
PPP 324 | Gallup Chief Scientist On How To Build Resilient And Thriving Teams
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Building Resilience After a Pandemic For most of us, living through a crisis like a global pandemic has taken a toll. As leaders, we not only have to ...
PPP 323 | Strategies to Deal With Anxiety at Work, with Adrian Gostick
09 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Leading in Anxious Times In this episode, we're taking on the subject of anxiety at work, and I'm excited to welcome Adrian Gostick to the conversatio...
PPP 322 | New Rules For The Digital Age, With Ram Charan
25 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Rules Have Changed World-renowned CEO coach and business thinker Ram Charan joins us to talk about new rules for the digital age from his book Ret...
PPP 321 | The Art of Asking Instead of Telling, with Ed and Peter Schein
08 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Asking Instead of Telling Dr. Ed Schein returns back to the podcast, along with his son Peter, to talk about the recently released Second Edition of t...
PPP 320 | How to Sharpen Your Mind by Thinking Strategically, with Greg Githens
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Making Sense of Weak Signals Greg Githens joins us to talk about his insightful book How to Think Strategically: Sharpen Your Mind. Develop Your Compe...
PPP 319 | What You Need To Know About The PMP® Exam, With PMI's Sierra Hampton-Simmons
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Head of Certification from PMI Joins Us Sierra Hampton-Simmons joins us in this episode to talk about the recent changes to the PMP exam. In addit...
PPP 318 | How To Build New Connections, A Better Career, And A More Fulfilling Life, With John Stepper, Creator Of Working Out Loud
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You Can't Advance If They Don't Know About You I'm joined by John Stepper to talk about his new book entitled Working Out Loud: A 12-Week Method to Bu...
PPP 317 | How To Manage Up And Succeed With Any Type Of Boss, With Author Mary Abbajay
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Managing Up is Not Sucking Up I'm joined by Mary Abbajay to talk about her book entitled Managing Up: How to Move Up, Win at Work, and Succeed With An...
PPP 316 | Why Humor Is A Secret Weapon In Business And Life--And How Anyone Can Harness It, Even You
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Power of Levity for Project Teams We're talking about humor today and I'm joined by Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas. They're the authors of a ne...
PPP 315 | The Voice in Your Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It, with author Ethan Kross
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Evidence-based Ways to Stop Ruminating and Worrying After working with hundreds of coaching clients from around the world through our Leadership Fast ...
PPP 314 | How Men Can Be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace, with authors David Smith and Brad Johnson
21 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Being Allies for Women in Project Management Project management is a fantastic career path for us all, and especially women. As much progress as women...
PPP 313 | How to Prepare for the Future Like a Project Manager, with futurist Brian David Johnson
14 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Project Managers Are Futurists My guest in this episode is the former Chief Futurist of Intel: Brian David Johnson. Brian joins us to talk about his b...
PPP 312 | Keep a Relentless Focus On This
04 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lessons About Delays In this brief episode, I share a lesson from a recent assignment for my project management MBA students. Episodes that I refer to...
PPP 311 | My 5 Favorite Episodes of This Year
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Picking my favorite episodes from this last year was not easy, but if you're looking for the top 5, check out this episode! Episodes that I refer to a...
PPP 310 | How to Let Your Next Job Find You, with author Jeff Gothelf
21 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What If Your Next Job Could Find You? My guest in this episode is Jeff Gothelf. He woke up on his 35th birthday in a cold sweat about his career. He h...
PPP 309 | Reclaiming Time From Your Crazy Schedule, with behavioral scientist Ashley Whillans
20 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Help for Busy Leaders A common theme I hear from listeners is how overwhelmed many of us feel. Between the demands of your projects and stakeholders, ...
PPP 308 | You Need This More Than Ever—And Why You Feel Like You Don't Have Time for It, with Harvard professor Joe Badaracco
13 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stepping Back to Reflect Perhaps more than ever, we need to find ways to reflect. Yet how do we do that in the hectic pace we're living? Harvard profe...