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The Digital Project Manager — 245 episodes

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You Don’t Need a New AI PM Tool—You Need to Fix the One You Have

2

How To Build In-Demand Skills At The Speed Of AI Disruption

3

Should You Care If Your Project Manager Is Certified?

4

AI For Kids: How Project Teams Can Build It Responsibly

5

Why Technical Teams Still Fail Without These Skills

6

Inside Logitech's AI Transformation: From AI Curiosity to Competency

7

Why the Biggest AI Winners Haven’t Been Founded Yet

8

Your Spreadsheet Can’t Do This: AI That Actually Knows Your Business (with CEO of Forecast, an Accelo Company)

9

How to Know When Your Team Is Truly at Capacity (And When to Hire)

10

Innovation vs. Risk: How a Former Mastercard Exec Designs AI Strategy

11

What NATO Taught Me About EQ in High-Stakes Transformation

12

Zapier’s Blueprint for Modern Project Management

13

The Four Pillars of Trustworthy AI—and Who Owns Them

14

The PMO’s Strategic Role in Digital Transformation

15

Adapting Project Methodologies for AI Without Losing Control

16

What Non-Technical PMs Really Need to Know About AI

17

How to Fund Your Innovation Projects Without Venture Capital

18

How to Actually Measure AI’s Business Impact

19

Where AI Actually Helps Project Managers in Delivery Work

20

The Playbook for Creating AI Teammates That Actually Work

21

How to Manage Projects Like Investments (Not Just Deliverables)

22

Why Tracking Time Won’t Save Your Agency’s Margins

23

A Privacy-First AI Strategy: What It Looks Like and Why It Matters

24

Why Listening to Your Body Is a Leadership Superpower

25

How to Pivot into Healthcare Project Management (Without Starting Over)

26

How Building AI Products is Different—and Why Product Teams Need to Evolve

27

How Empathetic Communication Unlocks Innovation at Speed

28

How Project Leaders Can Run Projects Like Founders

29

How to Lead AI Organizational Change in a Complex Enterprise

30

How Project Leaders Can Close The Trust Gap In AI-Powered Projects

31

How to Know If Your Team’s Ready for AI in PM Software

32

How to Start a PM Career When Generative AI is Replacing Entry-Level Roles

33

Turning AI Experiments Into Agency Impact: Transforming Curiosity Into Measurable Results

34

How AI Leadership Shapes Project Delivery (and When You Need It)

35

Why Automating Everything is The Wrong Move (And What to do Instead)

36

Are You Tracking the Wrong Metrics? How AI Can De-Risk Delivery

37

Beyond the Billable Hour: How AI Is Making Time & Materials Irrelevant

38

How Can We Lead Creative Projects Now That AI Has Entered The Chat?

39

The Retro: Designing Your PM Career for More Pay and Purpose

40

The Retro: How to Negotiate a Raise as a PM (And Actually Get It)

41

The Retro: How Great PMs Tackle Interview Curveballs

42

AI Is Amazing. So Why Does It Still Suck for Project Managers?

43

The Retro: Why Time Tracking Sucks (And How to Make it Suck Less)

44

How to Give Your New AI Tool or Process the Best Chance of Being Adopted

45

The Retro: The AI Skills That Will Future-proof Your Career

46

How Project Managers Can Thrive In Evolving Agency Models

47

The Retro: How to Pass The PMP Exam Without Burning Out

48

How To Build A Career As A Fractional PM

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The Retro: How 3 PMs Rebuilt Their Careers After Layoffs

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How To Use OKRs In Your Project To Amplify Its Business Impact

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The Retro: How to Negotiate for The Salary You Deserve as a PM

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How a Shared AI Mindset Can Drive Real Organizational Transformation

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The Retro: How to Get Promoted and Become a Senior PM

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How to Pivot into Project Management from Any Career Background

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The Retro: How to Transition into a Project Management Role

56

How to Master the Delicate Art of Not Knowing Everything as a Technical PM

57

What’s Coming Up for The Digital Project Manager and The DPM Podcast

58

How to Create a Policy and Process for Ending Toxic Client Relationships

59

Beyond Prompts: How to Use AI for Smarter Project Management

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How to Build Impactful Rapport With Your Clients

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How To Help Project Teams Embrace And Ace Project Presentations

62

The New Purpose of the PMO & Why Your Org Still Needs One

63

Top Traits of High-Performing Project Managers & How to Cultivate Them

64

How To Transition From Project Management To Consulting (And Alternatives)

65

How to Win at Your First 90 Days in a New PM Role

66

How to Get Your Team Out Of Process Documentation Hell Using AI & Automation

67

How To Maintain The Strategic Vision At The Project Level

68

How To Identify & Fix Project Team Dysfuntion Using Teamangle

69

How to Reduce Project Stress Through Better Prioritization and Stakeholder Honesty

70

How to Unlock Predictable Growth with Data-Driven, GenAI-Enabled Resource Management

71

How to Foster Collaboration Across Cultures in Distributed Project Teams

72

How To Set Boundaries & Establish Balance For Success As A Project Manager

73

How to Measure the True Impact of Your Projects

74

How to Choose the Right Volunteer Opportunity to Grow in Your PM Career

75

How To Reframe Job Security As An Agency Professional

76

How PM's Can Deliver More Strategic Value In A GenAI World

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How I Deliver Programs That Span The Digital And The Physical

78

Do Project Managers Make Good Consultants?

79

What I Wish I Knew Before I Took My First Director-Level Agency Role

80

Why EQ Is The Key To Successful AI-Enabled Projects

81

Why Volunteering Matters To Me (And Why It Should Matter To You, Too)

82

How PMs Can Unify Marketing, Sales, & Customer Success to Deliver Impactful Projects

83

How To Facilitate Remote Workshops With Physical Props

84

How to Identify & Support Your Best Accidental Project Managers

85

How to Build Connectedness & Improve Wellness in Your Project Team

86

How To Talk With Leadership Teams About Ownership & Accountability

87

Enterprise RACI: Effective Decision-Making at Scale

88

How Agencies Can Get The Most From Their Freelance PMs

89

Co-Regulation and Emotional Intelligence in Project Management

90

The Impact Of Return To Office On Project Managers

91

A Digital PM's Guide To Privacy In 2024

92

The Future of PMOs and How to Support Informal PMs

93

The Evolution of Agile Principles & How to Apply Them in Today’s World

94

How to Use AI to Tailor Your Status Reports for Your Audience

95

What If Project Management Was Taught In Grade School

96

Can Behavioral Science Make Your Projects More Successful?

97

Not Your Parents’ PMO: How To Rebrand Your PMO And Double Your Success Rate

98

How AI Can Help PMs Deliver Feedback

99

You’re Using Notion Wrong: How to Set up PM Software for Serious Project Work

100

How To Plan Your PM Career with DPM Expert, Pam Butkowski

101

How To Land A Project Management Job With No Experience

102

How Soft Skills Can Land You A Job In Project Management

103

How To Get Promoted & The Truth About Life As A Senior PM

104

How A Toxic Workplace Made Me A Better Project Manager

105

How To Embrace AI While Keeping Your Projects Human

106

What Makes a Good PM & How Much Technical Knowledge You'll Need

107

How To Be A Political Strategist & Gain Popularity As A PM

108

How To Nail Agency Growth in the Fast-Paced Digital Era

109

How To Become A Better PM Through Peer Mentorship

110

How To Harness The Power Of Your Org's PMO In Digital Transformation

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How Joining An Online Community Can Help You Grow As A PM

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How to Make Agile Work Effectively at Agencies

113

How To Handle Project Changes When They Happen Without Your Approval

114

How To Run An Effective Retro & Apply Lessons Learned to Future Projects

115

Agency vs In-House PM: Which Role is Best?

116

How To Catapult Ahead In Your Career By Making Your Role Redundant

117

How To Make A Career Out Of What Interests You

118

How to Become A Great Facilitator & Why It'll Make You A Better PM

119

Finding Your Path To Project Management

120

How To Select Project Management Software The Right Way In 2023

121

How to Unlock Your Best PM Self Through Community

122

How We Used Agile And Blockchain To Build An Intelligent Vaccine Supply Chain

123

How To Build Your Brand Through A PM Community

124

How Digital Communities Help You Win At Work

125

How To Develop The Next Generation Of Top Project Managers

126

How To Build Long-Term Loyalty With Virtual Contractors

127

The 3 Growth Levers Of Agile Strategy

128

Is Quiet Quitting Just Setting Clear Boundaries? (And What It Means For PMs)

129

What's A RAID Log (And How To Integrate One Into Your Project Workflow)

130

The Future Of The PMP, What It Lacks, And How To Fill The Gaps

131

Getting PMP Certified (And Why It Matters)

132

How to Optimize your Project Management Portfolio

133

Invisible PM Skills (And How To Hone Them)

134

How To Modernize RACI And Get Team Buy-In

135

Humanizing Rapid, Relentless Change

136

Getting A Seat At The Table Of Strategic Planning

137

Delivering AI Projects

138

Can Sales And Delivery Teams Get Along? (with Nick Wilkinson from Steamclock)

139

Developing A Change Mindset (with Melody MacKeand from Teamwork)

140

Why It’s Getting Harder To Land A PM Role

141

Measuring Busyness Vs Measuring Results

142

5 Tips For Managing Multiple Projects

143

The Role Of Project Management In Business Development

144

PMBOK 7th Edition And The PM Revolution (with Jesse Fewell)

145

PM Software: Shiny Objects or Gamechangers?

146

Is Digital PMing Really A Thing? (with Brett Harned)

147

Noticing Joy: Leading with Human Centered Project Management

148

3 Warning Signs Your Digital Transformation Is About To Stall

149

How Solid Program Management Helps Organizations Scale (with Sarah Hoban from Gemini)

150

Getting The Most Out Of A Software Demo (with Olivia Montgomery from Capterra)

151

How Project-Level Innovation Can Influence Broader Change (with Tim Creasey from Prosci)

152

Finding The Perfect Interlock Between Ops And PMO (with Alyson Caffrey from Operations Agency)

153

Can Being A Digital PM Get You Into The C-Suite? (with Julia Rajic from No Fixed Address Inc.)

154

Project Teams Without Project Managers: Exploring The PM Dilemma (with Julia Ryzhkova from Railsware)

155

Secrets Of A High-Performing Enterprise Delivery Team (with Dharma Mehta from Roku)

156

Can Psychology Make You A Better PM? (With Olivia Montgomery From Capterra)

157

How Will DPMs Influence The Future Of Work? (with Sarah Hoban)

158

How To Talk About Risk And Have Everyone Listen (with Shashwati Roy)

159

Making Your Value Visible As An Agency Project Manager (with Pam Butkowski from Hero Digital)

160

How To Make Content Creation A Mandatory Part Of Everyone's Job (with Alexa Alfonso from Crema)

161

How To Leverage People Data To Run High-Performance Project Teams (with Bentzy Goldman from Perflo)

162

How To Create A Psychologically Safe Team Environment And Why It Matters (with Samantha Schak from PM with Purpose)

163

How To Get The Raise Or Promotion You Know You’ve Earned (with Sally Shaughnessy from Aten Design Group)

164

Managing Stakeholder Dynamics: Why Meeting Strategy Matters (with Laura Lussier from 10up)

165

How To Keep Bad Meetings From Stalling Good Projects (with John Furneaux from Hive)

166

Do Project Management Certifications Matter In Digital? (with Candice Wyatt from Red Door Interactive)

167

Using Enterprise Data To Communicate Impact & Celebrate Wins (with Agile Delivery Champion, Bill Moroz)

168

How To Build A Culture Of Data-Driven Estimation (with Marcel Petitpas from Parakeeto)

169

How To Build An Agency Sales System (with Lee Goff)

170

Humanize Your Team Resourcing Process To Boost Long-Term Culture (With Morgan Megannety From Skeleton Crew Creative Studio)

171

How To Find And Develop DPMs Who Can Own Technical Complexity (with Matthew O'Bryant from Oomph Inc.)

172

You Might Be Looking At Milestones All Wrong (with John Carter from TCGen)

173

How To Make Your Project Management Socially Intelligent (With Kim Wasson From IvyBay Consulting LLC)

174

How To Optimize Your Process With Workflow Management (with Marc Boscher from Unito)

175

Beyond The Prototype (With Douglas Ferguson from Voltage Control)

176

Working Back To Go Forward (With Jeff Gothelf From Gothelf.co)

177

Making Agile Work With Metagility (With David Bishop From Agile Worx)

178

Break It Down: Write A Great Work Breakdown Structure (with Emily Luijbregts from Siemens)

179

Use Project Scope Statements To Save Your Bacon (with Robyn Birkedal)

180

Leading Projects Beyond The Iron Triangle (with Susanne Madsen)

181

Why Curiosity Matters—And How To Cultivate It (With Dr. Diane Hamilton From Tonerra)

182

Putting Developers In Front Of Clients (with Michael Luchen from Crema)

183

Making Career Transition Work (with Dr. Eric Wright from Vets2PM)

184

How To Create Agility In Projects (with Dimitar Karaivanov from Kanbanize)

185

Getting Things Done Right (with Michael Luchen from Crema)

186

How To Build Your PM Toolkit (with Sally Woolston from Nzime)

187

Project Economy (with Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez from GSK)

188

Risky Business (with Kiron Bondale from World Class Productivity)

189

Project Manager Or Project Leader? (with Rebecca Germond from FCV Interactive)

190

Why Should I Trust You (with Mike Clayton from OnlinePMCourses)

191

How To Project Manage A Corporate Website Build (With Rich Butkevic From Project Zendo)

192

Scaling Agile (With Giovanni Asproni From Zuhlke Engineering Limited)

193

Onboarding The Right Way (With Sarah Hoban From Booz Allen Hamilton)

194

How To Get Website Content From Clients (With James Rose From Content Snare)

195

Management Styles (With Tucker Sauer-Pivonka From Crema)

196

Give Your Colleagues Better Feedback (With Ryan Schaefer From Viget)

197

How To Manage Stakeholders (With Kelly Suter From Mirum Agency)

198

Managing Project Budgets And Profitability (With Tomislav Car From Infinum)

199

SMART Project Objectives (With Mackenzie Dysart From Reason One)

200

Switching From Waterfall To Duration & Price Contracts (With Tucker Sauer-Pivonka From Crema)

201

Managing A 2-Week Project (With Jenna Trunzo From Globant)

202

Burn Baby, Burn (With Lynn Winter From Manage Digital)

203

Managing A Portal Web Build (with Rebecca Germond from FCV Interactive)

204

New Project Management Highlights, Articles & Podcasts (With Robyn Reynolds From Freelance Producer)

205

Project Management & The New Business Process (With Peter Levitan From Saatchi & Saatchi)

206

How To Plan An Agile Sprint (With Alexa Huston From Crema)

207

Because I'm Worth It (with Tucker-Sauer Pivonka from Crema)

208

How To Get Into Project Management (with Suze Haworth)

209

Start Your Projects Right (with Suze Haworth)

210

Happy Holidays For Everyone (with Mackenzie Dysart from Reason One)

211

Nailing Requirements (with Kelly Suter From BI Worldwide)

212

Being A More Productive PM (With Laura Bosco)

213

Controlling (Scope) Creeps (with Suze Haworth)

214

Don’t Keep “Doing The Project Dishes” (With Patrice Embry)

215

Manage Your Agile Teams Without Them Knowing (With Sarah Hoban From Booz Allen Hamilton)

216

Colouring In The Project Lines (With Maik Stettner From EA Games)

217

Make An Agile Contract That Works (with Alexa Huston from Crema)

218

Master Art Of Finishing Projects Well (With Patrice Embry)

219

Rules For Remote Leadership (with Wayne Turmel from Remote Leadership Institute)

220

Pimp Your Agile Ride (with Alexa Huston from Crema)

221

Save Your Project With A Project Initiation Document (with Maik Stettner from FCV Interactive)

222

Stop Pointing Fingers—Use A RACI Chart (with Suze Haworth)

223

DPM Podcast: Make Sense Of Your Project Manager Responsibilities (With Patrice Embry)

224

Make Your Status Reports Useful (with Robyn Reynolds)

225

Managing Expectations The Right Way (With Natalie Semczuk from Talkanatalk)

226

Make Your Sprint Retrospectives Awesome—Here’s How (With Alexa Huston From Crema)

227

Productivity Hacks Beyoncé Would Be Proud Of (with Tucker Sauer-Pivonka from Crema)

228

Get Your Bearings On A New Project (with Joanna Leigh Simon)

229

Made To Lead (with Karl Sakas from Sakas & Company)

230

Get More Stuff Done As A Project Manager (with Cedric Waldburg from SendTask)

231

Are you Really A Good Project Manager? (with Lina Calin from Forest Made)

232

What You Can Stop Doing On Your Projects (with Patrice Embry)

233

Are You Leading Your Projects - Or Just Managing Them? (with Colin Ellis)

234

Introducing Dear DPM – Anonymous Advice For Digital Project Managers (With Robyn Reynolds)

235

Lessons Learned & Tales Of A Remote Project Manager (with Natalie Semczuk from Talkanatalk)

236

Making Process Change Work (with Alexa Huston from Crema)

237

How To Get The Best From Your Development Team (with Kelly Suter from Irish Titan)

238

How To Build Strong Relationships With Clients & Teams (with Lina Calin from Forest Made)

239

Artificial Intelligence & The Future of Project Management (with Dennis Kayser from Forecast)

240

How To Be An Invisible Project Manager (with Justin Handler from O3 World)

241

Building & Scaling Project Management Teams (with Brian Kessman from Lodestar Digital)

242

Project Management Best Practices: What You Should Be Doing Each Month (with Joanna Leigh Simon from The Heads of State)

243

What Exactly is a Digital Project Manager? Debunking The DPM Name Game (round table discussion)

244

Project Management Hacks (with Natalie Semczuk)

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