Welcome to My Podcasts
Culture Drives Strategy at Medtronic
"Culture drives strategy" says my podcast guest, Michael O'Connor. Michael is the Director of Strategy and Project Management at Medtronic out of the Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area. Metronic is a global healthcare solutions company operating in approximately 160...
This is a Black Swan! – Podcast
Do Black Swans exist? Yup, in real life and as a metaphor for events that come to us as a complete surprise. Google the words ‘Black Swan’ and you will read ‘an event that comes as a surprise, has a major effect, and is often inappropriately rationalised after the...
Managing Horizontally – Podcast with Judy McCreery
What are the business outcomes and how do we need to look to get it done?
Managing Change Every Day – and Interview with John Preiditsch
Change management and strategy execution.
What is Project Outcome Management? -An Interview with Dan Watt
Dan Watt talks about Business Outcome Management and the role of the project manager.
Building the PMO the Right Way – an Interview with Amy Burnet
There are so many ways to build a PMO – Project Management Office. Many are the wrong way. In this interview with Amy Burnet, past Sr. Director, Program Management Office at CIBC, we talk about the right way to approach your new PMO.
Build Your Own High Performance Team – An Interview with Ted Kallman
Ted Kallman, author, consultant and trainer discusses his model for building high performance teams.
Be Different or Be Dead – An Interview With Roy Osing
Roy Osing takes strategic planning to its basics: How big do you want to be? Who do you want to serve? How are we going to compete to win?
Strategic Portfolio Management – An Interview with LeRoy Ward
My long time friend, project management and portfolio management consultant, LeRoy Ward, shares his governance model for strategic portfolio management. Leroy has spent the past 15 years specializing in portfolio management and strategic management....
What is Good Leadership? An Interview With Catherine Daw
Catherine Daw is a long time friend and colleague who specializes in leadership business transformation, strategy implementation, operational excellence and project execution. We spent a half hour talking about what it takes to be a great leader. What is Leadership?...
Mindful Leadership – An Interview With Wendy Woods
Early this summer, I sat down with Wendy Woods to find out what Mindful Leadership is all about.
The Project Sponsor – an Interview with Linda Vella
I sat down with Linda Vella recently to discuss the role of the Project Sponsor: what is it? Why do we need one? What are the major benefits and what are the risks? Linda is a senior project consultant working with organizations to implement enterprise...
Leadership Lessons Learned from The Samurai- with Harry Mingail
Samurai, (meaning “those who serve”), practiced servant leadership and these principles long before “modern management” proclaimed this approach to be vital to today’s leaders. Harry Mingail’s recent blog post prompted this interesting discussion.
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