Project Management Happy Hour1 Des 2020

064 - Getting into - or out of - Project Management, with Ben Aston of The Digital Project Manager podcast

Are you trying to get into the field of Project Management? Or, are you ready for the next step and to move out of the PM field?

This week Kate and Kim have a very special guest, Ben Aston, the host of The Digital Project Manager podcast - one of our favorite PM podcasts. Kate, Kim and Ben talk about how to break into the field of Project Management, and talk about what may lay beyond project management. In either case, we share our experience and some examples to help you with your transition. Cheers!

OUR AMAZING GUEST BEN ASTON

Ben Aston is a digital project manager and online entrepreneur – the founder of Black + White Zebra, an indie media company on a mission to help people and organizations succeed.

Ben brings over 15 years of experience in both strategic thinking and tactical implementation from a career at top digital agencies including TAG, FCV, Dare, Wunderman, DLKW Lowe and DDB. He's been fortunate enough to work across verticals including transit, utilities, FMCG, consumer electronics, eCommerce, automotive, financial services, public sector, and retail brands.

Ben's a Certified Scrum Master, PRINCE2 Practitioner and founder of the digital project management blog, The Digital Project Manager.

Check out some of Ben's amazing content -

The Digital Project Manager - https://thedigitalprojectmanager.com/

DPM School - https://thedigitalprojectmanager.com/project-management-training/

DPM Membership - https://thedigitalprojectmanager.com/membership/

Black & White Zebra - https://blackandwhitezebra.com/

Indie Media Club - https://indiemedia.club/

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126: "What's your AI Strategy?" Handling the Executive who wants AI in everything

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125: How to survive the AI landscape as a PM with PMI's Dr Kelly Heuer

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124: Drowning in Tasks: How Successful PMs Organize the Chaos

If your to-do list is 47 items long, your Slack won't shut up, and you ended the day thinking, "Cool… but what did I actually accomplish?"—welcome. You're among friends. In this episode, Kim and Kate ...

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123 - Hungry Hungry HPPOs - managing loud personalities with Evan Unger

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122 - Kate puts Kim through the worst meeting hells our listeners could dream up: a PM HappyHour role play

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121 - Top Shelf Replay: Embracing the Escalation

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120 - How smart teams talk themselves into Failure, with Dr. Bill Brantley

Why do smart teams still deliver failed projects? Most project failures don't begin with a catastrophic mistake. Instead, they begin with small deviations—minor compromises that seem harmless in the m...

10 Mar 52min