126: "What's your AI Strategy?" Handling the Executive who wants AI in everything
You know the moment. Your project plan is solid. The scope is defined. The team is ready. Then an executive walks by and casually asks: "Can we just make this AI?" Suddenly you're no longer managing a...
3 Juni 39min
125: How to survive the AI landscape as a PM with PMI's Dr Kelly Heuer
AI is changing work fast enough to give every project manager emotional whiplash. New tools, new workflows, new expectations… and somehow you're still expected to hit deadlines, manage stakeholders, a...
20 Maj 58min
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 ...
6 Maj 56min
123 - Hungry Hungry HPPOs - managing loud personalities with Evan Unger
If your weekly calendar looks like the loser in a state fair quilt competition - just solid blocks of mismatched colors with no room to breathe - this episode is for you. Today, we're joined by facili...
14 Apr 1h
122 - Kate puts Kim through the worst meeting hells our listeners could dream up: a PM HappyHour role play
Boss fights and boardrooms. Kate puts Kim through meeting hell in this tabletop roleplay episode. Kate: "Help me torture Kim." That was the prompt. What followed was a meeting dungeon built from liste...
3 Apr 1h 14min
121 - Top Shelf Replay: Embracing the Escalation
Escalation: it's a word that can make even experienced project managers tense. But what if you approached it as a tool rather than a threat? In this Top Shelf Replay of Project Management Happy Hour, ...
24 Mars 45min
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 Mars 52min
119 - TSR: They told me I'm 'too nice'??
Have you ever gotten feedback that made you want to flip a table because it was both insulting and totally useless? In this Top Shelf Replay, we revisit "They Told Me I'm Too Nice" and break down what...
24 Feb 1h 2min
