In this episode of PM Unfiltered, Daniel, Elizabeth, and Justin open the floor to the community and answer raw, unfiltered questions from project professionals navigating the messy realities of leadership. From handling difficult stakeholders to balancing visibility with delivery pressure, the conversation pulls back the curtain on the challenges most PMs face but rarely talk about openly.

What makes this session stand out is the candid back-and-forth with the live audience. Instead of theory, you hear real problems being tackled in real time, with practical insights and human-centered strategies that you can apply immediately. The crew’s dynamic mix of honesty, humor, and straight talk brings clarity to situations that usually feel overwhelming and isolating.

In this episode of PM Unfiltered, Daniel, Elizabeth, and Justin tackle one of the most relatable struggles in project management: the project fire drill. From last-minute requests to crises that pull teams off course, fire drills can feel like the only constant in corporate life.

The crew explains why organizations often fall into a perpetual state of urgency, how it impacts delivery and morale, and why leaders frequently confuse activity with progress. With their signature blend of humor, honesty, and passion, they delve into what fire drills reveal about culture and how human-centered leadership can transform chaos into clarity.

If you have ever dropped everything for an urgent task that turned out not to matter, this episode will feel like therapy. Fire drills might be inevitable, but how leaders respond can make the difference between burnout and breakthrough.

This is where project management finally drops the mask. In our first full episode of PM Unfiltered, we dive headfirst into the messy, unspoken reality of being a project manager. Forget the glossy frameworks, the alphabet soup of certifications, and the sanitized conference talks. This is about what really happens behind the scenes, behind the Gantt charts.

You will hear raw stories about the politics nobody admits exist, the career traps no handbook warns you about, and the power plays that shape projects more than any methodology ever could. It is the conversation PMs have late at night with trusted colleagues, not the one you will hear on stage.

If you have ever felt like project management is equal parts survival, strategy, and sheer resilience, this episode will remind you that you are not alone. And you do not have to keep pretending.