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People and Projects Podcast: Project Management Podcast

People and Projects Podcast: Project Management Podcast

著者： Andy Kaufman PMP PMI-ACP
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 Welcome to the People and Projects Podcast, where we provide interviews and insights to help you lead people and deliver projects. Since 2009, this show is brought to you by speaker, author, and executive coach Andy Kaufman. If you're looking for insights on project management, leadership, and how AI influences both of those, you've come to the right place! And if you hold a project management certification, you can even earn free PDUs for listening!(c) 2001-2025 Institute for Leadership Excellence & Development Inc. マネジメント マネジメント・リーダーシップ 出世 就職活動 経済学
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  • PPP 501 | Hope Is Not a Strategy… Or Is It?, with author Jen Fisher

    PPP 501 | Hope Is Not a Strategy… Or Is It?, with author Jen Fisher
    2026/03/10
    Summary In this episode, Andy welcomes Jen Fisher, author of Hope Is the Strategy: The Underrated Skill That Transforms Work, Leadership, and Wellbeing. In project management circles, we often hear the phrase "hope is not a strategy." Jen challenges that assumption, arguing that real hope is not wishful thinking at all. Instead, it's a practical cognitive process that can help leaders navigate uncertainty, pressure, and change. In the discussion, Jen explains how hope requires three elements: clear goals, multiple pathways to reach them, and the agency to believe we can influence outcomes. You'll also hear her personal story of realizing she was languishing under constant performance pressure, and how a candid conversation with her boss sparked the beginning of a healthier and more hopeful way of working. Along the way, Jen shares practical tools such as possibility journaling, energy ledgers, and hope spotting. She also explains why vulnerability can be a leadership superpower and how simple language shifts can turn hope killers into hope builders. If you're leading teams and projects under constant pressure and looking for practical ways to sustain both performance and wellbeing, this episode is for you! Sound Bites "How would I describe myself? I'm a hope dealer.""Hope is not flimsy. It's not whimsical.""Real hope actually requires action.""What drives hopelessness is feeling like there's nothing you can do.""Hope is the belief that tomorrow can be better than today.""67% of managers said that they've never been trained in how to manage other people. We put humans in charge of other humans, but we give them very little skill and training in how to lead.""You can perform when you're languishing, but the question is really why should we or why would we want to.""For the first time in my professional life, I actually felt seen and heard and valued.""Toxic positivity only makes people feel worse.""Possibility journaling is really thinking about what might be possible here.""Vulnerability is proof that you're human.""When people are feeling uncertain, they want to connect to somebody that feels human." Chapters 00:00 Introduction01:45 Start of Interview02:00 What Hope Is Not: Clearing Up the Misconceptions03:45 What Real Hope Actually Requires05:42 Agency and the Feeling of Hopelessness06:24 Burnout vs. Hopelessness: Is There a Difference?07:55 Wellbeing Intelligence: The Leadership Skill We're Missing11:44 Languishing: That Gray Space Between Fine and Flourishing14:15 The Hidden Cost of Time Pressure on Creativity17:00 Breaking Through the High-Functioning Facade20:15 Setting Boundaries as a Recovering People Pleaser24:03 Practical Tools: Possibility Journal, Energy Ledger, and Hope Spotting29:15 Vulnerability as a Leadership Superpower33:46 Hope Killers and Hope Builders: The Language of Hope38:00 The Hope Audit and the Hope Strategist Toolkit39:33 Applying Hope at Home and as a Caregiver41:30 Where to Learn More About Jen41:26 End of Interview41:54 Andy Comments After the Interview45:18 Outtakes Learn More You can learn more about Jen and her work at Jen-Fisher.com. For more learning on this topic, check out: Episode 462 with Margie Warrell. Part of Jen's message in the book is the importance of agency—of believing that you're not a victim and that you have options. Margie is a fierce advocate for how to take action when you're feeling hopeless. I highly recommend her work.Episode 448 with Marie-Hélène Pelletier. It's an engaging discussion about burnout and resilience, and a fantastic follow-up to this discussion with Jen.Episode 396 with Thomas Curran. It's an episode on perfectionism, and I think you'll find it an excellent follow-up to this discussion as well. Chat with PMeLa You can chat directly with PMeLa, the podcast's AI persona, to get episode recommendations and answers to your project management and leadership questions. Visit PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com/PMeLa to chat with her. Pass the PMP Exam If you or someone you know is thinking about getting PMP certified, we've put together a helpful guide called The 5 Best Resources to Help You Pass the PMP Exam on Your First Try. We've helped thousands of people earn their certification, and we'd love to help you too. It's totally free, and it's a great way to get a head start. Just go to 5BestResources.PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com to grab your copy. I'd love to help you get your PMP this year! Join Us for LEAD52 I know you want to be a more confident leader–that's why you listen to this podcast. LEAD52 is a global community of people like you who are committed to transforming their ability to lead and deliver. It's 52 weeks of leadership learning, delivered right to your inbox, taking less than 5 minutes a week. And it's all for free. Learn more and sign up at GetLEAD52.com. Thanks! Thank you for joining me for this episode of The People and Projects Podcast! Talent Triangle: Power Skills Topics: Leadership, Wellbeing, Burnout, Hope, ...
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  • PPP 500 | When AI Becomes a Digital Colleague: What Leaders Need to Know, with former Google DeepMind Futurist Steve Brown

    PPP 500 | When AI Becomes a Digital Colleague: What Leaders Need to Know, with former Google DeepMind Futurist Steve Brown
    2026/03/06
    Summary Welcome to our 500th episode! To celebrate this milestone, Andy talks with Steve Brown, AI futurist, keynote speaker, and author of The AI Ultimatum: Preparing for a World of Intelligent Machines and Radical Transformation. Steve brings a rare perspective shaped by years at Intel and Google DeepMind, and today helps organizations navigate two vital questions: what future do you want to build with AI, and what future do you want to avoid? They explore why waiting isn't actually the safe option it feels like, how to think about the different "flavors" of AI beyond just generative tools, and what it really means to orchestrate humans, AI agents, and robots together in the workplace. Steve introduces three types of AI agents—offload, elevate, and extend—and explains the crucial difference between automating tasks and truly transforming how work gets done. You'll also hear his candid take on the fear of being replaced and why doubling down on your humanity is the smartest career move you can make right now. If you're looking for a practical, empowering guide to leading through the AI revolution—without the hype—this episode is for you! Sound Bites "The difference between an AI-enabled or AI-first company and an AI laggard is going to be so great that if you don't get on the train, you may get to the point where you can never catch up.""Your competitors who have embraced AI faster than you are going to be just kicking your butt all over town.""There's a serious cost to inaction in that you can become made irrelevant.""The danger with that is you may automate yourself. It may automate away all of the differentiation you have in your brand and your company.""AI is this sort of amplification technology, and the challenge is to balance cost-cutting and value creation.""Each flavor of AI is useful for solving a different type of business problem.""It feels like a digital employee, right? A digital worker that works for you.""It's taking the suck out of your job.""The real opportunity here, is to transform the way you do work rather than just try and automate away tasks or people.""The workplace of the future is going to be three groups. Humans will still be in the workforce. Great! Go us!""You won't be replaced by an AI or a robot. You'll be replaced by someone who knows how to use AI better than you do.""Double down on your humanity.""Focus on building the skills that cannot be replaced, or at least won't be replaced by machines anytime soon.""At the end of all of this is going to be lives of abundance, where we have the things that we need." Chapters 00:00 Introduction01:45 Start of Interview01:54 Steve's Career Journey from Intel to DeepMind05:00 Understanding the AI Ultimatum08:23 Our First AI Moments09:32 The Flavors of AI13:54 Three Pathways to Creating Value with AI15:11 Automation vs. Transformation17:10 Orchestrating Humans, AI, and Robots19:01 Real-World Examples of AI Agents21:33 Physically Intelligent Robots in the Workplace24:13 Addressing Fear and Resistance to AI26:44 Preparing the Next Generation for the AI Age29:56 Where to Learn More About Steve31:01 End of Interview31:38 Andy Comments After the Interview36:23 Outtakes Learn More You can learn more about Steve and his work at SteveBrown.ai. For more learning on this topic, check out: Episode 479 with Matt Mong. It's a discussion about the AI skills you need to stay relevant.Episode 454 with Christie Smith. She talks about how AI is changing leadership, and what we can do about that now.Episode 437 with Nada Sanders. It's a discussion about future-prepping your career in an age of AI. You can also chat directly with PMeLa—the podcast's AI persona—to get episode recommendations and answers to your project management and leadership questions. Visit PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com/PMeLa to chat with her. Level Up Your AI Skills Join other listeners from around the world who are taking our AI Made Simple course to prepare for an AI-infused future. Just go to ai.PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com. Thanks! Pass the PMP Exam This Year If you or someone you know is thinking about getting PMP certified, we've put together a helpful guide called The 5 Best Resources to Help You Pass the PMP Exam on Your First Try. We've helped thousands of people earn their certification, and we'd love to help you too. It's totally free, and it's a great way to get a head start. Just go to 5BestResources.PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com to grab your copy. I'd love to help you get your PMP this year! Join Us for LEAD52 I know you want to be a more confident leader–that's why you listen to this podcast. LEAD52 is a global community of people like you who are committed to transforming their ability to lead and deliver. It's 52 weeks of leadership learning, delivered right to your inbox, taking less than 5 minutes a week. And it's all for free. Learn more and sign up at GetLEAD52.com. Thanks! Thank you for joining me for this episode of The People and Projects Podcast...
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    41 分
  • PPP 499 | How Much of Success Is Luck or Something Else, with Wharton's Judd Kessler

    PPP 499 | How Much of Success Is Luck or Something Else, with Wharton's Judd Kessler
    2026/02/21
    Summary In this episode, Andy talks with Wharton economist Judd Kessler, author of Lucky by Design: The Hidden Economics You Need to Get More of What You Want. If you have ever looked at someone else's career success and thought, "They just got lucky," this conversation will give you a new lens. Judd introduces the idea of "hidden markets," the informal rules and systems that shape who gets opportunities, access, and scarce resources, even when money is not changing hands. They explore how leaders can evaluate allocation rules using Judd's three Es (equitable, efficient, and easy), why first come, first served "races" often reward availability more than merit, and how waiting lists can quietly shift costs onto the people least able to pay them. You will also hear Judd's "settle for silver" strategy, a practical way to make smarter choices in competitive markets, plus a thoughtful parenting angle on teaching kids to notice rules and incentives early. If you're looking for a fresh, research-backed perspective on how hidden rules shape who gets opportunities at work and in life, this episode is for you! Sound Bites "The goal of the book is to get people to start to recognizing these markets all around us.""In most of these markets, they play by a simple rule that we all understand, which is if you're willing to pay for the thing, then you get it.""Is the way that we're deciding who gets what... is it equitable? Is it efficient? And is it easy for market participants?""I open my calendar and I see all these recurring meetings on my calendar, recurring meetings that were set up years or months ago. That's first in time, first in right.""If you understand the rules and develop strategies to get what you want from the market, then you actually can be one of the handful that actually gets the thing, that desirable outcome, and then it will look like you got lucky.""It's always going to be the folks who are in the market winning who are always going to think that it's fair.""Once you start thinking like, how am I actually allocating these things? That's when you've put on that market designer hat.""They'll come to you kind of with half-baked ideas because they know if they wait later on until they can fully bake the idea that the resources or the fun parts of the project might already be gone.""Part of what the Settle for Silver / Go for Gold Strategy is forcing you to do, is to think seriously about what you want and why you want it.""You, as a parent, you are designing the markets that your kids play in all the time.""We're not breaking the rules, but we are figuring out what they are so that we can put ourselves in a good position, and that's going to serve you well.""Maybe by being in the office, you are signaling your dedication to the firm that you're available for all of these opportunities.""If it's something that anybody can do, like send a quick email, right? That's, it's not actually costly. Anybody could send that email even if they're not truly dedicated and eager for the opportunity.""You cannot get all three E's for sure in any allocation mechanism. There's always going to be tradeoffs." Chapters 00:00 Introduction01:41 Start of Interview01:49 Growing Up and Thinking About Luck03:00 Introducing Hidden Markets07:10 The Three E's: Equitable, Efficient, and Easy08:08 Live Event Tickets as a Case Study12:50 High Frequency Trading and Hidden Races15:21 Common Misunderstandings of the Three E's17:04 Races Inside Organizations and Project Teams20:25 Proximity, Signaling, and Opportunity at Work23:03 Are We Selecting for the Right Behavior?25:41 Stepping Back to Evaluate Your Own Systems25:52 Colorado River Water Rights and Recurring Meetings29:09 The Settle for Silver Strategy30:57 The French Laundry Reservation Story32:51 Settle for Silver in College Admissions37:22 Helping Kids Recognize Rules and Incentives41:03 End of Interview41:32 Andy Comments After the Interview44:34 Outtakes Learn More You can learn more about Judd and his work at JuddBKessler.com/book. For more learning on this topic, check out: Episode 265, a short video episode Andy put together about the topic of luck. Check it out!Episode 339 with Katy Milkman. Katy is the person who gave Andy the heads-up about Judd's book. In episode 339, they talk about her book How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be. It's a great discussion with another researcher who knows how to make the learning practical for all of us.Episode 372 with Annie Duke. Annie is a former world champion poker player who is a big fan of Judd's book. How does a poker player think about luck? Check out episode 372 to find out! Pass the PMP Exam This Year If you or someone you know is thinking about getting PMP certified, we've put together a helpful guide called The 5 Best Resources to Help You Pass the PMP Exam on Your First Try. We've helped thousands of people earn their certification, and we'd love to help you too. It's totally ...
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    46 分
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