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Guerrilla Project Management

Summary: By now, it is clear that using conventional project management to lead high complexity projects is an adventure in frustration. Guerrilla project management podcast is part of a new breed of thought leadership podcasts that present bold alternative insights to conventional project management. During the each podcast, we discuss tactics to help Project Managers effectively lead high complexity projects and not only survive but thrive.

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  • Artist: Samad Aidane
  • Copyright: Copyright © 2010 Guerrilla Project Management

Podcasts:

 PMO of the Year Award Winner: An interview with Sarina Arcari | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The Project Management Institute’s PMO of the Year Award honors a PMO that has demonstrated superior organizational project management abilities by adding value to its organization through its support of successful strategic initiatives. I had the pleasure to interview Sarina Arcari, VP of Business Solutions at Wellpoint, whose PMO has taken the top honor. The...

 How to buy Project Management Consulting Services: Service as a Product (SaaP) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

When you need to hire a project management consulting firm, knowing in advance exactly what services you are getting and how much they will cost you gives control and peace of mind. Innovative firms are thinking differently about how they charge for their consulting services and they are offering creative ways to package Project Management...

 Effect of Culture on Innovation – A Conversation with Vivek Wadhwa | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

From tech entrepreneur to business owner, from accomplished academic to widely published writer, Vivek Wadhwa is an agent of innovation and disruption. His research, which has been supported by several grants from the Kauffman Foundation and by the Sloan Foundation, has been cited in thousands of national and international media outlets since 2007 and has...

 How to Compare Project Management Software | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: Unknown

Researching different software solutions and comparing them side-by-side on multiple criteria can be a daunting task. I came across a great website that makes it easier for project managers and their teams to research different solutions, compare apples-to-apples, and present finding in an easy to evaluate format. Diego Guadarrama, Senior Product Associate at FindTheBest.com, shows...

 Assertiveness for Women Project Managers | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Naomi shares her insights on why assertiveness is vital for women project managers for delivering successful projects, getting what they want, and commanding respect. Handling high-stakes project situations without seeming either shy or pushy is a critical skill that every project manager must develop. I had the pleasure of talking to Naomi Caietti, a leadership...

 Advanced Project Thinking – A conversation with Dr. Harvey Maylor | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

If you believe the latest statistics, most projects that organizations undertake fail. Dr. Harvey Maylor challenges the prevailing wisdom on project success and failure and argues that while for most businesses some projects do fail, most at least substantially deliver. In this interview, he explains how most studies fail to consider the complex nature of...

 Dan Pink on the Surprising Truth about Moving and Motivating Others | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Dan Pink shares the big ideas in his books A Whole New Mind, Drive, and To Sell is Human on the surprising truth about how to move and motivate others. Dan Pink has written three books that have changed the way I think about motivation and influence. First, in A Whole New Mind, Dan shifts...

 Strategies for Project Sponsorship | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Vicki James, Peter Taylor, and Ron Rosenhead share their insights on the secrets to effective project sponsorship from their new book “Strategies for Project Sponsorship” Research into the causes of project failure clearly shows there is a real problem around the Project Sponsor role.  The Project sponsor is critical to project success, yet it is...

 How to Get the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner Certification | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Cornelius Fichtner has helped nearly 25,000 students prepare for the PMP exam with The Project Management PrepCast and offers one of the best PMP exam simulators on the market. He recently developed The Agile PrepCast – a study tool that helps those who plan to take the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner Certification exam. In this...

 How to manage localization projects | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Jennifer McNulty and Rafa Ballesteros, two topnotch experts on localization, share their insights on how to manage localization projects. Localization is the process of modifying a product in order to adapt it to a specific cultural environment. Localization projects require managing teams spread across the world, which can include developers, testers, linguistics, legal, marketing, customer-support,...

 Risk Psychology: Understanding Risk Personality Types and their implications for project decisions | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Geoff Trickey, Managing Director of Psychological Consultancy Ltd, shares a framework for understanding Risk Personality Types and their impact on project decisions. Conventional risk management in projects has focused primarily on the nature of the risk itself and the methods to quantify and manage risks. The critical importance of the human nature of risk has...

 How to Lead Highly Creative Professionals: Balancing Creative Freedom and Management Rigor | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Author Lina Echeverría shares leadership insights from her new book “Idea Agent”, based on her vast experience assembling and nurturing cutting-edge innovation teams at Corning Incorporated. How do you lead highly creative professionals on your project without stifling them? How do you strike the right balance between creative freedom and management rigor that leads teams...

 Next Generation of Project Management: Leading Strategic Projects and Having Fun | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Dr. Aaron Shenhar on how the next generation of project management will transform project management practitioners into strategic leaders focused on business results. Dr. Aaron Shenhar says that the Project Management profession is ready for the next generation in its evolution. Projects today are more complex, more uncertain, and faster changing than ever. Just meeting...

 Project Management at the United Nations: Projects Management for Sustainable Social Change | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Ricardo Vargas, director of the Project Management Practice Group at the United Nations, on project management at the U.N and the challenges of development and sustainable social change projects. Ricardo Vargas is the director of the Project Management Practice Group at the United Nations (U.N). His work at the U.N is focused on improving the...

 Into the Storm: How to Sustain Team Success through the Storms of Adversity, Uncertainty, and Change | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Author Dennis Perkins shares insights from his book “Into the Storm” on how Project Managers can sustain team success through the storms of adversity, uncertainty, and change. Known as the “Everest of ocean racing,” the Sydney to Hobart Race is a test of skill and endurance under the best of conditions. Competing in the 1998...

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