Stop Wasting Time: End Your Meeting-Based Culture Now
PMI Talent Triangle: Ways of Working If your calendar is full but progress feels slow, the issue may not be effort. It may be design. In this episode of the PMO Strategies podcast, I address a pattern many PMO and transformation leaders unintentionally create: meeting-based operating models where nothing moves unless everyone gathers at the same time. Meetings […]
Dangerous Risk Mistakes PMO Leaders Make Every Day with Russ Parker
PMI Talent Triangle: Ways of Working There is a conversation most PMOs are not having. Risk management sits in every methodology guide, every training curriculum, and every project kick-off agenda. Yet when you look at how organizations actually practice it, a familiar pattern emerges: the risk register gets created at the start of the project, reviewed once, and then quietly […]
How PMO Leaders Deliver Real IMPACT With FeatureOps
PMI Talent Triangle: Ways of Working Have you ever celebrated a major release, only to realize that nothing meaningful changed for the business? The system went live. The timeline was met. The budget was respected. And yet the executive question remains: Did it improve anything? I’m joined by Egil Østhus, Co-founder and CEO of Unleash, an open-source feature management platform […]
How to Evolve Your PMO into an Agile, Data-Driven Strategy Engine with Youssef Mouzahem
PMI Talent Triangle: Ways of Working What happens when control becomes the obstacle instead of the goal? Many PMO leaders are still chasing the dream of “perfect process,” only to find that their organization has moved on without them. The work gets done, the reports look right, but the real business IMPACT is nowhere to be found. The issue isn’t a lack of discipline. It […]
When Simplicity Becomes a Leadership Advantage
PMI Talent Triangle: Ways of Working You can be known as the leader who delivers every project, checks every box, and stays on top of every request, and still find yourself wondering why nothing truly moves the business forward. Ask any leader what their week looks like and you’ll hear the same story: meetings, dashboards, […]
Does More Experience Make a Better Hire?
PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen If the most experienced hire was always the best, why do so many people with years of experience in traditional delivery struggle when the environment changes? You’ve probably seen it happen. On paper, they look like the safest choice—long tenure, familiar with every process, confident in their approach. But in […]
The Three Stages of PMO Leadership Growth: From Projects to Power
PMI Talent Triangle: Ways of Working You can be known as the person who delivers every project flawlessly—and still be overlooked when the real strategic conversations happen. It doesn’t show up in a skills checklist, but you can see it in the endless task lists, the back-to-back meetings, and the quiet pressure to always say […]
Why “On Time and On Budget” Still Misses the Mark with Kevin Torf
PMI Talent Triangle: Ways of Working If the measure of success is “on time and on budget,” then why are so many projects still seen as failures? Most of the time, the team didn’t miss the milestone. But the outcome missed the mark. Strategic execution fails when the system guiding the work doesn’t align with what […]
How Project Managers Are Using AI to Get More Done Without the Burnout with Elise Stevens
PMI Talent Triangle: Ways of Working I’ve been hearing the same thing from so many project managers lately: “AI sounds great, but I don’t even know where to start.” If that sounds familiar, you’re exactly who I had in mind when I asked my longtime friend and productivity expert Elise Stevens to join me […]
The Ultimate Recovery Playbook for Rescuing Your Late Projects
PMI Talent Triangle: Ways of Working Late projects aren’t just a minor inconvenience—they can threaten strategic objectives, erode stakeholder trust, and burn out high-performing teams. If you’ve ever faced a slipping project (and who hasn’t?), you know the sinking feeling that comes with missed deadlines and shifting priorities. But there’s a better way forward. In […]