The Mind Behind Project Management

You have spent most of the day in meetings. The project has been discussed for hours. Decisions have been talked through. Actions have been assigned. Updates have been shared. But when the final call ends, the actual follow-up work is still waiting. The project plan needs updating. The actions need chasing. The risks need reviewing. The decisions need writing down. And you still need enough quiet...

If you are a project manager leading your first big project, or stepping into bigger project delivery responsibility, this episode is for you. There is a very real moment in project management where the work looks organised on the outside, but underneath you are thinking: should I feel more confident than this? You are running the calls, chasing actions, updating the RAID log, managing stakeholder...

A new project starts with good people and good intentions, and somehow everyone still holds back a little at first. In this episode of The Mind Behind Project Management, I look at why trust takes time at the start of a new project, why that early carefulness is normal, and what project managers can actually do to help a team feel safer to speak up sooner.   Using the Notice, Decode, Act framework...

We've all done it - quietly decided to handle something on a project ourselves rather than ask for help. In this episode of The Mind Behind Project Management, I look at why the pull to carry a project alone is so strong, what it quietly costs, and one honest question that can loosen its grip.  Using the Notice · Decode · Act framework, this episode unpacks the behaviour underneath - why aski...

The project that looks most under control is sometimes the one closest to the edge.   In the first full episode of The Mind Behind Project Management, I look at one of the quietest risks in project delivery - the project that has learned to look fine.  Why a green risk log and calm steering meetings aren't always the reassurance they seem. Why good people end up managing the picture rather th...

The human side of projects, finally explained. The process gives you the map. Understanding human behaviour is what helps you navigate it.  The Mind Behind Project Management is a new podcast about why people do what they do in project work - and what to do about it. Each week, Vanita Vij Narang takes one very human pattern you'll recognise from project delivery - the meeting where everyone a...