Project Management Paradise

Today it's our pleasure to introduce you to Karl Reilly. Karl is Head of Design and Innovation with Cora Systems. In this role, Karl is in the charge of the company's R&D team, helping to shape its software direction in exciting fields like artificial intelligence, natural language processing and PPM. Previously, Karl has spent 30 years' managing projects in public sector, construction and aviatio...

Today it's our pleasure to introduce you to John Faulks. John is co-founder of PPMLD, a project management consultancy firm which he helped establish 20 years ago. Previous to setting up his consultancy business, John worked as a pharma scientist with a number of global pharmaceutical companies, and has particular insight and expertise in leadership and mentoring in the industry. John is also a co...

Today it's our pleasure to introduce you to Joe Pusz. Joe is the Founder and President of THE PMO SQUAD, a Phoenix, Arizona-based PMO and Project Management Consulting firm. THE PMO SQUAD helps clients across the United States to improve the delivery of key strategic initiatives and improve the capabilities of their PMO. Joe hosts the Project Management Office Hours Radio Show and Podcast and he i...

Today it's our pleasure to introduce you to Jack Duggal. Jack is the founder and managing principal of Projectize Group, specializing in next-generation strategy-execution facilitation and consulting. He works with leading organizations from NASA to Silicon Valley companies and Governments around the world. Jack is a TEDx speaker and an internationally recognized expert in Strategy-Execution and P...

This is Project Management Paradise episode 126. Today it's our pleasure to introduce you to Dr Dimitris Antoniadis. Dimitris is the author of the book ' Demystifying Project Control '. He has more than 30 years' experience in Programme and Project Management, having covered project phases from concept to handover and operation/maintenance as well as holding Senior Management posts in major utilit...

Today it's our pleasure to introduce you to Mary Abbajay. Mary is the president of Careerstone Group, LLC, a full-service organizational and leadership development consultancy that delivers talent and organizational development solutions to business and government. Her work and advice have appeared in the  New York Times ,  Harvard Business Review , Forbes ,  The Financial Times , and she is the a...

Today it's our pleasure to introduce you to Phil Jones. Phil's background is in occupational psychology. He began working in the public sector consultancy space around 2004, advising on the British Government's National Programme for IT. He has specific expertise in organizational change – including healthcare, central government, local government, and with charities – in his role as Head of Busin...

Today it's our pleasure to introduce you to Jane Reilly. Jane is the Research & Development Manager at Cora Systems. She has over 10 years' experience spanning academia and industry, designing, implementing and managing research projects within the general area of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Jane's research has been published and presented across the globe at academic conferences...

Today it's our pleasure to introduce you to Stephen Carver. Stephen is rated as one of the top 3 lecturers at one of Europe's leading MBA business schools, Cranfield University in the UK. As well as lecturing, Stephen runs a successful project management company, drawing on his experience of working with corporations such as Goldman Sachs, Halliburton and Virgin. He's a regular contributor on nati...

It's our pleasure to introduce you to Laura Barnard. Laura is founder and CEO of PMO Strategies. She has been helping business leaders get the results they crave using the power of project management for over 20 years. She spent 15 of those years as a PMO leader on the inside and the last 5 helping businesses accelerate their growth through her consulting practice. She also shares insights and sto...

Today it's our pleasure to introduce you to Peter Kozodoy. Peter is CEO of Stradeso, Partner/Chief Strategy Officer of GEM Advertising, a TEDx speaker  and the author of the new book "Honest to Greatness: How Today's Greatest Leaders Use Brutal Honesty to Achieve Massive Success". Peter believes that now, more than ever, entrepreneurs and business leaders need to follow the principles of loyalty,...

Today it's our pleasure to introduce you to Philip Martin. Philip is CEO of Cora Systems, a company he co-founded in 1999. Drawing on 30 years' experience in the portfolio and project management industry, he has built a global client base across Europe, the Middle East and USA. He previously held positions with major US multinationals, including 3Com, Tellabs, DSC and Pulse Engineering. In this bo...

Today it's our pleasure to introduce you to Stephen Carver. Stephen is rated as one of the top 3 lecturers at one of Europe's leading MBA business schools, Cranfield University in the UK. As well as lecturing, Stephen runs a successful project management company, drawing on his experience of working with corporations such as Goldman Sachs, Halliburton and Virgin. He's a regular contributor on nati...

In this bonus Project Management Paradise Podcast episode, which is a recording taken from a virtual conference on PPM innovation, the project management guru Oliver F. Lehmann discusses " Survival Hints in Project Management" . Based in Munich, Germany, Oliver helps organisations and individuals identify and address weak spots, bring methods and structure into their projects, unify language and a...

Today it's our pleasure to introduce you to Melissa Lamson. Melissa has 20+ years of experience as a speaker, facilitator, and executive coach. She has offered companies like  3M, LinkedIn, SAP,  and  Siemens  the leadership tools and insights to build successful management and project teams in every corner of the world. Her book "The New Global Manager" breaks down the dynamics of managing divers...

Welcome back, today it's my pleasure to introduce you to Dr David Schramm. Known as "Dr. Dave" on campus and across the United States, he's a family scholar at Utah State University, where he studies strong couple and family relationships, and translates his family findings into leadership lessons and improving work cultures. Dr. Dave has given over 500 presentations around the globe, including th...

Welcome back, today it's our pleasure to welcome back on the show Lee R. Lambert. Lee is one of the godfathers of the PPM industry. He's one of only a few people worldwide to be made an honorary fellow of the PMI. He's also an author of the best-selling book Project Management: The Common Sense Approach, and he has led change management programs at some of the world's leading corporations and inst...

Today, it's our pleasure to introduce you to Kieragh Nelson. Kieragh is Managing Director for Operate at PwC. She has over 20 years senior management experience, cultivating enhanced skills in Technology leadership, Operations leadership; 6 Sigma and Lean process improvement; Programme management and PMO and Business transformation. She also has experience in the UK and India for both core and out...

This is a bonus episode of Project Management Paradise where we listened back through some of the key points from our interviews over 2019. Highlights include hand-picked insights on building your social network, how AI is changing the workplace and training your brain for change.

Michael Orchard is a programme assurance manager for Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust. He has an in-depth knowledge of the workings of the UK's national health service after a decade spent working at the heart of the organization overseeing transformation programs. In this bonus Project Management Paradise Podcast episode, which is a recording taken from an international conference...

Today it's my pleasure to introduce you to Niamh Shaw. Niamh is a remarkable woman. She's a scientist, an engineer, an artist and she has an extraordinary story – she's set herself a lifetime goal of getting into space. In this interview, Niamh is going to tell us about her dream to make it into space. She will also share with us some project management tips that have come in handy for her along h...

In this episode we speak to Justin Leese, Programme Director at the United Kingdom's Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport. Justin is responsible for the Government's digital connectivity delivery programs at Building Digital UK, which provides connectivity for all of Great Britain, including its superfast broadband network and the rollout of 5G. In this interview, which is a bonus episod...

In this episode we speak to Jason Dardis, Program Manager Piers & Terminals at DAA, formerly Dublin Airport Authority. Jason has many strings to his project management bow, including qualifications in architecture and law. During the conversation we discuss CapEx projects and ongoing developments at Dublin International Airport. This podcast is sponsored by Cora Systems. Cora is a worldwide leader...

Welcome back, today it's my pleasure to introduce you to Liam Sherlock.  Liam is a co-founder and chair of the Change Management Institute and an expert in transformation programmes – in its theory and its practice as he delivers training programmes around change management. He has a background in banking and telecoms and he is also a certified life coach as well as being a sought-after management...

Welcome back, today it's my pleasure to introduce you to Dr. Mathew Donald. Mathew has been involved in organisational change since 1984, working with some of the world's leading companies in Australia, Hong Kong, France and the United States and in industries as diverse as mining, cosmetics, petroleum and fast-moving consumer goods. More recently, Mathew has been lecturing in university and is th...