The Digital Project Manager

"What do you want to be?" It's the age-old question. And, to help you answer this question for yourself, we're sharing real stories of project managers and how they navigated their career journey to get to where they are today. In this episode, Michael Mordak is joined by Sara Fisher—Director of Project Management—to talk about her passion for both graphic design and accounting...

 Struggling with the facilitation aspect of your role as a project manager? Galen Low is joined by Alice Jakins—Founder & Owner of Getting Digital Done—to talk about the reasons why being a good facilitator is one of the most important superhero skills you can hone as a project manager in 2023, and what you can do to get better at it. 

DPM expert & long-time community member  Robyn Birkedal shares about the journey that took her from rebellious student to insertion order faxer and eventually to Digital Project Manager. 

Galen Low is joined by Joe Ateya—Lead Software Advisor at SoftwareSelect—to talk about project management software and the journey that nearly every organization faces to get from sustained pain to sustainable efficacy through tools and technology.

How can you become the best PM you can be? In this episode, host Michael Mordak is joined by Matthew Fox—Independent Consultant—to talk about how community has impacted his professional career and why you should definitely get involved in adventure racing.

Martin Gelb & Bill Moroz share how their team helped their government spin up an innovative, purpose-built, blockchain-based intelligent supply chain in a matter of months to ensure COVID-19 vaccines were delivered safely and within tolerances across a massive geographical area.

Michael Mordak is joined by Patrice Embry—Freelance Project Manager & Certified Scrum Master—to talk about how community has impacted her professional career and helped her build her own brand as a freelance project manager.

Galen Low is joined by Michael Mordak—Community Producer at The Digital Project Manager—to announce a new podcast series—The Spotlight Series—about real digital project managers and their stories. Michael shares how this new series will spark new ideas, shed light on the inner workings of our industry, and provide a truly human perspective to your own journey.

Galen Low is joined by Barbara Kephart—Founder of Projects Pivot—to talk about the "project managers" that don't yet know they're project managers and how businesses can identify and groom individuals like these to become top performers in their project management practice.

Galen Low is joined by Natasha Golinsky—Founder and Lead Technical Project Manager at On Purpose Projects—to talk about how you can build a loyal, high-performing team from an otherwise disparate, rag-tag group of remote contractors.

Galen Low is joined by Simon Severino—CEO & Founder of Strategy Sprints—to break down the processes behind an agile business and how you can make agile strategy a reality for your own.

Galen Low is joined by Sarah Hoban—Senior Director, Program Management Office at Aura—to explore how quiet quitting might actually just be healthy boundary-setting, and what that means for employers, teams, project managers, and the future of work.

Galen Low is joined by Kim Essendrup—CEO and Co-Founder of RAIDLOG.com—to talk about RAID logs and how to integrate them into your modern project workflow.

Galen Low is joined by Crystal Richards—Principal & Owner of MindsparQ—to highlight what skills a PMP certification doesn't necessarily teach you, how to fill those gaps through professional development, and what the future holds for PMI and the PMP designation.

Galen Low is joined by Crystal Richards—Principal & Owner of MindsparQ—to talk about what it means to become a certified project management professional, dispelling common misconceptions about the PMP, and digging in to some of the often overlooked advantages of certification.

Galen Low is joined by Michelle Watkins—Founder & Managing Partner at Global PMO Partners—to talk about project portfolio management, how to optimize it, and how to get executive buy-in for investing in a tool that helps your projects and businesses run better.

Galen Low is joined by Jen Dary—a leadership coach, speaker, and founder of Plucky—to talk about those crucial but otherwise adjacent and invisible skills that separate the great project managers from the rest of the pack.

Galen Low is joined by Cassie Solomon—an organizational change and digital transformation leader and author of “Leading Successful Change: 8 Keys To Making Change Work”—to talk about roles and responsibilities and whether a good old RACI chart is still an effective way to achieve clarity on who does what within your team and across your organization.

Galen Low is joined by Jon Brombley—Product And Operations Leader at Container Exchange Services—to share his experiences with rapid, relentless change and how he found a way to thrive within it.

Galen Low is joined by Olivia Montgomery—champion of the social sciences, a former PMO director, and a published thought leader—to talk about strategic planning and whether project management has a place at the table.

Galen Low is joined by Ronald Schmelzer and Kathleen Walch—the managing partners and lead analysts behind Cognilytica, and the hosts of AI Today—to lift the lid on why AI projects fail and why responsible project management is so important to the success of artificial intelligence.

Galen Low is joined by Nick Wilkinson—the Client Partnerships Manager at Steamclock Software—to talk about the tension between business development teams and project delivery teams and how to make that a healthy tension that pushes your organization forward instead of creating drag. 

Galen Low is joined by Melody MacKeand—a platform rollout specialist and change management champion—to talk through the change management process and how project managers can benefit from developing a change mindset.

Galen Low is joined by Jeff Chamberlain—a seasoned IT project management consultant—to tell us what’s different about getting a job as a PM today and shares his tips on how to get yourself noticed.

Galen Low is joined by Fred Fowler—a Level 3 certified Scrum master who has published multiple books on the Scrum methodology—to teach us how to stop measuring busyness and start measuring outcomes.