In this episode of Project Management Office Hours Fatimah Abbouchi joins PMO Joe for another fast paced discussion! They discuss the topics of Mental Health and Anxiety, Work Transformations, and Agile in the Australian landscape, even swimming lessons! “When I realized it was the mindset shift that was holding me back, the fear, the anxiety and the mindset I was able to actually get really good. And I think I've improved to a point, if you throw me in the deep end, I probably could survive. Unlike in high school, where I nearly drowned.” -Fatimah Abbouchi PMO Joe and Fatimah talk about the capability of the workplace and how covid has transformed the way of working. “It needs to be about the capability that we want to bring in and how we bridge that gap between the agile environment and the non-agile environment.” -Fatima. With 90% of the Agile training being received online and paid for the individual itself, the capacity in the workplace is shifting, forcing us to have a different set of capabilities to deliver value back to the company. On top of that, increasing productivity and collaboration in a remote world, but how might we do this? “I basically say it's about putting agility into governance, not putting governance into agile.” Fatimah Abbouchi Listen to Fatimah and PMO Joe discuss further about these topics in E. 88 on Project Management Office Hours Listen to the full episode and subscribe to the podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/project-management-office-hours/id1398533604 A CEO, writer, speaker and host of the ‘Agile Ideas’ podcast Connect with Fatimahhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/fatimahabbouchi/ https://www.facebook.com/FatimahAbbouchi8/https://twitter.com/fatimahabbouchihttps://www.instagram.com/fatimah_abbouchi/ Thank you to THE PMO SQUAD and The PMO Leader for sponsoring this show.Learn more about The PMO Squad - www.thepmosquad.comLearn more about The PMO Leader - www.thepmoleader.com

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E88 Putting Agility into Governance with Fatimah Abbouchi

In this episode of Project Management Office Hours, Marisa Silva, The Lucky PM, joins PMO Joe to discuss PMOs, Project Management in the education system, advice for project managers, navigating your journey throughout the project management world, and becoming The Lucky PM. Marisa is the author of “Bedtime Stories for Project Managers” where it combines both the fairytale aspect of a bedtime story with relating it to real work project management scenarios. She is a Senior Consultant at Wellingtone, a UK-based leading project management consulting firm dedicated to enable step change in organizational PPM maturity. PMO Joe and Marisa discuss the importance of Project Management in the education system. What is special about PM? What makes PM so valuable to learn in school for success in the future? Marisa talks about how she came up with the title of The Lucky PM, I really do feel lucky to work in a profession that I love and the clients that I work with. The more you plan the luckier you’ll get -Marisa. Listen to the full episode and subscribe to the podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/project-management-office-hours/id1398533604 Connect with Marisa through LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/theluckypm/Visit https://www.linkedin.com/company/wellingtone/ to learn more about the Wellingtone Project Thank you to THE PMO SQUAD and The PMO Leader for sponsoring this show.Learn more about The PMO Squad - www.thepmosquad.comLearn more about The PMO Leader - www.thepmoleader.com

E87 The Story of The Lucky PM with Marisa Silva

In this episode of Project Management Office Hours, Tim Creasey joins PMO Joe to discuss Change Management, ADKAR, Prosci, and the Boston Red Sox. “My personal AHA! is to help people see change. The challenges of change is unlockable because most of the time I think we have the answers within and how do we see the challenges in front of us is something that we can unlock.” -Tim Creasey PMO Joe and Tim talk about using complimentary disciplines with a common objective. Project Management and Change Management are complementary in nature in terms of aligning on the fact that we're both here to land this change to the best value to the organization. Tim suggests that if we agree on the horizon, change management and project management are expected allies, or expected collaborators in that journey. “Project management prepares the solution for the organization. Change management prepares the organization for the solution.” Listen to the full episode and subscribe to the podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/project-management-office-hours/id1398533604 Discover more about Tim and Prosci visit: http://www.prosci.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/timcreasey/https://www.facebook.com/ProsciExperiencehttps://twitter.com/Proscihttps://www.instagram.com/proscichangemanagement/ Thank you to THE PMO SQUAD and The PMO Leader for sponsoring this show.Learn more about The PMO Squad - www.thepmosquad.comLearn more about The PMO Leader - www.thepmoleader.com

E86 Understanding Change Management with Tim Creasey

In this episode of Project Management Office Hours, Americo Pinto shares his passion and story with PMO Joe about what brought him to the project management world. From professional actor to chairman of the PMO Global Alliance; Americo Pinto has had a fascinating career. PMO Joe and Americo discuss several topics including, how the PMO Global Alliance revolutionized the PMO world, challenges building community globally such as language and politics, and taking chances outside your comfort zone. “Believe in your dreams. You can really conquer the Galaxy if you want. So if I could, you can, I assure you that.” -Americo Pinto Americo shared his story to help us understand the beginnings of the PMO Value Ring methodology (www.pmovaluering.com) and the PMO Global Awards (www.pmoawards.org). He also provides his prediction for the future of the PMO based on feedback and analysis from some of the leading PMOs in the world. “Finding your synergy within your PMO, is the key” -Americo Pinto Listen to the full episode and subscribe to the podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/project-management-office-hours/id1398533604 Connect with Americo Pinto today, visit:https://www.linkedin.com/in/americopinto/?locale=pt_BRhttps://twitter.com/americopinto?lang=en Discover more with PMO Global Alliance at https://www.pmoga.world/ Thank you to THE PMO SQUAD and The PMO Leader for sponsoring this show.Learn more about The PMO Squad - www.thepmosquad.comLearn more about The PMO Leader - www.thepmoleader.com

E85 PMO Community a Global Perspective with Americo Pinto

In this episode of Project Management Office Hours, Carsten Ley shares his journey with us through navigating the project management world, globally. Carsten Ley and PMO Joe discuss topics about being open-minded, curious, and having cross-functional thinking. After 20+ years working in Deloitte Germany, VW Mexico, Rolls-Royce UK and Lazada Vietnam, he founded Asia PMO in 2018. Carsten shares his experiences traveling, exploring new cultures in different countries, and the international reach and familiarity of Project Management and PMOs from a global perspective. The more open you are to taking risks and challenges, the more you’ll explore what’s out there.We familiarize ourself with the idea of channeling your curiosity in to something you're passionate about. Stop the questioning and start today. “The moment you go full power in, things happen because before when you do it only on a Saturday, Sunday, and you say, oh, I have to come over a certain threshold, you may not reach that threshold because you don't go full power in.” -Carsten Ley We realize as we listen it’s about the customer journey and what the customer experience is defined as: the essence of the company. Carsten Ley has just the answers you need. Listen to the full episode and subscribe to the podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/project-management-office-hours/id1398533604 Connect with Carsten Ley today on https://www.linkedin.com/in/carstenley/ https://www.facebook.com/AsiaPMO https://www.instagram.com/asia_pmo/Visit https://www.carstenley.com/ to discover more about Carsten and Asia PMO Thank you to THE PMO SQUAD and The PMO Leader for sponsoring this show.Learn more about The PMO Squad - www.thepmosquad.com Learn more about The PMO Leader - www.thepmoleader.com

E84 Channel Your Curiosity with Carsten Ley

In this episode Erika Flora joins Joe Pusz in Project Management Office Hours to discuss organizational and personal transformation, defining your organization’s “why” and developing effective listening, coaching, and facilitation skills. Erika is President & CEO of Beyond20, an Industry Leader, Speaker, and Coach. Erika was also the Lead Editor of the core ITIL 4 publication on “Digital and Strategy”. Erika’s journey has been about exploring possibilities and thinking outside the box “We often make excuses for ourselves, that we can’t do something. Instead, think about the opportunity you have to change your life listening to others and learning new skills.” -Erika Ask yourself this; are you a glass is half full or half empty type person? Maybe the glass is always full. Listen to hear Erika and PMO Joe discuss and whatever your answer may be, understand there are many ways we can learn in life. However, with learning comes barriers at some point and knowing how to overcome those obstacles will let nothing get in your way. So, go out there and push your boundaries today!Visit https://www.beyond20.com/ to discover more about Erika and Beyond20. Thank you THE PMO SQUAD and The PMO Leader for sponsoring this show.Learn more about The PMO Squad - www.thepmosquad.com Learn more about The PMO Leader - www.thepmoleader.com

E83 Breaking Through Barriers with Erika Flora

In this episode of Project Management Office Hours, Antonio Nieto Rodriquez joins Joe Pusz to chat about #strategyimplementation and reinventing #projectmanagement . Antonio is a leading expert in Project Management and Strategy Implementation, recognized by Thinkers50 with the prestigious award “Ideas into Practice.” Antonio and Joe discuss this year's trend: Strategic Implementation. “The most significant disruption of the 21st century is not technology, artificial intelligence or big data, but it is the way organizations and countries will be managed – through Projects.” -Antonio. Take a step back to discuss the impact value and the benefits of project management evolution. We often don’t know the value and what we need to deliver at first. By understanding the evolution of the process, we can progress further with our projects. Antonio urges us to re-invent the wheel and open new doors. We change the world with projects. We as PM’s get to create and develop these fascinating outcomes, but we sometimes might get lost in the noise. It’s our job to change the mindset and deliver new ideas. “Start thinking about how you would reinvent the PMO and the tools we have to deliver something further?” -Antonio. By developing something stronger, we are implementing new ways of understanding the project management tools and knowledge we have now to advance our career. To find out more about Antonio visit https://antonionietorodriguez.com/ and see what he’s doing now at https://www.strategyimplementationinstitute.org/ Thank you THE PMO SQUAD and The PMO Leader for sponsoring this show. Learn more about The PMO Squad - www.thepmosquad.com Learn more about The PMO Leader - www.thepmoleader.com #projectmanagement #PMOH #pmojoe #projecteconomy #projectrevolution #strategyimplementationprofessional #reinventingprojectmanagement #strategyimplementation

E82 Strategic Implementations with Antonio Nieto Rodriquez

In this episode of Project Management Office Hours, Daniel Zitter and Hamutal Weisz join PMO Joe to discuss gamification concepts and their project management board games. We also hear the humorous story which brought Daniel and Hamutal together to form the PM Zone. The fun dynamic explains ideas from their book Being a Project Manager that it’s what you have to do as a project manager versus what project management is. "The nature of a plan is to change; the nature of a project is to challenge us. In order to face those challenges and be the person who can lead a project to its successful conclusion, you need to be cool headed.” -Hamutal. Laying a clear path to explain an effective project manager in any project setting is the goal. Focusing on the principles and practices of project management, they developed the idea of PMzone. Now, PMzone solutions provides all the knowledge and tools required for many professionals in any industry at all levels. To learn more about Daniel and Hamutal with PMzone, visit www.pmzone.com Listen to the full episode and subscribe to the podcast https://lnkd.in/g2Rm_6h Thank you THE PMO SQUAD and The PMO Leader for sponsoring this show.Learn more about The PMO Squad - www.thepmosquad.comLearn more about The PMO Leader - www.thepmoleader.com

E81 Gamification with Daniel Zitter and Hamutal Weisz

In this episode of Project Management Office Hours, Danielle Torley shares her life adventures and journey in the project management world. Danielle and PMO Joe discuss the need to speak the same language across business functions, the importance of seeing opportunities when they exist, her experience as a TED Speaker and how to find strength within your challenges. Danielle is a Business Development professional and never a formal PM, but is PMP certified and been a PMI Chapter President. She stressed the importance of organizational teams understanding each other’s roles by how they impact themselves and project outcomes. Danielle also shares her global travels and adventures learning to scuba dive, meeting her husband and learning to fire dance. Danielle stepped out of grief due to the traumatic fire that happened in her childhood, inspiring her to pursue her passion for fire dance and performance. She shares, “When I learned to dance with fire, I learned to reconcile the traumatic part of my life with totality of my life as it was still unfolding.” Find out more from her TED Talk - https://www.ted.com/talks/danielle_torley_i_stepped_out_of_grief_by_dancing_with_fire/transcript#t-741051 Listen to the full episode and subscribe to the podcast https://lnkd.in/g2Rm_6h To learn more about Danielle visit https://lnkd.in/g6bffydThank you THE PMO SQUAD and The PMO Leader for sponsoring this show.Learn more about The PMO Squad - www.thepmosquad.comLearn more about The PMO Leader - www.thepmoleader.com

E80 Dancing with Fire with Danielle Torley

In this episode of Project Management Office Hours, Alana Hill shares her story with us and we learn that although there has been some progress we still have a way to go with gender and racial diversity within the project management community. Alana and PMO Joe discuss the benefits of diversity within our industry and within your own career. What does your contact list look like? If they all are the same, how do they challenge you, but also allow for creative thinking? Alana shared, “The more we are aware of building relationships outside of our identity, the more we advance the cause of everyone.”Alana shares the back-story for her book, What’s Your Catalyst, The Power of Managed Change. We learn the importance of a balance between IQ and EQ to improve team performance. We also learn the influence of coaches and role models on her life and the origin of her nickname, “Georgia. To hear what Alana is working on next, listen to the full episode and subscribe to the podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/project-management-office-hours/id1398533604 “Lead change the Mrs. Engineer Way” and connect with Alana on LinkedIn and Ms. Engineer Way Lastly, we want to thank THE PMO SQUAD and The PMO Leader for sponsoring this show.Learn more about The PMO Squad www.thepmosquad.comLearn more about The PMO Leader www.thepmoleader.com#projectmanagement #businessownership #2Hill #TheMsEngineerWay #PMP #ChangeLeadership #Diversity #DEI #PMOSquad #PMOLeader #pmojoe

E79 The Benefits of Diversity in the Project Management Community with Alana Hill

Everywhere we look we see the impact of Project Management. As the PM industry grows, a challenge we face now as project/program managers is how do we not get lost within the millions of practitioners and hundreds of associations and certifications around the world? As David Barrett has shown us several times, we can turn to smaller communities within the broader industry. Without a community, how might we navigate all this noise? “As a community we can assist each other to see that the faster and better you deliver: the more connected with the business and strategy through the project piece; this conveys the meaning of how important we are.” -David In this episode of Project Management Office Hours, David Barrett shares his story with us and the impact his communities have had within the project management industry. His newest community was born during the COVID pandemic as we isolated to our homes he found a way to keep us all connected with the launch of the project management video web site - ProjectBites.com. Be sure to visit ProjectBites to see 140+ short videos from industry leaders covering the full range of Project Management topics. To hear what David is working on next, listen to the full episode and subscribe to the podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/project-management-office-hours/id1398533604 Thank you to our sponsors The PMO Squad and The PMO Leader. Learn more:The PMO Squad - https://www.thepmosquad.comThe PMO Leader - https://www.thepmoleader.com

E78 Building Project Management Communities with David Barrett

Are you working on the proper projects within your organization? Why do we even do projects in an organization? So much time in Project Management is spent trying to improve project execution and not as much on project selection and strategic alignment. In this episode we take a deep dive on Strategic Alignment and Portfolio Management with Stuart Easton CEO of Transparent Choice.Stuart and PMO Joe share several anecdotes from their experiences which highlight the importance of understanding the value and purpose for project selection and strategic alignment. It doesn't work to try to do every project. We do projects to achieve our business goals. The art of strategic alignment is to get the leadership team to own the decision making process and to agree on the overall business goals and portfolio priority. Stuart provides several tools and techniques to help us improve our ability to prioritize strategic portfolios. One technique used within the Transparent Choice solution is AHP, Analytic Hierarchy Process. The process helps you define and quantify the value you are going to deliver to the organization. To learn more listen to the full episode.Learn more about Transparent Choice - https://www.transparentchoice.com/Learn more about Stuart Easton - https://www.linkedin.com/in/eastonstuart/​Thanks to our sponsors The PMO Squad and The PMO Leader. Visit The PMO Squad - www.thepmosquad.comVisit The PMO Leader - www.thepmoleader.comCheck out all prior episodes and upcoming guests by visiting www.projectmanagementofficehours.com.

E77 Zen and the Art of Strategic Alignment with Stuart Easton

Project Management Office Hours allows Project Management leaders from across the globe to share their Project Management story. Our focus is on the PEOPLE within the Project Management community and their unique experiences. Hosted by Joe Pusz, PMO Joe, Project Management Advocate, CEO & Founder of THE PMO SQUAD, and Co-founder of VPMMA, Veteran Project Manager Mentoring Alliance.

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