People and Projects Podcast – Interviews and Insights to Help You Lead and Deliver

PPP 501 | Hope Is Not a Strategy… Or Is It?, with author Jen Fisher

Summary In this episode, Andy welcomes Jen Fisher, author of Hope Is the Strategy: The Underrated Skill That Transforms Work, Leadership, and Wellbeing. In project management circles, we often hear the phrase “hope is not a strategy.” Jen challenges that assumption, arguing that real hope…Read more

PPP 500 | When AI Becomes a Digital Colleague: What Leaders Need to Know, with former Google DeepMind Futurist Steve Brown

Summary Welcome to our 500th episode! To celebrate this milestone, Andy talks with Steve Brown, AI futurist, keynote speaker, and author of The AI Ultimatum: Preparing for a World of Intelligent Machines and Radical Transformation. Steve brings a rare perspective shaped by years at Intel…Read more

PPP 499 | How Much of Success Is Luck or Something Else, with Wharton’s Judd Kessler

Summary In this episode, Andy talks with Wharton economist Judd Kessler, author of Lucky by Design: The Hidden Economics You Need to Get More of What You Want. If you have ever looked at someone else’s career success and thought, “They just got lucky,” this…Read more

PPP 498 | Have Better Conversations: Small Moves That Save Projects and Relationships, with Joe Ferraro

In this episode, Andy talks with Joe Ferraro, host of the One Percent Better podcast and a coach who helps leaders have stronger conversations when the stakes are high. If you lead projects, you know how quickly a meeting, a status update, or a feedback moment can…Read more

PPP 497 | A Practical System for Navigating Chaos, with author Richard Carson

In this episode, Andy talks with Richard Carson, author of The Book of Change. If you feel like you barely finish one change before the next one hits, this conversation is for you. Richard shares his deeply researched and battle-tested framework called People Sustained Organizational Change…Read more

PPP 502 | When Process Is Not Enough: The Human Side of Project Leadership, with Brett Harned

PPP 501 | Hope Is Not a Strategy… Or Is It?, with author Jen Fisher

PPP 500 | When AI Becomes a Digital Colleague: What Leaders Need to Know, with former Google DeepMind Futurist Steve Brown

PPP 499 | How Much of Success Is Luck or Something Else, with Wharton’s Judd Kessler

PPP 498 | Have Better Conversations: Small Moves That Save Projects and Relationships, with Joe Ferraro

PPP 497 | A Practical System for Navigating Chaos, with author Richard Carson