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Project Podcast
Project managers share their stories from the front line of the project and programme management profession. This podcast is brought to you by APM, the chartered membership organisation for the project profession. For more information on how to join APM, visit apm.org.uk.
Episodes
Project PodcastFrom the Frontline: Managing a cutting-edge renewables project
In this episode, Project journal editor Emma De Vita speaks to Tim Rose, programme manager at Energy Superhub Oxford, a four-year, £40m demonstrator project to…
Project PodcastDynamic conditions for project success
In this episode, hosted by Mike Hine, online editor for Project journal, we take a look at the topic of dynamic conditions for project success. Project…
Project PodcastFrom the Frontline: How to improve project performance
In ‘From the Frontline’, Project journal editor Emma De Vita meets project professionals who are working on cutting-edge projects, and academics whose research…
Project PodcastFrom the Frontline: Fast and furious at net-zero Formula E
In ‘From the Frontline’, Project journal editor Emma De Vita meets project professionals who are working on cutting-edge projects, and academics whose research…
Project PodcastFrom the Frontline: How to thrive in your career as a woman
In this special episode to tie in with APM’s annual Think Differently conference, Emma De Vita, the editor of Project journal, speaks to three ambitious female…
Project PodcastHow to be a great communicator
In this episode, hosted by Mike Hine, online editor for APM’s Project journal, we’re looking at communication for project professionals. Communication is a…
Project PodcastContracts and collaboration in a post-COVID world
Contracts create legally binding obligations between the parties involved in a project. They describe the nature of those obligations and the actions that can…
Project PodcastFrom the Frontline: How to make better project decisions
In ‘From the Frontline’, Project journal editor Emma De Vita meets project professionals who are working on cutting-edge projects, and academics whose research…
Project PodcastFrom the Frontline: Lessons from the pandemic for better programme management
In ‘From the Frontline’, Project journal editor Emma De Vita is meeting project professionals who are working on cutting-edge projects, and academics whose…
Project PodcastFrom the Frontline: Life on Mars? Project managing NASA’s Perseverance mission
In our From the Frontline season, Project journal editor Emma De Vita is meeting professionals who are working on cutting-edge projects, and academics whose…
Project PodcastNew approaches to lessons learned – capturing the right lessons in the right way
In this episode, hosted by Project journal editor Emma De Vita, we explore why getting lessons learned right is incredibly important to project success. We…
Project PodcastThe evolving definition of project ‘success’
In this episode, hosted by Project journal online editor Mike Hine, our topic is project success, and how the definition of success is evolving to fit the…
Project PodcastFrom the Frontline: Leading the UK’s Vaccine Taskforce
In our From the Frontline season, Project journal editor Emma De Vita is meeting professionals who are working on cutting-edge projects, and academics whose…
Project PodcastWhy sustainability should be on every project professional’s agenda
As governments worldwide set targets on reaching net-zero carbon, project professionals are being tasked with rethinking working practices to cut emissions…
Project PodcastYour salary and future prospects revealed
In this episode, hosted by Project journal’s online editor Mike Hine, we discuss salaries and market trends within the project profession. It’s been an…
Project PodcastProject Innovators: Bent Flyvbjerg on how to make your project a success
In this final episode of the Project Innovators season, Project journal editor Emma De Vita speaks to Bent Flyvbjerg, the first BT professor and inaugural…
Project PodcastProject Innovators: How to bring strategy and projects closer together
In this episode, Project journal editor Emma De Vita meets Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez, who is on a mission to champion project management as a central issue for…
Project PodcastHow to make better use of project data
As with many new digital technologies, the terminology surrounding project data analytics can be confusing or off-putting to busy project professionals…
Project PodcastProject Innovators: Award-winning transformation with an honest culture
In this episode, host Emma De Vita meets Susan Ferry, a project manager for change at Allianz, who led what she calls a ‘big bang transformation’ project that…
Project PodcastProject Innovators: How to deliver under pressure (and win an award at the same time)
From Deepwater to drones – in this episode Project editor Emma De Vita meets Benjamin Hooper, programme and project manager at Heathrow Airport, whose project…
Project PodcastProject Innovators: How to professionalise through collaboration
In the Project Innovators season of podcasts, Project journal editor Emma De Vita is talking to project professionals who are leading projects in an innovative…
Project PodcastProject Innovators – Jenny McLaughlin, Heathrow
Resetting projects in a better way for a post-COVID world means capitalising on the best minds. Cognitive diversity, as explained by Matthew Syed in his book…
Project PodcastLessons from lockdown – the best of 'Crisis Talks'
In this episode, we look back on 2020 and reflect on some key project management lessons from a turbulent 9 months. Soon after the first UK lockdown in March…
Project PodcastHow to be a great project leader
In this episode, our topic is how to be a great project leader. We pin down exactly what it means to lead a project and how this role is evolving to reflect…
Project PodcastProject Innovators – Matthew Moran, The Open University
In the ‘Project Innovators’ season of podcasts, Project journal editor Emma De Vita is speaking to project professionals who are leading projects in an…
Project PodcastProject Innovators – Caroline Raynor, Costain
In the ‘Project Innovators’ season of podcasts, Project journal editor Emma De Vita will be speaking to project professionals who are leading projects in an…
Project PodcastVUCA, hybrid and adaptability: reflections on BoK7
In this episode, our topic is the APM Body of Knowledge. The seventh edition of this core text for the profession was published in 2019. One year on, the…
Project PodcastThe Golden Thread: recognising the contribution of project management
This episode explores the findings from The Golden Thread, a research series by APM and PwC. The first Golden Thread paper was commissioned to throw light on a…
Project PodcastCrisis Talks – Joanna Rowland, HMRC
In the Crisis Talks season of podcasts, Project journal editor Emma De Vita asks project professionals to share their stories of managing, adapting and…
Project PodcastCrisis Talks – Andrew Higson, Balvac
In the Crisis Talks season of podcasts, Project journal editor Emma De Vita asks project professionals to share their stories of managing, adapting and…
Project PodcastCrisis Talks – Paul Hilton, Mott MacDonald
Our Crisis Talks series explores how project managers are adapting and pivoting to meet the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this episode, Emma De Vita…
Project PodcastCrisis Talks – Hannah Gledhill, Hotel Chocolat
Our Crisis Talks series explores how project managers are adapting and pivoting to meet the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this episode, Emma De Vita…
Project PodcastCrisis Talks – Sonia Sharma, Channel 4
Our Crisis Talks series explores how project managers are adapting and pivoting to meet the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this episode, Emma De Vita…
Project PodcastRisk, resilience and outliers: How COVID-19 changed project management
What is the future of project management as the world moves into the next stage of the COVID-19 crisis? And what are the risk factors and opportunities going…
Project PodcastCrisis Talks - Lizzie Meadows, Quadram Institute Bioscience
In episode one of our first season, Crisis Talks, Emma De Vita (editor of APM’s Project journal) speaks to Lizzie Meadows, a project manager at Quadram…