The Language of Persuasion w/ Nic Sementa
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This podcast began at the 2019 Scrum Gathering in Austin. Nic and I were talking and ended up on the topic of nonviolent communication. The conversation we had in Austin and Nic’s take on NVC and other communication practices was so compelling that I asked if we could pick up the topic during a podcast. For anyone who makes their living as a traditional PM or is involved with Agile and helping to support, motivate, and lead teams, studying different communication patterns and language techniques is a survival tactic. In this conversation with Nic Sementa, you’ll gain insights into several new communication tools, how and why they work, and how you can practice a language technique like NVC from a place that is both vulnerable and strong at the same time. Nonviolent Communication Links
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Nic Sementa is man of many skills. He’s an Agilist, a Marketing Consultant, an Entrepreneur… he does Business Development, he’s a sales ninja, and he’s someone who spends a lot of time honing his skills in listening and communicating. Johanna Rothman at Agile 2017 - Creating Your Successful Agile Project and 1 Day User Stories
| In this Agile 2017 interview Johanna Rothman talks with Dave about her new book “Create Your Successful Agile Project Collaborate, Measure, Estimate and Deliver” and how teams that are struggling to make Scrum work may want to adopt an approach that focuses on continuous flow in order to deliver value for their customers with greater frequency. The interview includes a conversation about working with User Stories that are sized to only take the team a single day to complete and how this may help teams that are struggling with estimation. Dave and Johanna’s also discuss her approach to writing (she averages about 1 book a year in addition to posting to her blog every few days) involves writing for just 15 minutes a day. FOR MORE ON JOHANNA |
Don Kim - I Think, Therefore I Plan
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You can find Don’s book here: http://amzn.to/2n7VEHu You can find Don’s blog post about certifications here: http://bit.ly/2okDUZA
Show Notes:00:07 Interview Start 00:30 What is a Human APEE 03:38 What is an Artisan approach to Project Management 05:15 Don’s Philosophy of Project Management 07:22 Trying to slow down and do less 08:21 Don explains his way of approaching project work and the reason for the book 10:56 How has the traditional vs. Agile debate changed over the past few years 12:53 Seeing the value in every project you work on - regardless of how you got it 16:15 The downside of certifications 17:29 The positive aspects of certifications 18:03 There is more to project management training than just PMP certification 19:48 Making the case for the value certifications can provide and how it can be misunderstood 23:22 Does it make sense for people to want to have a way of gauging their professional achievement? 23:55 What Don expected from PMP certification and how he went deep with the Kerzner to get the most learning out of it (instead of just passing the test) 26:41 Is it the certification that is an issue, or the way people interpret it as an end point rather than a beginning 27:50 An overview of the approach Don’s book takes towards the art of Project Management 30:56 Where you can find Don’s book and how you can reach him with follow up questions 31:54 Podcast Ends You can reach Don Kim on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donkim/ Feedback/Comments: [email protected] |
A few weeks ago Don Kim put up a blog post challenging the value of certifications. I reached out to Don in hopes of doing an interview about it and found out he’s also written a new book “I think Therefore I Plan”. In this interview we discuss the pros and cons of different certifications, taking an artisan approach to managing projects as well as Don’s new book.Project Managers, Stress and PTSD
| Click here to download the podcast On the Digital PM Slack channel there was some discussion recently about Project Managers' having PTSD. In this podcast, Carson Pierce, Senior PM at DDB Edmonton and Registered Psychologist, Dr. Krista Pierce (who is also Caron's wife) and I got the chance to discuss the topic of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, the stress PMs' experience at work and the relationship between the two. Click here to download the podcast Krista and Carson Introductions 0:15 Introduction to the topic of Mental Health and Project Management 1:58 The Stress Project Managers Experience vs. actual PTSD 3:30 Living with failure but expecting success 5:30 Are we making too much of it 6:19 We are a dysfunctional bunch 8:00 The role experience plays in helping you cope 9:55 Lacking self-awareness 12:40 How to cope with being assertive 13:42 Bringing the bad news and being at ease15:58 Role playing the tough conversations18:26 Personal risk management 19:39 Recommendations for coping with the stress of being a PM 21:00 Setting boundaries for yourself (and sticking with them) 24:15 Carving out the self-care space and finding balance 25:55 Mindfulness 28:42 Talking with your client (and team) about personal boundaries 29:49 Owning the burden you choose to carry 32:32 Letting go of the things you can do (Inbox 1,708) 33:03 Parting advice for coping with stress 36:45 Getting in touch with Carson and Krista 39:50 The Digital PM Summit 2016 40:28
Contact Info: Kristi can be reached at http://kristapiercepsychologist.com Carson can be reached at carsonpierce.com or via email at [email protected] If you'd like access to the Digital PM Slack Channel, just email Carson The site for the 2015 Digital PM Summit can be found here: http://bureauofdigital.com/summits/digital-pm/
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Gender Bias in Project Management (Podcast)
| Episode 4 of DrunkenPM Radio focuses on the impact of Gender Bias in the Project Management space. This episode consists of two interviews. The first is with a group of women who work in Digital Project Management (Larissa Scordato, Tera Caldwell Simon and Patrice Colancecco Embry). The second interview features Agile Coach Natalie Warnert. Warning - there are a few expletives in this one...
Show Notes: Interview 1 : Gender Bias in Digital Project Management - with Patrice Colancecco Embry, Tera Caldwell Simon and Larissa Scordato 00:05 Intro All the participants in the above interview are "on the Twitter" Larissa Scordato: twitter.com/larissascordato
Interview 2 - Gender Bias in Agile - with Natalie Warnert 47:07 Intro to the Interview with Agile Coach Natalie Warnert Natalie can be reached via her website at nataliewarnert.com |
