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Using Technology to Make a Positive Social Impact

Projectified - April 25, 2024 13:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 200 ratings
Technology is helping project teams make a positive social impact—an accelerator for addressing everything from the effects of climate change to gender equality. Guests discuss how they’re using tech in two projects: One helps adolescent girls develop skills in STEAM—science, technology, enginee...

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How Project Teams Are Building Climate-Resilient Infrastructure

Projectified - April 10, 2024 14:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 200 ratings
Building sustainable infrastructure doesn’t just protect people and the planet—it boosts the bottom line. Project teams must deliver assets that can withstand the extreme effects of climate change. Guests discuss the growing focus on climate-resilient infrastructure, how to manage stakeholders a...

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Advancing Your Project Management Career in 2024

Projectified - March 27, 2024 11:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 200 ratings
Navigating change is nothing new for project professionals. And this year is no different. How can being flexible and resilient help them seize job opportunities—and deliver value for organizations? Guests in this roundtable discussion talk about sector-specific job trends, the must-have skills ...

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Support System: Empowering Project Professionals to Find Better Ways of Working

Projectified - March 15, 2024 15:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 200 ratings
In today’s ever-evolving project environment, project professionals need to be flex-ready problem solvers. But how do they learn to choose the right ways of working—or know when to anticipate the need to adapt to change? Guests discuss how they empower project professionals at their organization...

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Women in AI: Pursuing Project Careers in Tech

Projectified - February 28, 2024 05:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 200 ratings
There’s a glaring gender gap, in both artificial intelligence and project management. But as demand for AI talent surges, there’s an opportunity to close those gaps. Ahead of International Women’s Day, our guests discuss the gender gaps they’ve experienced in their careers in tech, how greater t...

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Level Up Your Project Management Career with Continuous Learning

Projectified - February 14, 2024 05:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 200 ratings
Continuous learning helps project professionals keep up with the skills they need to excel in the profession—but it has to be done strategically. Guests discuss how to create a flexible and durable continuous learning strategy, how to balance upskilling with day-to-day project and personal respo...

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How Volunteering Can Transform Communities—and Your Career

Projectified - November 29, 2023 05:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 200 ratings
Volunteering helps communities and organizations. But it also helps the volunteers who donate their time and skills. In a roundtable discussion, guests share how they started volunteering, how it has affected their careers and helped them grow as project professionals, the different ways they ha...

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AI Projects: The Big Benefits for Organizations

Projectified - November 15, 2023 05:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 200 ratings
Artificial intelligence is now a mainstay for organizations. But given the lack of widespread use across enterprises, there’s room for growth. And project teams are leading the way, developing AI solutions that deliver value to their companies and customers. We discuss this with:  Mohammed Nabt...

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Project Professionals Making a Positive Impact

Projectified - November 01, 2023 04:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 200 ratings
We know that projects drive change, and today, more and more project professionals are managing initiatives to deliver positive impacts across the globe. Two 2023 PMI Future 50 leaders—Johnnie Stark, PMP, a project manager at BP in London, and Nuha Hashem, co-founder and CTO at Zywa in Dubai—dis...

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Space Projects: Managing Innovation, Risk and Change

Projectified - October 18, 2023 04:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 200 ratings
Space projects push boundaries, aiming to give teams a better understanding of our own planet and to explore what’s beyond. But these efforts are full of complexity, with evolving risks, new innovations, long timelines and fluctuations in funding. We discuss this with:   Kenneth Harris II, PhD,...

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Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in Project Teams

Projectified - October 04, 2023 04:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 200 ratings
Diversity and inclusion are now mainstay focuses for organizations—but it can be challenging to find the right strategies to achieve diverse and inclusive team environments. We discuss this with:  Victoria Toney-Robinson, PMP, senior program manager at Google in Hamburg: Toney-Robinson discusse...

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How to Promote Well-Being on Project Teams

Projectified - September 20, 2023 04:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 200 ratings
Project professionals can help promote well-being in the workplace, making a positive impact on not only their own and their team members’ performance but also their overall mental health. We discuss this with:  Marilena Koliavasili, PMP, project manager, Intracom Telecom, Athens: Koliavasili d...

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Remote Leadership Tips: Developing Power Skills and Your Career

Projectified - September 06, 2023 04:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 200 ratings
Teams are delivering projects no matter their location. As team members continue working in remote and hybrid environments, project professionals must find ways to develop their skills and grow their careers outside of an office. We talk about this in a joint discussion with Adriana Pavón Navarr...

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Tips for Using Generative AI Tools in Project Management

Projectified - August 23, 2023 04:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 200 ratings
Generative artificial intelligence tools, from ChatGPT to Bard, are changing the way people work—including how people lead teams and manage projects. We discuss this with:  Kristian Bainey, PMP, CEO, K-Pic Systems Inc., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: Bainey shares his tips to help project managers ...

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Strategic Alignment: The Secret to Project Success

Projectified - August 09, 2023 04:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 200 ratings
A project that doesn’t align with an enterprise’s objectives will never be considered a success. But project managers with a strong understanding of the business landscape and their organization’s goals can execute projects that drive their companies’ priorities—and deliver real benefits. We dis...

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Overcoming Burnout and Change Fatigue

Projectified - July 26, 2023 04:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 200 ratings
Organizations always look for ways to innovate and improve, but continuous evolution without preparation and strategy can lead to change fatigue and burnout. We discuss this with:  Rose James, PMI-ACP, PMP, program leader, Edward Jones, Houston: James discusses the typical signs of burnout, why...

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How Project Leaders Can Boost Their Personal Branding

Projectified - July 12, 2023 04:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 200 ratings
Project professionals are boosting their personal branding—through blogs, speaking engagements and strong social media presences—not only to help them stand out as forward-thinking leaders but also to share their knowledge and give back to the project management community. In a joint discussion,...

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Project Leaders Embrace New Ways of Working

Projectified - June 28, 2023 04:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 200 ratings
Introducing new ways of working to teams can be challenging, but they can also bring new insights and solutions that help teams deliver successful projects. We discuss this with:  Alexandre Mariano Vieira, AHPP, PMI-ACP, PMP, project manager, SSA México, México City: Mariano Vieira discusses ho...

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The Rise of Value Streams and AI in Agile Approaches

Projectified - June 14, 2023 04:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 200 ratings
Agile is moving further into the mainstream, and much like its name suggests, these approaches are evolving. We discuss this with:  Tammy Ashraf, PMI-ACP, Earth science systems integration manager, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA: Ashraf discusses the benefits of agil...

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Cutting-Edge Technologies in Construction Projects

Projectified - May 31, 2023 04:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 200 ratings
The construction sector is moving toward a more digital and connected future, with new technologies changing how teams are executing projects. We discuss this with: Rami Kaibni, PMI-CP, PgMP, PfMP, senior projects and development manager, Field & Marten Associates, Vancouver, British Columbia, ...

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From Ransomware to Mobile Malware: Emerging Cybersecurity Risks

Projectified - May 17, 2023 04:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 200 ratings
Companies across regions and sectors face myriad cyber threats from ransomware and phishing scams to attacks from professional cybercriminals—a growing number of them now using AI. In response, organizations are launching cybersecurity projects to keep their companies’ and customers’ data secure...

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Advice on Starting Your Project Management Career

Projectified - May 03, 2023 04:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 200 ratings
Project professionals are in high demand, but how does someone break into the profession? In a joint discussion, guests share how they started their project management careers—one pursuing it from the start, the other taking the role unexpectedly—the top skills new project managers should develo...

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Building Buy-In for Sustainability Projects

Projectified - April 19, 2023 04:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 200 ratings
More and more businesses are realizing that sustainability projects are not just good for the environment—they also can boost an organization’s bottom line. But project managers need the right skills to get organizational support to deliver successful initiatives. We discuss this with:  Brittan...

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Where Tech Tools and Human Skills Meet in Project Management

Projectified - April 05, 2023 04:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 200 ratings
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, collaboration tools—project managers are using a bevy of new technologies to boost efficiency and improve project outcomes. We discuss this with:  Niral Rajani, project manager, Aristocrat, Sydney: Rajani discusses how tech tools can increase...

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How to Build Resilient Teams

Projectified - March 22, 2023 04:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 200 ratings
Resilience is a must-have for teams delivering projects in today’s disruptive and volatile world. So how do you build resiliency on teams? We discuss this with: Ray Jones, PMI-ACP, PMP, program manager, SMX Technology, San Antonio, Texas, USA: Jones discusses the new context for resilience in a...

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What It’s Like to Be a Woman in Project Management

Projectified - March 08, 2023 05:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 200 ratings
For International Women’s Day, Projectified® hosts a roundtable with three women project leaders to discuss what it’s currently like for women in project management, how teams benefit from diversity and how organizations can better support women leaders, plus questions they had for one another a...

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Fintech Innovation and Risk Management

Projectified - January 18, 2023 05:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 200 ratings
Financial services companies—from established giants to new startups—face disruption from all sides. And as organizations explore new innovations to meet evolving customer needs, they must do so while considering risk management. We discuss this with:  Ashley Butao, PMI-ACP, PMP, project manage...

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Project Management Tips for 2023—and Lessons Learned From 2022

Projectified - January 04, 2023 05:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 200 ratings
As we kick off 2023, project leaders are looking ahead to new challenges and opportunities as well as looking back at what they accomplished in 2022. Projectified® reconnected with previous guests to discuss the biggest changes they have seen in the world of projects over the last year, their to...

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Making Project Portfolio Decisions—And Getting Buy-In

Projectified - November 30, 2022 05:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 200 ratings
To deliver an organization’s strategic objectives, project leaders must be able to look across the portfolio and decide which projects provide value and should be pursued, which go on the back burner and which are abandoned entirely. We discuss this with: Sunando Chaudhuri, PMP, PgMP, PfMP, dir...

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2022 Most Influential Projects: Creative Innovation

Projectified - November 16, 2022 05:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 200 ratings
From feats of engineering and art to exploring the unknown, the 2022 Most Influential Projects showcase innovative and creative efforts from teams across sectors and regions. We discuss two of these projects with: Alicia Tkacz, partner and architect, Stufish, London: Tkacz discusses how produce...