Cornelius Fichtner has interviewed project managers for the better part of two decades, and the archive is the largest oral history of the profession that exists. Guests are practitioners, not gurus, and the questions are the ones you would ask. It also carries a free newsletter. David has been a guest; that is not why it is first.
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Project Management
For the practitioner who has read the standards and still watched the project fail.
Our first book was about why I.T. projects fail and what the standards leave out. The people below are the working end of the profession: podcasters who interview practitioners, newsletter writers who have run the projects, and one or two who are honest about how much of the discipline is theater.
Podcasts
The Project Management PodcastCornelius Fichtner
People and Projects PodcastAndy Kaufman
Andy Kaufman's interviews are about leading people who happen to be on projects, which is the part the certifications skip. Authors, executives and working PMs on influence, conflict and keeping a team. It is long-running and consistently good. Listen for the leadership; the methodology takes care of itself.
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Rebel's Guide to Project ManagementElizabeth Harrin
Elizabeth Harrin has written about project management for working PMs for years, and the weekly email is the practical layer: templates, stakeholder scripts, what to do on Monday. It is written by someone still doing the job. Not rebellious, despite the name; just useful.
Subscribe →The Digital Project ManagerDPM · Galen Low
A large community for people delivering digital and software projects, with two weekly briefings and a podcast. It is where the profession talks about AI in delivery, agency life and the tools without the vendor voice. The podcast, hosted by Galen Low, is the best part. Broad, current, and free at the newsletter tier.
Visit the site →The Projectleaders NewsletterJasper Polak
A free weekly email of frameworks and stories from a working project leader. Each issue takes one idea, one page, and makes it usable. It is the newest voice on this list and one of the sharpest. Good for the PM who wants to think, not just track.
Subscribe →Beyond HypeRicardo Viana Vargas
Ricardo Vargas has chaired PMI and run projects on every continent, and his monthly newsletter is a deep dive on AI, agility and organizational transformation for project people. It is long, considered and international. Read it when you want the view from above the sprint.
Subscribe →Project Management EssentialsAlan Zucker
Alan Zucker spent a career running large programs and now writes and teaches about what actually worked. The blog and newsletter are plain, short and skeptical of process for its own sake. It is the closest in spirit to our own book. Start with the posts on why projects fail.
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