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Project managers share their stories from the front line of the project and programme management profession. Contact us at apmpodcast@thinkpublishing.co.uk 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.

  1. Why simplicity matters in project management

    23/12/2025

    Why simplicity matters in project management

    Emma meets Nathan Hellebrand ChPP, Global Delivery Director at Babcock International Group, and Mike Hudson ChPP, Interim Strategy Management Director at the National Trust, to discuss simplicity. It’s a topic that crops up often when we interview senior project professionals about how they make the delivery of their projects a success. Join us as we get to the bottom of this deceptively complex subject. Contact us: apmpodcast@thinkpublishing.co.uk

    27 min
  2. Project leadership in the UK nuclear sector

    11/12/2025

    Project leadership in the UK nuclear sector

    Professor Adam Boddison OBE welcomes Gareth Taylor to the podcast. Gareth was recently appointed a nuclear sector director at Turner & Townsend, having previously spent over six years at the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. He has over 25 years of experience in the nuclear industry and has held a range of senior leadership roles. At the NDA, he led transformative programmes to improve asset management, programme delivery and operational efficiency across the UK's nuclear estate. His work included implementing a programme management and asset management strategy that identified over £10bn worth of savings and advanced net zero goals. Contact us: apmpodcast@thinkpublishing.co.uk

    31 min
  3. How to measure anything in project management

    26/11/2025

    How to measure anything in project management

    Emma is joined by Douglas Hubbard and Andreas Leed to discuss their book How to Measure Anything in Project Management, also co-authored with Alexander Budzier. Be prepared for mind-expanding conversation about project management and how any aspect of it can be measured, including those things you thought might be immeasurable – and why we should all be engaged in the most important project of all: the ‘meta-project’ of understanding how to manage projects better.  Contact us: apmpodcast@thinkpublishing.co.uk

    53 min
  4. How to boost your self-confidence: tips from the top

    13/11/2025

    How to boost your self-confidence: tips from the top

    We tackle the perennial problem of self-confidence and why many of us need an occasional, or more general, boost to our levels of it. Emma speaks to Dame Inga Beale, ex-CEO of Lloyd’s of London, and a woman who has very much learned how to get ahead in a male-dominated sector. She also hears the advice of leadership coach Muriel Wilkins of Paravis Partners in the US, who has a new book called Leadership Unblocked, published by Harvard Business Review Press. She's also the host of Harvard Business Review's Coaching Real Leaders podcast. Emma also speaks to Anita Phagura, who is highly experienced in the world of project management and is now a leadership development and culture coach, particularly around inclusion.  Contact us: apmpodcast@thinkpublishing.co.uk

    55 min
  5. The future of nuclear energy in the UK

    30/10/2025

    The future of nuclear energy in the UK

    Emma is joined by Nigel Cann (Sizewell C), Stuart McLaren (WSP) and Carol Tansley (X-energy). They discuss the future of nuclear energy projects in the UK, including new technologies and the government’s wider strategy for clean energy. The guests share why collaboration between various nuclear utilities will be critical in this new world, the necessity for modularisation and standardisation, and the need for a “demand signal” for investment. Contact us: apmpodcast@thinkpublishing.co.uk Read Nigel’s blog on the APM website here. You can also read more from Nigel in the autumn 2025 edition of Project journal, exclusively for APM members

    56 min
  6. What makes a great project leader?

    16/10/2025

    What makes a great project leader?

    Emma meets Dr Paul Chapman, Senior Fellow at Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford, and Gordon MacKay, Project Management Capability Lead at Sellafield, who also provided specialist knowledge for a new APM Learning module on leadership of self, which is coming out soon. Gordon and Paul delve deep into their experience and research to pass on their advice on what it takes to be a great project leader in 2025.  Gordon’s APM book Evolving Project Leadership is available here. Contact us: apmpodcast@thinkpublishing.co.uk

    54 min
  7. “The only constant is change”: APM's Chair on project leadership

    02/10/2025

    “The only constant is change”: APM's Chair on project leadership

    Emma meets Amy Morley ChPP, APM’s new Chair and a Programme Management Senior Director at AECOM, an industry leader in programme management services for large, complex infrastructure programmes. Amy discusses everything from what the future might hold for APM and the project profession to her career lessons.  Contact us: apmpodcast@thinkpublishing.co.uk

    35 min
  8. Managing stress and avoiding burnout

    18/09/2025

    Managing stress and avoiding burnout

    Managing stress, maintaining work-life balance and avoiding burnout is a modern preoccupation. But let's not forget that the right level of stress can be enjoyable and motivating for many of you working in project management. To unpick these issues, Emma is joined by Dr Clara Cheung (University of Manchester), Veronica Sikombe (Mott MacDonald) and Rochelle Sampson-Clarke (NHS South, Central and West CSU). Veronica and Rochelle are both members of APM’s Women in Project Management Interest Network, and are active in its wellbeing subgroups. Clara is co-author of the APM report The Wellbeing of Project Professionals (2019). Find the Workplace Wellbeing Profile on the APM website here. Contact us: apmpodcast@thinkpublishing.co.uk

    52 min
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Project managers share their stories from the front line of the project and programme management profession. Contact us at apmpodcast@thinkpublishing.co.uk 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.

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    APM, the chartered body for the project profession
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    2020 - 2025
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