Project Zero

Alex Tuck
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From first steps to best practices — stories that shaped project leaders. Project Zero is a podcast for project managers — and the PM-curious — who want more than frameworks and certifications. Each episode features a project leader, highlighting first projects and the pivotal lessons that shaped their approach to leadership, collaboration, and delivery.   From unexpected missteps to breakthrough moments, these conversations reveal what it really takes to grow into a confident, competent project manager. It’s honest, insightful, and designed to help you lead better — whether you're managing your first task or your hundredth milestone.

  1. 18 小時前

    S2 Episode 11: Coaching the Next-Gen Project Managers with Orlando Sequera

    Host Alex Tuck welcomes listeners to season two of Project Zero, with a greater focus on AI’s impact, and interviews project manager and PMP coach Orlando Sequera. Sequera shares how he fell into project management after years in IT, including an early asset inventory project that failed due to neglected scope and lack of formal PM discipline, motivating him to pursue a master’s in project management at Boston University and earn the PMP. He contrasts structured PMP training (35 hours of PMI-required content) with coaching that builds the mindset and critical thinking needed for evolving, more situational PMP exam questions, including AI topics. Sequera emphasizes leadership and emotional intelligence as key PM skills, servant leadership in practice, and AI’s role in automating documentation, meeting notes, and change management while keeping PM accountability with the human.   00:00 Season Two Kickoff  00:38 Orlando’s PM Journey   02:37 Trainer vs Coach 05:19 Mindset for the PMP     07:31 First Project Failure 10:37 Learning Scope and Structure     12:05 Formal Education and PMP     14:53 Why PMs Matter     17:10 Top PM Skill Leadership     20:53 Servant Leadership Stories     24:05 AI in Project Management   31:09 Advice to Younger Orlando     33:16 Connect and Closing  Connect with Orlando Sequera   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/orlando-sequera-3414478/ Website: www.mydynamicpm.comConnect with Alex Tuck  Personal LinkedIn: Alex Tuck Website: www.tuckconsultinggroup.com Company LinkedIn: Tuck Consulting Group Email: alex@tuckconsultinggroup.com

    36 分鐘

  2. 4月16日

    S2 Episode 10: The Secret to Perfect Project Timing with Claudia Wright

    Host Alex Tuck welcomes IT program and project manager Claudia Wright to Project Zero season two. Wright shares her 25+ year path from data entry and administrative work at the EPA to database management, then coding (COBOL/DB2) at BellSouth, where frustration with “work thrown over the cubicle wall” pushed her toward business analysis and requirements. She became a project manager at a global grocery retailer, where her “Project Zero” involved enterprise work supporting store planograms and related systems, learning end-to-end delivery (resource planning, production turnovers, failback plans, signoffs) under a mentor, Cindy, who helped standardize templates and lessons learned. Wright’s key PM skill is “know your place,” adapting to organizational perceptions and leadership priorities, and she views AI as helpful for efficiency (e.g., note-taking) but not a “magic pill,” requiring planning and verification. 00:00 Season Two Kickoff 00:34 Claudia Career Origins 04:01 Finding Project Management 05:42 Sewing Meets Structure 07:02 From Coding to Leading 12:07 Technical Edge and Estimates 15:08 Project Zero Story 18:59 Mentorship and Lessons 20:50 Know Your Place 26:19 AI Is Not Magic 29:37 Wrap Up and Connect Connect with Claudia Wright  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudiawright-mba-pmp-cisa/  Connect with Alex Tuck  Personal LinkedIn: Alex Tuck Website: www.tuckconsultinggroup.com Company LinkedIn: Tuck Consulting Group Email: alex@tuckconsultinggroup.com

    30 分鐘

  3. 4月9日

    S2 Episode 9: What CEOs are Actually Looking for in a Project Manager with Zack Tembi

    On this episode of Project Zero, host Alex Tuck welcomes Zack Tembi, CEO of Single Fin, a startup that supports the cybersecurity and infrastructure needs of Fortune 500/1000 companies. Tembi recounts his path from Roanoke College to early roles at Netuitive and as an early Splunk employee through its growth and Cisco acquisition, then founding Single Fin to prioritize customer outcomes and cut through AI “noise.” His “Project Zero” occurred during COVID while launching a major video game, during which a PM succeeded by calming stakeholders, code-switching between executive and engineering audiences, aligning technical work to strict uptime/capacity metrics, and unifying goals. Tembi describes Single Fin’s internal use of named AI agents with role-based access to scale operations, urging PMs to build skills by testing tools and exercising agency to implement practical AI use cases. 00:00 Season Two Kickoff 00:29 Meet Zack Tembi 03:06 Startup Roots and College 04:28 Early Career Lessons 06:01 Splunk Growth Story 07:08 Founding Single Fin 08:35 AI Hype and Reality 10:54 Project Zero Story 12:18 Great PM Traits 18:28 AI Agents for Work 23:31 Cool AI Use Cases 28:22 Where to Connect 29:46 Closing Thanks Connect with Zack Tembi  Company LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/single-fin-enterprises/ Weekly Newsletter Signup: https://ciosurge.beehiiv.com/subscribe Newsletter Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ciosurge/  Connect with Alex Tuck  Personal LinkedIn: Alex Tuck Website: www.tuckconsultinggroup.com Company LinkedIn: Tuck Consulting Group Email: alex@tuckconsultinggroup.com

    31 分鐘

  4. 4月2日

    S2 Episode 8: Building an AI Coworker for Project Managers with Shawn Harris

    Host Alex Tuck interviews Shawn Harris, CEO and co-founder of Co-Worked/Creative Harmony. Harris recounts his early career in technology at IBM while still an undergrad, later formalizing project management at TJX amid tight retail delivery windows and PMI-style rigor. His “Project Zero” centers on leading TJX’s migration of credit transaction processing from an outsourced provider to an in-house data center, emphasizing extensive cross-functional planning and cutover execution; he also contrasts enterprise delivery with consulting, where project control ties directly to profitability. Harris argues PMs benefit from entrepreneurial methods to build credibility and authority. He introduces Harmony, an agentic AI project manager that embeds into Microsoft 365, coordinates work across existing tools, follows up on tasks/risks, and generates status outputs so PMs can lead from “the balcony.”   00:00 Season Two Kickoff   00:40 Meet Shawn Harris   01:54 Early Career at IBM   03:18 Retail PM Rigor at TJX   06:21 Tech Upbringing and Gadgets   09:10 What Project Zero Means   09:40 Project Zero at TJX Cutover   16:20 Consulting vs Enterprise PM   20:57 Top Skill Entrepreneur Mindset   25:08 Harmony Agentic PM Overview   31:31 Why Tools Aren’t the Work     Connect with Shawn Harris  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawnharris/ Company LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coworkedai/ Company Website: https://coworked.ai/  Connect with Alex Tuck  Personal LinkedIn: Alex Tuck Website: www.tuckconsultinggroup.com Company LinkedIn: Tuck Consulting Group Email: alex@tuckconsultinggroup.com

    34 分鐘

  5. 3月26日

    S2 Episode 7: Clearly Communicating Ambiguity as a Healthcare Consultant with Nigisty Lulu

    Host Alex Tuck welcomes healthcare project management consultant Nigisty Lulu to discuss her career at the intersection of public health, healthcare operations, and health technology, and the season’s increased focus on AI. Nigisty shares how she was “thrown into” project management after college at Emory University’s neurology department, supporting healthcare initiatives and a telehealth launch that helped scale what became the Marcus Stroke Network. Her Project Zero centered on heavy stakeholder coordination, aligning differing expectations, and overcoming adoption resistance by improving change management through training, on-site support, office hours, and 24/7 access. She emphasizes that top PM skills include creating structure in ambiguous environments and understanding the “why” behind tasks. Both discuss AI automating logistics while elevating human judgment, prioritization, negotiation, and real-time strategy; Nigisty highlights using AI to build roadmaps and timelines.   00:00 Season Two Kickoff   00:37 Meet Nigisty Lulu   02:22 How She Became a PM   03:51 From Pre Med to Public Health   05:45 Born Organizer Mindset   07:18 Defining Project Zero   07:53 Scaling Emory Telehealth   11:35 Mentors and Learning Fast   13:17 Change Management Resistance   16:58 PM Skills and AI Future   23:34 AI Roadmaps and Prompts   26:47 Career Advice and Wrap Up  Connect with Nigisty Lulu  LinkedIn: Nigisty Lulu  Email: nikki@tuckconsultinggroup.com Connect with Alex Tuck  Personal LinkedIn: Alex Tuck Website: www.tuckconsultinggroup.com Company LinkedIn: Tuck Consulting Group Email: alex@tuckconsultinggroup.com

    29 分鐘

  6. 3月19日

    S2 Episode 6: From Nonprofit Coordination to CRM Innovation with Megan Newman

    Megan Newman on Building Humanitru, High-Stakes Healthcare Projects, and AI-Driven Customer Support Insights Host Alex Tuck opens season two of Project Zero with Megan Newman, co-founder and COO of Humanitru, to discuss her career shift from healthcare to nonprofit SaaS, the importance of systems and organization, and the evolving impact of AI. Megan explains how fragmented data systems in both EMRs and nonprofit fundraising tools inspired Humanitru’s integrated CRM and shares two “Project Zero” moments: coordinating complex care for a newly quadriplegic patient and building a startup from scratch, including demos, onboarding, implementation, and scaling operations after rapid hiring. She highlights critical thinking as the key skill for product managers, translating customer needs into technical specs, and describes an AI initiative using Google Gemini to improve support, surface ticket-driven product insights, and strengthen customer interest.     00:00 Season Two Kickoff     00:32 Meet Megan Newman     01:20 From Healthcare to Nonprofit Tech     03:23 Born Organized Systems     06:36 Corporate to Startup Shift     09:46 Defining Project Zero     10:26 Care Management High Stakes     14:17 Building Humanitru Playbooks     18:44 Product Managers Critical Thinking     21:44 Fundraising Data Prioritization     24:24 AI Support and Customer Insights     30:17 Wrap Up and Contact    Connect with Megan Newman  LinkedIn: Megan NewmanConnect with Alex Tuck  Personal LinkedIn: Alex Tuck Website: www.tuckconsultinggroup.com Company LinkedIn: Tuck Consulting Group Email: alex@tuckconsultinggroup.com

    31 分鐘

  7. 3月12日

    S2 Episode 5: Coding Digital Prototypes through AI with Dave Reinhold

    In this episode of Season 2 Project Zero, host Alex Tuck welcomes Dave Reinhold, founder of Venture CPO, a product management consultancy that helps clients build digital products from zero to one. They discuss why product and project management are often conflated and how the functions complement each other, with Dave framing project management as building things right and product management as building the right things. Dave shares his path from studying MIS and working as a technology auditor at Deloitte to discovering product management and moving into startups, where product managers often must also handle project work. He describes a formative early-2000s reporting/BI implementation at the International Securities Exchange and highlights the importance of relationships, communication, and attention to detail. They explore how AI is accelerating product work—especially requirements and “vibe coding” prototyping—while stressing the need for human judgment, and Dave cites healthcare AI as a particularly exciting use case. Dave closes with advice to his younger self to take more career risks, to learn to be comfortable in the unknown, 00:00 Season Two Kickoff   00:30 Meet Dave Reinhold   01:10 Product vs Project   02:18 Origins in Tech   03:30 Discovering Product    04:51 Why Roles Blur   06:31 Defining Both Jobs   07:32 Project Zero Story   08:30 Reporting Build Lessons   10:34 Relationships Matter   13:03 Skills That Win   14:32 AI in Product Work   15:35 Vibe Coding Prototypes   22:09 AI Beyond Business   26:07 Career Advice and Wrap  Connect with Dave Reinhold  LinkedIn: Dave Reinhold Email:  dave@venturecpo.com Website: venturecpo.com Connect with Alex Tuck  Personal LinkedIn: Alex Tuck Website: www.tuckconsultinggroup.com Company LinkedIn: Tuck Consulting Group Email: alex@tuckconsultinggroup.com

    28 分鐘

  8. 3月5日

    S2 Episode 4: Bridging the Gap Between Project Management and Product Management with Stan Ponder

    Host Alex Tuck kicks off season two of Project Zero with Stan Ponder, Director of Product Management at Safety National, to explore project leader journeys and AI’s impact on the industry. Stan shares his path from fifth-grade teacher and elementary principal into learning and development, where he unknowingly practiced project management before moving into product management and building a product organization. He recounts two “Project Zero” lessons: overcommitting a team with no buffer (“building a boat with a hole in it”) and taking on work outside the team’s expertise, underscoring the value of instincts and early course correction. Stan highlights communication and transparent status reporting as the top skill, and discusses using AI agents to automate admin work like analysis and status reports so leaders can focus on relationships and removing roadblocks.     00:00 Season Two Kickoff     00:31 Meet Stan Ponder     01:50 From Teacher to PM     04:04 Born Organized     05:45 Project Zero Setup     06:20 Capacity Planning Wakeup     09:26 Trust Your Instincts     11:34 Big Wins in Finance     16:21 Top Skill Communication     20:12 AI for PM Workflows     24:38 Cool AI in the Wild     27:53 Advice to Younger Stan     29:45 Connect and Wrap Up    Connect with Stan Ponder  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stanponder/ Email: stanponderpm@gmail.com  Connect with Alex Tuck  Personal LinkedIn: Alex Tuck Website: www.tuckconsultinggroup.com Company LinkedIn: Tuck Consulting Group Email: alex@tuckconsultinggroup.com

    31 分鐘
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簡介

From first steps to best practices — stories that shaped project leaders. Project Zero is a podcast for project managers — and the PM-curious — who want more than frameworks and certifications. Each episode features a project leader, highlighting first projects and the pivotal lessons that shaped their approach to leadership, collaboration, and delivery.   From unexpected missteps to breakthrough moments, these conversations reveal what it really takes to grow into a confident, competent project manager. It’s honest, insightful, and designed to help you lead better — whether you're managing your first task or your hundredth milestone.

資訊

  • 創作者
    Alex Tuck
  • 活躍年代
    2025年 - 2026年
  • 集數
    36
  • 年齡分級
    兒少適宜
  • 版權
    © 2026 Project Zero
  • 節目網站
    Project Zero

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