Project management podcasts to boost your knowledge
Adding a project management podcast to your weekly rotation is a great way of adding to your knowledge base, and continuous learning really is the way forward. You will certainly find no shortage of perspectives and voices out there ready to contribute both knowledge and insights that could really prove helpful Let’s take a look at some of the project management podcasts you should be looking at to help boost your knowledge.
The Digital Project Manager Podcast
The host of this particular podcast talks to a range individuals who are experts in their field. This includes real-world digital project managers, professionals in the world of project management and industry insiders. They elaborate on a range of topics all linked to today’s world of project management.
The podcast offers guidance on tactics, theory, methodologies and also best practices whilst also taking a deep dive into things like risk management, Agile, time management and project management certification like APM PFQ. You will also be able to keep up with the latest trends in project management.
You will find this on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and the DPM website
PM Point of View
This is an official project management podcast, created by the Project Management Institute chapter (Washington, DC). It provides engaging discussions and insights from a range of guests. The host has many years of experience across a range of project management roles and selects guests from a range of fields and disciplines.
This podcast can be found on Apple Podcasts
PMO Strategies
This podcast covers project management at the level of the project management office. The aim of the podcaster is to focus on outcome and impacts rather than processes and tools (although the latter are still important)
Talks between host and guests focus on the sharing of insights for leading change and also improving PMO in order to deliver success on an organisational and project level.
This podcast can be accessed through Spotify and Apple Podcasts
Project Management Happy Hour
The hosts of this podcast have a more frank and casual approach when it comes to many of the challenges and issues that are found in the world of project management. Alongside a range of guests the hosts offer a range of practical tips and advice together with examples to help project managers tackle the challenges that they face. Where this podcast does vary from many of the others out there is that it avoids a lot of the dullness that can be associated with topics that are theory and methodology heavy.
You will find Project Management Happy Hour on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
The Everyday PM
Focusing on the more everyday project management tasks, this podcast’s host, together with a range of guests, covers topics like project management skills, tactics and the processes that every project manager needs in their day-to-day work. They also investigate bigger project trends and even topics that are career-focused.
Everything from the secrets needed to improve project meetings to how to make them more successful is covered. Plus, they also look at topics like setting up an environment that is inclusive and also encouraging an environment with more open communication.
Look out for The Everyday PM on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
Manage This
In this podcast, the topics cover a wide range of fields and sectors from construction to health care, infrastructure to technology and a range of topics as well. This is a great podcast for those who are looking to pick up insights that they can take away and use within their own team or organisation.
They have recently looked at the role of the project manager in a Scrum team and considered the idea that whilst the Scrum team are supposed to organise themselves the role of the project manager should not be overlooked in helping to set up an environment where everyone can thrive rather than being told what to do.
Apple Podcasts and Spotify are both locations to find this podcast.
People and Projects Podcast
If you are looking for a podcast with plenty of episodes to soak up then this is the one. It is jam packed with practical tips and takeaways that are instantly usable in the project workplaces. With many episodes focusing on things like soft skills and the less technical sides of project management such as time management, productivity and, of course, how to keep your team engaged, this is a great all round podcast with plenty of practical advice.
This type of expertise and technical knowledge can often be lacking so it is always handy to brush up and improve on the knowledge that you do have.
Again this is a podcast that is available on both Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
Project Management Paradise
This is an incredibly long running podcast, available on both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, which covers a wide variety of fields and industries, including aerospace and defence, digital transformation, life sciences and renewable energy.
It offers insights on change management, prioritisation, leadership skills and building teams that are high performance to project managers in a wide range of roles. Amongst the recent topics that they have covered are the idea of project fatigue and how things like the Covid pandemic and issues in the supply chain can be a major contributor to this.
Projectified
The official podcast of the Project Management Institute (PMI), this podcast, which is hosted on both Apple Podcasts and Spotify looks at hot topics and trending ones from the global world of project management in just about every industry.
The hosts offer their own take, alongside that of their guests on every aspect of project management and look at things like whether we should be using AI to help with day-to-day workflow. Recently they have also considered the importance of making the wellbeing of team members a priority.
They offer advice on best practices for supporting members of the team who are struggling, promoting well-being and recognising that not everyone sees challenges in the same way.