Wear Your Cape to Work™
Wear Your Cape to Work is a podcast hosted by Project Insight. We believe that project and program managers truly are the superheroes of every organization.
Our guests have poured their lives and talents into driving successful project outcomes for industries across the world. They wear their capes to work every day, and we want to celebrate them. We want you to hear their stories and be inspired to wear your own cape to work.
You won't want to miss any of our exciting conversations with PMPs from companies like fairlife, Universal Studios, Activision Blizzard King, PayPal and more.
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Episodes
21 episodes
Pioneering AI for Project Leaders
Today we’re joined by René Clayton, an AI strategist, PMP, author, & transformation leader with 20+ years in financial services, IT, & emerging tech.As founder & C...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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41:13
It Takes Courage (PM in Public Education)
In this episode, we talk with David Doty, an education leader who’s taken on some of the toughest assignments in the field.From launching a brand-new school district in a divided Utah community to transforming educational access for inca...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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38:02
Cracking the Glass Ceiling (PM in Aviation & Transportation)
Episode Summary: Charlene Reynolds began her career answering phones as a receptionist, a role many women were steered into. But she knew she was capable of more. Each time someone said she needed a degree or certification to move up...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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40:02
The Peace of Organization (PMO Leadership)
Lisa was making daily to-do lists by age seven—not to be productive, but because it brought her peace. That instinct stayed with her and evolved into a leadership superpower. In this episode, Lisa shares how her natural drive to plan and priori...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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33:06
Matching People to Purpose (PM in Delivery)
Episode Summary:In this episode, we talk with Linda Goodrich, the VP of Delivery at CureIs Healthcare. CureIs a customer of Project Insight, and so we have been fortunate to...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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33:34
Managing Global Aid Projects (PM at USAID)
Episode Summary:In this episode of Wear Your Cape to Work, we dive into the world of international development project management with Lucas King of DAI, a leading USAID contractor. Lucas shares what it’s like managing...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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33:46
Meeting Risk with Precision at NASA
In this episode of Wear Your Cape to Work, Trina sits down with Jeff Conner, who spent 43 years as a project manager at NASA. From the early days of the shuttle program to coordinating recovery efforts after the Columbia accident, Jeff...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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46:49
Season Two Trailer
Wear Your Cape to Work is a podcast hosted by Project Insight.We believe that project and program managers truly are the superheroes of every organization. Our guests have poured their lives and talents into driving successful project o...
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2:58
Season One Finale
Hosts Trina and Mathew recap the first season of "Wear Your Cape to Work."Tune in to reminisce about a great first season.<...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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20:27
Project Manager as Translator (PM in Healthcare IT)
Episode Summary:In this episode, we sit down with Kristina Curtiss to discuss the unique role of project managers as translators—bridging the gap between ...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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32:43
Aligning Projects & Empowering People (PM in Humanitarian Aid)
In today's episode we talk with Emma Kelly, a program manager from The Water Project. She shares about managing projects in the humanitarian sector where projects can span across continents...where part of your resource force is the community y...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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37:08
Passion for PMBOK (PM in Nuclear & Defense)
Today's guest is Jeremiah Hammon, PMP. His passion for PMBOK guidelines is contagious, and his company, Project Revolution stands, by and supports project managers who are headed to certifications or who want to gain leadership roles in t...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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28:14
Project Management in the 4th Dimension (PM in SaaS)
Today’s superhero guest is Kevin Perkins, a long-time technical product manager with years of experience shaping and considering SaaS product development. He joins Ste...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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36:04
Cutting Through the Chaos (PM in Community Gov't)
Our superhero PMP guest today is Sree Karanakarun!Born and raised in India, Sree earned a degree in engineering and began her career as a mainframe IT devel...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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35:39
Developing the Powers Within (PM in Health Informatics)
Our guest today is James Phillips, an Informatics Analyst at Altamed and a dynamic leader with a rich and diverse background spanning communications, public relations, marketing, project management, medical coding, and healthcare informatics.
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31:09
Building Teams & Roller Coasters (PM at Universal Studios)
In this episode, we talk with Mehul Shah, the Senior Director for the PMO and Operations at Universal Destinations and Experiences (Universal Studios).He start...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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30:17
Spreadsheets are My Jam (PM in Non-Profit)
Working as a project manager in the non-profit world is rewarding. The projects you work on help fulfill a mission driven vision that you can "get behind". But it also comes with great responsibility when -for instance- you manage multi-million...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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28:55
Project Ninjas Need Balance Too (PM at PayPal)
This episode features "Time Ninja," Lindiwe Stenberg, PMP of PayPal. She's a master of setting realistic project timelines to make time for work-life balance. (Something often elusive in a project manager's world). Listen now...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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27:17
Call of Duty Meets Candy Crush (PM in Cybersecurity)
In 2023, Microsoft acquired the Activision Blizzard gaming franchise for $75 billion and now owns games like “Call of Duty.” “World of Warcraft,” “Diablo,” “Overwatch,” and “Candy Crush,” With over 400 million monthly active p...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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30:25
Chocolate Milk & Attitude Changes (PM at Fairlife Milk)
This episode of Wear your Cape to Work features Steven Hall, a project manager from fairlife, milk company. We're applauding Steven's knack for cross-functional relationships and how his belief in farilife's mission to "nourish the moder...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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