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