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

April 23, 2026 • Alex Tuck • Season 2 • Episode 11

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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

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