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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 12: Project Management Practice on the Line to the Lead with Tyler Norman
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Host Alex Tuck introduces Tyler Norman, Director of Strategic Programs at Scholastic and a frequent PMI speaker, who shares his 17-year PM journey from construction and energy into supply-chain transformation programs like warehouse robotics and tech-stack upgrades. Norman’s “Project Zero” comes from working as a teenager in a small-town bar and grill, where he identified a fryer bottleneck, quantified lost revenue, built a rough business case for a second fryer, coordinated installation, and validated benefits, later recognizing it as early project management. He discusses limited formal PM education in undergrad, multiple PMI certifications, and current work toward CPM AI. Norman highlights practical AI value in automating admin work (emails, Excel, decks, meeting summaries) to free time for stakeholder engagement, argues layoffs are often broader business context, and emphasizes empathy, stakeholder management, and business value as key PM skills.
00:00 Season Two Kickoff
00:25 Meet Tyler Norman
02:18 From Construction to Books
04:24 Transferable PM Skills
06:16 Defining Project Zero
07:00 Fryer Bottleneck Story
11:01 PM Education Path
12:53 Certifications and CPM AI
14:36 AI for PM Workflows
21:50 AI Job Impact and Upskilling
25:02 Most Important PM Skill
27:40 Career Advice and Wrap Up
Connect with Tyler Norman
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-norman/
- Website: navigatewithpurpose.com
Connect with Alex Tuck
- Personal LinkedIn: Alex Tuck
- Website: www.tuckconsultinggroup.com
- Company LinkedIn: Tuck Consulting Group
Email: alex@tuckconsultinggroup.com
