Podcasts about Program management

In this episode, Ricardo introduces five lesser-known AI tools that can transform project management. The first is Study Fetch, which creates personalized tutors from documents, allowing interactive learning and team alignment. The second, Granola, records meetings, generates summaries, and produces prioritized action lists—saving time for project managers. The third, Limitless (formerly Rewind), is a wearable device that records and indexes everything heard or said, enabling quick recall of past conversations, though it raises privacy concerns. The fourth, Mylens, uses computer vision to analyze images and videos, offering insights into progress or issues. Finally, Emlo (Emotion Logic), with tools like FeelGPT and Emotional Diamond, interprets emotions in communication, helping managers understand team morale and prevent conflicts. Listen to the podcast to learn more. Access the tools at the following links: studyfetch.com granola.ai limitless.ai mylens.ai emotionlogic.ai

Neste episódio, Ricardo apresenta cinco ferramentas de inteligência artificial pouco conhecidas que podem transformar o gerenciamento de projetos. A primeira é o Study Fetch, que cria tutores personalizados a partir de documentos, permitindo interações como se fossem com um professor. A segunda é o Granola, que grava reuniões, gera resumos e lista ações priorizadas automaticamente. A terceira é o Limitless (antes Rewind), um dispositivo que registra e indexa tudo o que a pessoa fala ou ouve, possibilitando buscas rápidas em memórias passadas. A quarta, Mylens, analisa imagens e vídeos para oferecer insights visuais sobre projetos. Por fim, o Emlo (Emotion Logic) avalia emoções em textos, áudios e reuniões, ajudando a identificar o clima emocional das equipes. Escute o podcast para saber mais. Acesse as ferramentas nos links a seguir: studyfetch.com granola.ai limitless.ai mylens.ai emotionlogic.ai

In this episode, Ricardo Vargas talks about the importance of recognizing and acting on early warning signs — the famous red flags — before small issues become full-blown crises. He shares practical advice and real examples to help create a culture of active risk awareness and psychological safety in project environments.

Neste episódio, Ricardo Vargas fala sobre a importância de reconhecer e agir diante dos sinais de alerta — os famosos red flags — antes que pequenos desvios se tornem grandes crises. Ele compartilha exemplos práticos e orientações para criar uma cultura de vigilância ativa e segurança psicológica nos projetos.

How can we build resilience when facing adversity, and build a growth mindset to push through intimidation to have a voice? In this episode, we welcome Dhwani Trivedi, Program Manager and Business Operations Director at a Global Aerospace and Defense organization. Dhwani shares her experience of managing self-doubt, leveraging feedback, maintaining self-respect, and the importance of assertive communication. She also unveils her unique personal system for continuous improvement across various life domains and emphasizes the significance of mentorship, self-promotion, and showing up consistently with purpose and integrity. The episode provides practical insights and inspiring stories to help individuals express their authentic selves and build a supportive network. 00:00 Introduction 01:55 Voice and Personal Branding 03:12 How Self-Doubt Led to Not Speaking Up 07:54 Pushing Through Intimidation To Have a Voice 14:08 What It Means to Be Assertive 21:12 Earning Respect Through Adversity 27:57 Responding To Hard Feedback With A Growth Mindset 32:02 Strategies for Self-Promotion 36:41 How To Find Mentors Organically 39:56 Creating a Personal Routine for Success 45:56 Conclusion   ✅ About Dhwani Trivedi Dhwani Trivedi is a distinguished leader in Program and General Management with over 25 years of experience in the defense industry. She currently serves as the Director of Program Management Excellence at L3Harris Technologies, supporting the Airborne Combat Systems sector. Prior to this role, she was the General Manager of L3Harris' Imaging and Laser Systems Division, where she led strategic initiatives and operational performance across the organization. Since joining L3Harris in 2014 as a Program Manager, Trivedi has risen through the ranks, holding progressively senior positions across multiple divisions, demonstrating exceptional leadership, business expertise, and a commitment to excellence. Before her tenure at L3Harris, Trivedi was a Customer Program Leader at GE Aviation. Prior to that, she spent a decade at Parker Hannifin Corporation, in roles spanning Software Engineering and Program Management. Beyond her professional achievements, Trivedi is deeply committed to giving back to the community. She serves on the board of Orlando Bal Vihar, a nonprofit organization focused on instilling leadership, independence, cultural values, and social responsibility in children. She also leads as the Enterprise Chair of the Asia Pacific Employee Resource Group (ERG) at L3Harris and is an active member of several other ERGs within the company. A passionate advocate for youth development and diversity, she dedicates her time to mentoring and supporting initiatives that inspire the next generation of leaders. Trivedi leads a vibrant and fulfilling life outside of work. She is an accomplished dancer, avid writer, and an enthusiastic vocalist of Indian Classical music. Deeply rooted in her cultural and spiritual heritage, she enjoys reading scriptures and philosophical texts, and is currently learning Sanskrit. A devoted family person, she cherishes spending time with her large extended family and networking with professionals both within and beyond her organization. An immigrant from India, Trivedi moved to the United States at the age of 14. She earned a Master's degree in Executive MBA from West Virginia University, and a Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Applied Mathematics, and Statistics, with a minor in Business, from Stony Brook University. Trivedi's career is a testament to her passion for innovation, people leadership, and making a meaningful impact—both in the workplace and in the broader community.   ✅ Free Newsletter:  https://assertiveway.com/newsletter/   ✅ Take the Quiz 'Do You Speak Like a High-Impact Leader?':  https://myassertiveway.outgrow.us/highimpactleader    ✅ Listen on the Speak Your Mind Unapologetically podcast on Apple Itunes:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/speak-your-mind-unapologetically-podcast/id1623647915      ✅ Listen on Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/6L1myPkiJXYf5SGrublYz2   ✅ Order our book, ‘Unapologetic Voice: 101 Real-World Strategies for Brave Self Advocacy & Bold Leadership' where each strategy is also a real story: https://www.amazon.com/Unapologetic-Voice-Real-World-Strategies-Leadership-ebook/dp/B0CW2X4WWL/   ✅ Follow the show host, Ivna Curi, on LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivna-curi-mba-67083b2/     ✅ Request A Customized Workshop For Your Team And Company:   http://assertiveway.com/workshops Contact me: info@assertiveway.com or ivnacuri@assertiveway.com Contact me on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivna-curi-mba-67083b2   ✅ Support The Podcast Rate the podcast on apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/speak-your-mind-unapologetically-podcast/id1623647915

In this episode, Ricardo explores the paradox of projects that were executed with excellence — on time, on budget, and within the original scope — but ultimately fail to deliver real value because the world changed during execution. The pandemic, accelerated digital transformation, new regulations, or even political and social shifts can make what was promised at the start of the project no longer relevant at the time of delivery. Listen to the podcast to learn more.

Neste episódio, Ricardo explora o paradoxo de projetos que foram executados com excelência — dentro do prazo, do orçamento e do escopo original — mas que, no final, não entregam valor real porque o mundo mudou durante a execução. A pandemia, a transformação digital acelerada, novas regulamentações ou até mudanças políticas e sociais podem fazer com que o que foi prometido no início do projeto já não faça mais sentido no momento da entrega. Escute o podcast para saber mais.

This episode of The Contracting Experience welcomes Tom Wells, a retired member of the Senior Executive Service with over 35 years of Air Force acquisition-related experience. Wells has held positions such as Director of Contracting, Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) and Director, 711 Human Performance Wing. He currently serves as Vice President and Senior Associate at Dayton Aerospace, providing senior-level support and acquisition training for government and industry professionals. In this episode, Wells shares his experiences and insights, walking listeners through his 12 enduring principles for contracting professionals - principles that remain as relevant today as when he first penned them in 1995. Wells shares real-world examples and war stories to illustrate the importance of each principle. He emphasizes the need to "never forget the requirement," advocating for speed, agility, and innovation in defense acquisition. He discusses the benefits of open communication with industry, while stressing fairness to all potential offerors. He cautions against vague language in contracts, highlighting the importance of clarity to avoid disputes. Wells also touches on risk assessment, the value of small businesses, and the criticality of obligating funds properly. Throughout the episode, he shares actionable advice for both government and industry professionals. Tune in to gain valuable insights from a seasoned acquisition leader. Discover the enduring wisdom of Wells's 12 principles and learn how to apply them to navigate the complexities of government contracting. Resources Mentioned: • Dayton Aerospace Defense Acquisition Library: https://www.daytonaero.com/dod-defense-acquisition-library. Contains 172+ free documents, guides, formats, and reports in the following categories: Acquisition Planning, Contract Management, Cost Estimating / Pricing, Engineering, Product Support, Program Management, Reports / Analysis, and Test & Evaluation. • NCMA Articles (Available in the Dayton Aerospace Library): o Enduring Contract Principles for Government Buyers o Price Analysis – The Rules and the Art o Market Research - A Powerful Pricing Tool • Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) Myth-Busting Memoranda • The Contracting Experience - Episode #58 (Wells's previous episode) • "Competitive Strategies for Systems Acquisition and Lifecycle Management" (book co-authored by Wells) If you would like to share feedback on the podcast, please submit via thecontractingexperience@gmail.com. ***This podcast episode and the mention of non-federal entities does not constitute or imply official endorsement on behalf of the U.S. Department of the Air Force or Department of Defense. The Department of the Air Force does not endorse any non-federal entities, companies, products, or services. The views expressed within this podcast are those of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Air Force, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. government.*** Register at https://www.dvidshub.net/ to access transcripts of the podcast.

In this episode, Ricardo discusses the impact of the AI Act, the European regulation on artificial intelligence (General-Purpose AI models). The law, passed in 2024 and fully in force in 2026, began imposing strict rules on general-purpose AI models such as GPT, Claude, and Gemini on August 2, 2025. Projects using these AIs, even for simple integration, must also follow ethical, privacy, and transparency requirements. This changes the role of the project manager, who now needs to ensure legal compliance. Despite criticism that the law limits innovation, Ricardo emphasizes that it signals technological maturity. For him, adapting is essential to avoid risks and add value to projects. Listen to the podcast to learn more! https://rvarg.as/euactslide https://rvarg.as/euact

Neste episódio, Ricardo comenta o impacto da AI Act, regulamentação europeia da inteligência artificial (General‑Purpose AI models). A lei, aprovada em 2024 e em vigor plena em 2026, começou a impor, desde 2/08/25, regras rígidas aos modelos de IA de uso geral, como GPT, Claude e Gemini. Os projetos que usam essas IAs, mesmo como integração simples, também devem seguir exigências sobre ética, privacidade e transparência. Isso muda o papel do gerente de projetos, que agora precisa garantir conformidade legal. Apesar das críticas de que a lei limita a inovação, Ricardo destaca que ela sinaliza maturidade tecnológica. Para ele, adaptar-se é essencial para evitar riscos e agregar valor aos projetos. Escute o podcast para saber mais! https://rvarg.as/euactslide https://rvarg.as/euact

In this episode, Ricardo shares five tips to optimize meetings. First, keep them short and focused—long calls often waste time. Second, ask if a meeting is truly necessary; many decisions can be handled via Slack or email. Third, when a meeting is needed, send a clear agenda and define objectives in advance. Fourth, use AI tools to record and summarize meetings so participants can focus on the discussion. Tools like Claude help create action-based summaries. Fifth, assign a facilitator to keep the meeting on track and ensure outcomes turn into actions. Finally, gather team feedback to improve future meetings. Effective meetings can truly accelerate project success. Listen to the podcast to learn more!

Neste episódio, Ricardo compartilha cinco dicas para otimizar reuniões. Primeiro, mantenha reuniões curtas e focadas, evitando longas chamadas improdutivas. Segundo, questione se a reunião é mesmo necessária — muitas decisões podem ser tomadas via Slack ou e-mail. Terceiro, quando for necessária, envie uma agenda clara com antecedência e defina objetivos. Quarto, use a IA para registrar e resumir as reuniões, permitindo foco na participação. Plataformas como Claude ajudam a gerar resumos com tarefas e prazos. Quinto, nomeie um facilitador para manter o foco e transformar decisões em ações. Por fim, colete feedback da equipe para melhorar continuamente. Boas reuniões aceleram projetos. Escute o podcast para saber mais!

Please enjoy this encore of Career Notes: Associate Director at Raytheon Intelligence and Space in the Cyber Protection Services Division Anisha Patel always loved math and it defined her career journey. As a first-generation American from an Asian household, Anisha said she was destined for a STEM-focused career and chose electrical engineering. She began her career and remains at Raytheon (formerly E-Systems) working in several areas of the business thanks to her skills and informal mentors. Starting a rotational assignment in program management (7 years ago), Anisha said she "went to the dark side and then the hole closed and there I ended up." Anisha talks about the need to bring diversity of thought into the industry and adds to her team with this in mind. We thank Anisha for sharing her story with us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Please enjoy this encore of Career Notes: Associate Director at Raytheon Intelligence and Space in the Cyber Protection Services Division Anisha Patel always loved math and it defined her career journey. As a first-generation American from an Asian household, Anisha said she was destined for a STEM-focused career and chose electrical engineering. She began her career and remains at Raytheon (formerly E-Systems) working in several areas of the business thanks to her skills and informal mentors. Starting a rotational assignment in program management (7 years ago), Anisha said she "went to the dark side and then the hole closed and there I ended up." Anisha talks about the need to bring diversity of thought into the industry and adds to her team with this in mind. We thank Anisha for sharing her story with us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Ricardo discusses a case involving the CEO of Astronomer, who was caught with a subordinate during a concert, leading to both of their departures from the company. The episode highlights three main lessons: (1) A leader's reputation is a strategic asset, directly linked to the company's image. (2) There is no longer a separation between personal and professional life; behavior outside of work also impacts the organization. (3) Organizational culture begins with leadership, and misconduct can compromise the company's governance and credibility. The case serves as a warning about how individual attitudes can negatively impact projects, teams, and business broadly and immediately. Listen to the podcast to learn more!

Neste episódio Ricardo comenta um caso envolvendo o CEO da empresa Astronomer, flagrado com uma subordinada durante um show, o que levou à saída de ambos da empresa. O episódio destaca três lições principais: (1) A reputação do líder é um ativo estratégico, diretamente ligada à imagem da empresa. (2) Não há mais separação entre vida pessoal e profissional; comportamentos fora do trabalho também impactam a organização. (3) A cultura organizacional começa na liderança, e desvios de conduta podem comprometer a governança e a credibilidade da empresa. O caso serve de alerta sobre como atitudes individuais podem afetar negativamente projetos, equipes e negócios de forma ampla e imediata. Escute o podcast para saber mais!

Hosts Lois Houston and Nikita Abraham continue their discussion with Mitchell Flinn, VP of Program Management for the CSS Platform, by exploring how Oracle Cloud Success Navigator helps teams align faster, reduce risk, and drive value.   Learn how built-in quality benchmarks, modern best practices, and Starter Configuration tools accelerate cloud adoption, and explore ways to stay ahead with a mindset of continuous innovation.   Oracle Cloud Success Navigator Essentials: https://mylearn.oracle.com/ou/course/oracle-cloud-success-navigator-essentials/147489/242186 Oracle University Learning Community: https://education.oracle.com/ou-community LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/oracle-university/ X: https://x.com/Oracle_Edu   Special thanks to Arijit Ghosh, David Wright, Kris-Ann Nansen, Radhika Banka, and the OU Studio Team for helping us create this episode. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Episode Transcript: 00:00 Welcome to the Oracle University Podcast, the first stop on your cloud journey. During this series of informative podcasts, we'll bring you foundational training on the most popular Oracle technologies. Let's get started! 00:25 Lois: Welcome to the Oracle University Podcast! I'm Lois Houston, Director of Innovation Programs with Oracle University and with joining me today is Nikita Abraham, Team Lead of Editorial Services.  Nikita: Hi everyone! In our last episode, we gave you a broad overview of the Oracle Cloud Success Navigator platform—what it is, how it works, and its key features and benefits. Today, we're continuing that discussion with Mitchell Flinn. Mitchell is VP of Program Management for Oracle Cloud Success Navigator, and in this episode, we're going to ask him to walk us through some of the core components of the platform that we couldn't get into last week. 01:04 Lois: Right, Niki. Hi Mitchell! You spoke a little about Cloud Quality Standards in our last episode. But how do they contribute or align with the vision of Oracle Cloud Success Navigator?  Mitchell: The vision for Navigator is to support customers throughout every phase of their cloud journey, providing timely advice to help improve outcomes to reduce cost and increase overall value. This model is driven through Oracle Cloud Quality Standards. These standards are intended to improve the transparency and collaboration between customer, partner, and Oracle members of a project. This is a project blueprint to include the ability for business and IT users to align on project coordination, expectations, and ultimately drive tighter alignment. Tracking key milestones and activities can help visualize and measure progress. You can build assessments and help answer questions so that at the right time, you have the right resources to make the right decisions for an organization. Cloud Quality Standards represent the key milestone dates and accomplishments along the journey. You can leverage these to increase project transparency, reduce risk, and increase the overall collaboration. Cloud Quality Standards are proactive list of must haves leveraged by customers, partners, and Oracle. They're a collection of knowledge and lessons learned from thousands of implementations globally. Cloud Quality Standards are partner agnostic and complimentary to all SI methodologies and tool sets. And they've been identified to address delivery issues before they happen and reduce the risk of implementations. 02:34 Lois: Ok, and a crucial component of Oracle Cloud Success Navigator is Oracle Modern Best Practice, or OMBP, right? Can you tell us more about what this is?  Mitchell: Oracle Modern Best Practices are based on distilled knowledge of our customers' needs gained from 10,000 successful delivery projects. They illustrate the business process components and their optimization to take advantage of the latest Oracle applications and technologies. Oracle Modern Best Practices comprise industry best practices and processes powered by Oracle technology. Engineered in Fusion Applications, OMBPs simplify and streamline workflows. They enable organizations to leverage modern, efficient, and scalable practices. As we align our assets with OMBPs, there's a stronger connection between global process owners and business process innovation within a customer's organization. 03:21 Nikita: And how do they help deliver end-to-end success for businesses?  Mitchell: An OMBP approach involves a digital business process, so evolving and adapting in real time to changing market dynamics. End-to-end across the organization, so we're breaking down silos and ensuring there's operational agility and a seamless collaboration between departments. We're leveraging emerging technologies, so utilizing AI, other cutting-edge technologies to automate routine tasks, enabling greater human creativity and unlocking new value and insights. And radically superior results, driving a significant improvement in measurable outcomes. OMBPs are dynamic, and when regularly updated, they meet evolving customer needs and technologies. They're trusted, tested, and validated by Oracle experts and publicly available and download on oracle.com. If you go to oracle.com and search modern best practice, you'll find more detailed introduction to Oracle Modern Best Practices. You'll also find Oracle Modern Best Practice business processes for domains such as ERP, EPM, Supply Chain, HCM, and Customer  Experience. We also have Oracle Modern Best Practices for specific industries. 04:25 Nikita: What are the key benefits of OMBP? Mitchell: Revolutionary new technologies are available for organizations and business leaders. You might wonder how existing business processes are optimized with old technology and how they can drive the best solution. With more emerging technologies reaching commercial availability, existing best practices become outdated. And to stay competitive, organizations need to continuously innovate and incorporate new technology within their best practices. In Oracle's definition of OMBPs, common business processes are considered historic input, but we also factor in what could be done with new technologies. And based on this approach, Oracle Modern Best Practices help us evolve with the organizational needs as market dynamics change, work end to end across organizations to eliminate department silos and ensure agility. It allows us to use technologies such as AI to automate the mundane and unlock human creativity for new value and insight. This allows us to incorporate next generation digital technologies to enable radically superior, measurable results. To achieve these, Oracle makes use of key differentiators such as analytics and AI and machine learning. Analytics are also known as business intelligence provides you with information in the form of pre-built dashboards, showing your key metrics in real time. Embedded analytic capabilities enable you to monitor business performance and make better decisions. 05:44 Lois: And what about AI and machine learning? Mitchell: These focus on building systems that learn or improve performance based on the data that they consume. Smart digital assistants, recommendation engines, predictive analytics, they're all used within AI and machine learning to help organizations automate operations and drive innovation, and ultimately make better decisions faster. 06:02 Nikita: Mitchell, let's move on to the Starter Configuration. Can you explain what it is and how it helps during a cloud implementation? Mitchell: Starter Configuration is a predefined configuration of Oracle Cloud Applications aligned with the Oracle Modern Best Practices. It's very comprehensive and includes business processes in several domains, such as ERP, HCM, Supply Chain, EPM, and so on. It includes sample, master, and transactional data, and predetermined usernames, which aligns and tests based on the same use cases you saw in Oracle Modern Best Practices in Cloud Success Navigator. Customers can request deployment of a Starter Configuration into their test environment. Oracle will run an automated process for replicating the configuration, master data, transaction data, and predetermined usernames from Oracle to the Oracle Cloud Applications Test Environment of the customer's choice. For best user experience, customers can add a basic level of personalization, such as their customer name, limited number of employees, suppliers, customers, and a few other items. Starter Configuration's delivered with predetermined step guides for comprehensive set of use cases. Using these, customers can relay the same use cases they've seen in Oracle Modern Best Practices and Success Navigator. In the Oracle Cloud Applications Test Environment Customer, we've been able to enable an in-app guidance using Oracle Guided Learning. This helps to make it easier for navigation through the business processes supported by the application. Oracle can deploy the Starter Configuration in days, not weeks or months, which means the implementation partners don't need to invest time and effort for the first configuration of an Oracle Cloud Application environment before they can even get the chance to show it to a customer. In turn, once Starter Configuration is deployed, it's ready to be used for solution familiarization and design activities. Using Starter Configuration of Oracle Cloud Applications early in the cloud journey will offer several benefits to customers. 08:00 Lois: What are these benefits? Mitchell: The first, it helps to cut down on environment configuration time from several weeks or months to potentially just days. Next, implementation partners can engage stakeholders early, and get them familiar with Oracle Cloud Applications, especially those that maybe have never participated in the sales cycle. Because customer stakeholders actually see what Oracle Cloud solutions might look like in the future, it becomes easier to take design decisions. Starter Configuration provides hands-on familiarization with Oracle Cloud Applications and Oracle Leading Practices. This makes it easier to understand what leading practices and standard features can be adopted to support future business processes. It also reduces the level of customization and accelerates implementation. 08:45 Transform the way you work with Oracle Database 23ai! This cutting-edge technology brings the power of AI directly to your data, making it easier to build powerful applications and manage critical workloads. Want to learn more about Database 23ai? Visit mylearn.oracle.com to pick from our range of courses and enroll today!   09:10 Nikita: Welcome back! Mitchell, how can customers and implementation partners best use the Starter Configuration?  Mitchell: Customers and implementation partners will work in close collaboration to make the implementation successful. Hence, Oracle recommends that customers and implementation partner discuss how the best use of Starter Configuration will take place. This is one of the key activities in the mobilize stage of the cloud journey. First, Oracle recommends to use Starter Configuration to prepare the customer stakeholders for the project. Customer stakeholders who participate in the project should go to the Oracle Modern Best Practice section of Success Navigator platform in order to learn more about the modern best practices, business processes, personas, leading practices, and use cases. Project team can request Starter Configuration early in the project to allow customer stakeholders to get their hands-on experience with performing use cases in the Starter Configuration. Customer stakeholders will perform use cases in Starter Config to learn more about modern best practices. They'll use the step-by-step guides and Guided Learning to easily perform the use cases within the Starter Configuration. This is how they'll visualize use cases in Oracle Cloud Applications and get a good understanding of Oracle Modern Best Practices. Next, mobilize stage of the journey, project team can use Starter Configuration to visualize the solution and make design decisions with confidence. First, by requesting Starter Configuration, implementation partners can engage stakeholders early and create the space to get familiar with Oracle Applications. This applies especially to those that may have not participated during the sales cycle. You could personalize Starter Configuration to enhance the user experience to help the customer connect to the application and, for example, change the company name, the logo, few supplier names, customer names, employee names, etc. And implementation partners are going to be able to run sessions to familiarize the customer with modern best practices and show how cloud applications support use cases. For structured guidance, the implementation partners can use the step guides. It includes screenshots of OGL within cloud applications environments. And you could run design workshop and use Starter Configuration, show and explain which design decisions must take place to define a customer-centric configuration. Finally, you can show use cases that help you explain what the impact of design decisions might be. 11:20 Lois: Mitchell, before we wrap up, can you take us through how the Release Readiness features facilitate innovation?  Mitchell: In order to innovate with the Release Readiness features, it's important to learn about the new features in a one-stop shop, and then connect with the capability. The first item is to be able to find and familiarize yourself with the content as they exist within Release Notes. From there, it's important to be able to actually experience those items by looking at the text, and pictures, and the Oracle University videos that we provide in the Feature Overviews, as well as additional capabilities that will be coming with the Navigator in the preview environment, your ability to get your hands on in a demo experience through Cloud Success Navigator. Furthermore, it's important for you to be able to explore across theme-based items, which we call Adoption Centers, currently ready for AI in Redwood. This gives you the ability to span across Release Notes and different releases in order to understand the themes of the trends around AI and Redwood, and how those capabilities in our technology can advance your innovation in the Cloud. And finally, you need to be able to understand those opportunities based off of business processes, data insights, and industry benchmarks. That way, you can understand the capabilities as they exist, not just for your business specifically, but in the context of the broader industry and technology trends. From there, it's important for you to then think about your ability to collaborate to drive continuous innovation. We want to be able to leverage Cloud Success Navigator to drive collaboration to increase confidence across all members of the project team, whether it be you as a customer, our partners, or the Oracle team. It should also be able to drive an increased efficiency within decision making, driving greater value and readiness as you think about the proposed adoption changes. Finally, we want to think about the ability to reduce cycles related to features and decisions so that you can more quickly adapt, and adjust, and consume innovations as they're produced on a quarterly basis.  13:09 Nikita: I think we can end with that. Thank you so much, Mitchell, for taking us through the Navigator platform. Lois: And if you liked what you heard today, head over to mylearn.oracle.com and take a look at the Oracle Cloud Success Navigator Essentials course to learn more. It's available for free! Until next time, this is Lois Houston…. 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Happy Mindful Monday Everyone! In this week's episode, our host Allie Brooke interviews the collaborative Elvi Caperonis. Elvi is a Certified Project Management Professional and Scrum Master with over 15 years of expertise in Program Management across more than five industries. As a former Technical Program Manager at Amazon and Analyst at Harvard University, Elvi leverages her extensive experience to train and empower agile teams, fostering impactful organizational success. Recognized as a LinkedIn Top Voice, she is dedicated to transforming team dynamics and promoting resilience, innovative productivity, and growth through agile methodologies and inspirational leadership. Episode Topics • What are the essential elements of a high-performing team?• How can leaders build trust and rapport within their teams?• What role does communication play in building and maintaining effective teams?• What are the most impactful strategies for personal development?• How can individuals identify their strengths and weaknesses to maximize their growth potential?• What role do support and community play in building resilience?• How can individuals learn from their failures and use them as opportunities for growth? How To Connect w| Elvi• Linkedin: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/elvi-caperonis⁠• Website: ⁠www.reinvent-yourself.org The Growth METHOD. Membership◦ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join Here!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (Both FREE and Premium)◦ Use Code:growthmindsetgal for 50% off your first month's subscription! 1:1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ GROWTH MINDSET COACHING PROGRAMS!◦ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Application Form ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠◦ Coaching Programs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ information⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠What are the coaching sessions like?⁠⁠• Tailored weekly discussion questions and activities to spark introspection and self-discovery.• Guided reflections to help you delve deeper into your thoughts and feelings.• Thoughtfully facilitated sessions to provide maximum support, accountability, and growth.• Please apply for a FREE discovery call with me! Allie's Socials• Instagram:@thegrowthmindsetgal• TikTok: @growthmindsetgal• Email: thegrowthmindsetgal@gmail.com Links from the episode• Growth Mindset Gang ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Broadcast Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠• Growth Mindset Gang ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠• Growth Mindset Gal ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠• Better Help Link: Save 10% ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://betterhelp.com/growthmindsetgal⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

In this episode, Ricardo talks about the importance of staying calm when everything seems out of control. He shares eight practical tips for dealing with moments of chaos in projects — from doing a reality check to taking care of your well-being. Ricardo highlights that under pressure, common sense is often the first thing to go, and impulsive decisions tend to make things worse. That's why creating strategic pauses, seeking support from trusted people, and going back to the basics of the project can be key to regaining focus. By communicating clearly and accepting uncertainty as part of the process, the project manager can navigate with balance even in the middle of turbulence. Listen to the podcast to learn more.

Neste episódio, Ricardo fala sobre a importância de manter a calma quando tudo parece fora de controle. Ele compartilha oito dicas práticas para lidar com momentos de caos em projetos — desde fazer uma análise realista até cuidar do próprio bem-estar. Ricardo destaca que, diante da pressão, o bom senso costuma ser o primeiro a desaparecer, e que decisões impulsivas tendem a agravar a situação. Por isso, criar pausas estratégicas, buscar apoio de pessoas de confiança e voltar ao básico do projeto pode ser fundamental para retomar o foco. Ao comunicar com clareza e aceitar a incerteza como parte do processo, o gestor consegue navegar com equilíbrio mesmo em meio à turbulência. Escute o podcast para saber mais.

In this episode of Automox Insiders, host Maddie Regis sits down with Kat Breeggemann, Digital Customer Experience Manager at Automox, to explore her unique journey from journalism and communications into the world of customer success. Kat shares how a leap-of-faith internship opened the door to a career in CX, the pivotal moment she advocated for her own role, and why scaling digital experiences is the key to supporting thousands of end users effectively.You'll learn:What digital CX looks like in actionHow to transition your skillset into techThe importance of proactive, scalable customer educationWhy assuming user knowledge can break your product experienceCareer advice for new grads and professionals making a switchWhether you're navigating your own tech career or building better customer journeys, this episode is full of practical insight and inspiring takeaways.

In this episode of the Diabetes Innovators Series, Scott Hebl, Vice President for Program Management at Medtronic, discusses the exciting innovations and future of the MiniMed brand following its separation from Medtronic. He highlights the importance of simplifying diabetes management through advanced technology, including artificial intelligence and user-friendly devices. Scott shares his personal journey with medical devices and his passion for improving patient care. Chapters 00:00 The Excitement of Innovation in Diabetes Care 02:05 Future Innovations and Technology in Diabetes Management 06:03 Insights from the Scientific Sessions 08:19 Personal Journey and Passion for Medical Devices Resources: Medtronic Scott Hebl LinkedIn

In this episode of the Oracle University Podcast, Lois Houston and Nikita Abraham are joined by Mitchell Flinn, VP of Program Management for the CSS Platform, to explore Oracle Cloud Success Navigator.   This interactive platform is designed to help customers optimize their cloud journey, offering best practices, AI tools, and personalized guidance from implementation to innovation. Don't miss this insider look at maximizing your Oracle Cloud investment!   Oracle Cloud Success Navigator Essentials: https://mylearn.oracle.com/ou/course/oracle-cloud-success-navigator-essentials/147489/242186 Oracle University Learning Community: https://education.oracle.com/ou-community LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/oracle-university/ X: https://x.com/Oracle_Edu   Special thanks to Arijit Ghosh, David Wright, Kris-Ann Nansen, Radhika Banka, and the OU Studio Team for helping us create this episode. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Episode Transcript: 00:00 Welcome to the Oracle University Podcast, the first stop on your cloud journey. During this series of informative podcasts, we'll bring you foundational training on the most popular Oracle technologies. Let's get started! 00:25 Nikita: Welcome to the Oracle University Podcast! I'm Nikita Abraham, Team Lead of Editorial Services with Oracle University, and joining me is my co-host Lois Houston, Director of Innovation Programs.  Lois: Hi everyone! Today is the first of a two-part special on Oracle Cloud Success Navigator. This is a tool that provides you with a clear path to cloud transformation and helps you get the most out of your cloud investment. 00:52 Nikita: And to tell us more about this, we have Mitchell Flinn joining us today. Mitchell is VP of Program Management for Oracle Cloud Success Navigator. In this episode, we'll ask Mitchell about the ins and outs of this powerful platform, its benefits, key features, and the role it plays in streamlining cloud journeys. Lois: Yeah. Hi Mitchell! What is Oracle's approach to cloud technology and customer success, and how does the Cloud Success Navigator support this philosophy? 01:22 Mitchell: Oracle has an amazing amount of industry-leading enterprise cloud technologies across our entire portfolio. All of this is at your disposal. That, coupled with the sole focus of your success, forms the crux of the company's transformational journey. In other words, we put your success at the heart of everything we do. For each organization, the path to achieve maximum value from our technology is unique. Success Navigator reflects our emphasis on being there with you throughout the entire journey to steer you to success.  01:53 Nikita: Ok, what about from a business's viewpoint? Why would they need the Navigator? Mitchell: Businesses across every industry are moving mission-critical applications to the cloud. However, business leaders understand that there's no one-size-fits-all model for cloud development and deployment. Some fundamentals for success are your need to ensure new technologies are seamlessly integrated into day-to-day operations and continually optimize to align with evolving business requirements. You must ensure stakeholder visibility through the journey with updates at every stage. Building system efficiencies into other key tasks, which has to be done at the forefront when considering your cloud transformation. You also need to quickly identify risks and address them during the implementation process and beyond. Beyond the technical execution, cloud deployments also require significant process and organizational changes to ensure that adoption is aligned with business goals and delivers tangible benefits. Moreover, the training process for new features after cloud adoption can be an organization wide initiative that needs special attention. These requirements or more can be addressed through Oracle Cloud Success Navigator, which is a new interactive digital platform to guide you through all stages of your cloud journey. 03:09 Lois: Mitchell, how does Cloud Success Navigator platform enhance the user experience? How does it support customers at different stages of their cloud journey? Mitchell: Platform is included for free for all cloud application customers. And core to Success Navigator is the goal of increasing transparency among customers, partners in the Oracle team, from project kickoff through quarterly releases. Included in the platform are implementation best practices, Oracle Modern Best Practices focused on solutions provided by our applications, and guidance on living within the cloud.   Success Navigator supports you for every stage of your Oracle journey. You can first get your bearings and understand what's possible with your cloud solution using preconfigured starter environments to support your design decisions. It helps you chart a proven course by providing access to Oracle expertise and Oracle Modern Best Practices, so you can use cloud quality standards to guide your implementation approach. You can find value from quarterly releases using AI assistants and preview environments to experience and adopt latest features that matter to you. And you can blaze new trails by building your own cloud roadmap based on your organization's goals, keeping you focused on the capabilities you need for day-to-day and the road ahead. 04:24 Nikita: How does the Navigator cater to the needs of all the different customers? Mitchell: For customers just getting started with Oracle implementations, Navigator provides a framework with success criteria for each stakeholder involved in the implementation, and provides recommended milestones and checklists to keep everyone on track. For existing customers and experienced cloud customers thriving in the cloud, it provides contextually relevant insights based on your cloud landscape. It prepares you for quarterly releases and preview environments, and enables the use of AI and optimization within your cloud investment. For our partners, it allows Oracle to work in a collaborative way to really team up for our customers. Navigator gives transparency to all stakeholders and helps determine what success criteria we should be thinking about at each milestone phase of the journey. And it also helps customers and partners get more out of their Oracle investment through a seamless process. 05:20 Lois: Right. Mitchell, can you elaborate on the use cases of the platform? How does it address challenges and requirements during cloud implementations? Mitchell: We can create transparency and alignment between you, your partner, and the Oracle team using shared view of progress measured through standard criteria. We can incorporate recommended key milestones and activities to help you visualize and measure your progress. And we can use built-in assessments, remove risk, and ask the right questions at the right time to make the right implementation decisions for your organization. Additionally, we can use Starter Configuration, which allows you to experience the latest capabilities and leading practices to enrich design decisions for your organization with Starter Configuration. This can activate Starter Configuration early in your journey to understand what delivered capability can do for you. It allows you to evaluate modern best practices to determine how your design process can work in the future. And it empowers and educates your organization by interacting with real capability, using real processes to make the right decisions for your cloud implementation. You're able to access new features in Fusion updates. You can do this to learn what you need to know about new features in a one-stop shop and connect your company in a compelling capacity. You can find, familiarize, and prioritize new and existing features in one place. And you can experience new features in hands-on preview environments available with you with each quarterly release. You can explore new theme-based approaches using adoption centers for AI and Redwood to understand where to start and how to get there. And you can understand innovation opportunities based on business processes, data insights, and industry benchmarks. 07:01 Nikita: Now that we've covered the basics, can you walk us through some of the key features of the platform? Let's start with the Home page. Mitchell: This is the starting point of the customer journey and the central location for everything Navigator has to offer, including best practice content. You'll find content focused on implementation phase, the innovation phase, and administrative elements like the team structure, program and projects, and other relevant tips and tricks. Cloud Quality Standards provides learning content and checklists for successful business transformation. This helps support the effective adoption and adherence to Cloud Quality Standards and enables individuals to leverage AI and predictive insights. The feature Sunburst allows capability for features to be reviewed in an interactive graphic, illustrating new features by pillar, other attributes, which enable customers to review features curated to identify and adopt new features that meet their needs. It helps you understand recommended features across your application base based off of a production profile, covering mandatory adoption requirements, efficiency gains, innovation capabilities like AI and Redwood to drive business change. Next is the Adoption Center, which addresses the need of our existing and implementing customers. It covers the concept of how Redwood is an imperative for our application customers, what it means, and how, and when we could translate some of the requirements to a business user or an IT user. Roadmap is an opportunity for the team to evaluate which features are most interesting at any given moment, the items that they would like to adopt next, and save features or items that they might require later. 08:36 Lois: That's great. Mitchell, I know we have two new features rolling out in 2025. Can you tell us a little bit about them? Mitchell: Preview Environment. This allows users to explore new features and orderly release through a shared environment by logging into Navigator, eliminating potential regression needs, data adjustments and loads, and other common pre-work. You can explore the feature directly with the support of Oracle Guided Learning. The second additional feature for 2025 is AI Assist. We've taken everything within Navigator and trained an LLM to provide customers the ability to inquire about best practices, solutions, and features within the applications and ultimately make them smarter as they prepare for areas like design workshops, quarterly release readiness, and engaging across our overall Oracle team. Customers can use, share, and apply Oracle content knowledge to their day-to-day responsibilities. 09:32 Have you mastered the basics of AI? Are you ready to take your skills to the next level? Unlock the potential of advanced AI with our OCI Generative AI Professional course and certification that covers topics like Large Language Models, the OCI Generative AI Service, and building Q&A chatbots for real-world applications. Head over to mylearn.oracle.com and find out more.  10:01 Nikita: Welcome back! Mitchell, how can I get started with the Navigator? Mitchell: To request customer access to Success Navigator's environment, you need to submit a request form via the Success Navigator page on oracle.com.  You need to be able to provide your customer support identifier with the help icon around the CSI number. If you don't have your CSI number, you can still submit your request and a member of the Success Navigator team will reach out and coordinate with you to understand the information that's required. Once access is granted, you'll receive a welcome email to Oracle Cloud Success Navigator. 10:35 Lois: Alright, and after that's done? Mitchell: Before implementing Oracle Cloud Applications in your organization, you need to think of a structure that helps you organize and manage that implementation. To implement a solution footprint for a relatively small organization operating in a single country, and with an implementation time of only a few months, defining a single project might be a good enough organization to manage the implementation. For example, if you're implementing Core Human Capital Management applications, you could define a single project for that. But if you're implementing a broad solution footprint for a large business across multiple organizational entities in multiple countries, and with an implementation time of several years, a single project isn't enough. In such cases, organizations typically define a structure of a program with multiple underlying projects that reflect the scope, approach, timelines of business transformation. For example, you're implementing both HCM and ERP applications in a two-phased approach. You might decide to define a program with two underlying projects, one for HCM and one for ERP. For large, international business transformations, you can define multiple programs, each with multiple underlying projects. For example, you might first need to define a global design for a common way of working with HCM and then start rolling out that global design to individual countries. In such a scenario, you might define a program called HCM Transformation with a first project for global design, followed by multiple projects associated with individual countries. You could do the same for ERP. 12:16 Nikita: Mitchell, we've mentioned “cloud journey” a few times in this conversation, but can you tell us a little more about it? How can teams use it to guide their work? Mitchell: The main purpose of Oracle's cloud journey is to provide leading practices and actionable guidance to customers and implementation partners for successful implementations, operations within the cloud, and innovation through Oracle Cloud solutions. These are defined in terms of stages, activities, topics, and milestones. They focus on, how do you do the right things at the right time the first time. For customers, implementation partners in the cloud journey, this allows us to facilitate collaboration and transparency, accelerate the journey, and visualize and measure our progress. 12:59 Lois: We'll stop here for today. Join us next week as we continue our discussion on Oracle Cloud Success Navigator.  Nikita: And if want to look at some demos of everything we touched upon today, head over to mylearn.oracle.com and take a look at the Oracle Cloud Success Navigator Essentials course. Until next time, this is Nikita Abraham… Lois: And Lois Houston, signing off! 13:22 That's all for this episode of the Oracle University Podcast. If you enjoyed listening, please click Subscribe to get all the latest episodes. 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Happy Mindful Monday, Everyone! In this week's episode, our host Allie Brooke, interviews the collaborative Elvi Caperonis. Elvi is a Certified Project Management Professional and Scrum Master with over 15 years of expertise in Program Management across more than five industries. As a former Technical Program Manager at Amazon and Analyst at Harvard University, Elvi leverages her extensive experience to train and empower agile teams, fostering impactful organizational success. Recognized as a LinkedIn Top Voice, she is dedicated to transforming team dynamics and promoting resilience, innovative productivity, and growth through agile methodologies and inspirational leadership. Episode Topics What are the essential elements of a high-performing team? How can leaders build trust and rapport within their teams? What role does communication play in building and maintaining effective teams? What are the most impactful strategies for personal development? How can individuals identify their strengths and weaknesses to maximize their growth potential? What role do support and community play in building resilience? How can individuals learn from their failures and use them as opportunities for growth? How To Connect w| Elvi LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elvi-caperonis Website: www.reinvent-yourself.org The Growth METHOD. Membership ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join Here!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (Both FREE and Premium) Use Code:growthmindsetgal for 50% off your first month's subscription! 1:1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ GROWTH MINDSET COACHING PROGRAMS! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Application Form ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Coaching Programs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ information⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ What are the coaching sessions like?⁠⁠ Tailored weekly discussion questions and activities to spark introspection and self-discovery. Guided reflections to help you delve deeper into your thoughts and feelings. Thoughtfully facilitated sessions designed to provide maximum support, accountability, and growth. Please apply for a FREE discovery call with me! Allie's Socials Instagram:@thegrowthmindsetgal TikTok: @growthmindsetgal Email: thegrowthmindsetgal@gmail.com Links from the episode Growth Mindset Gang ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Broadcast Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Growth Mindset Gang ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Growth Mindset Gal ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Better Help Link: Save 10% ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://betterhelp.com/growthmindsetgal⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Ricardo visits the Marqués de Riscal winery, highlighting the hotel designed by Frank Gehry as an example of creativity outside the box. He reflects on how disruptive ideas, like this architectural work made of titanium and stainless steel, often emerge when rigid frameworks are abandoned and “ordered chaos” is explored. Ricardo emphasizes that, in projects, thinking outside the box can lead to genuine innovations. He also points out that striking design has become the winery's main business, attracting tourists more than wine production itself. Listen to the podcast to learn more.

Neste episódio, Ricardo visita a vinícola Marqués de Riscal, destacando o hotel projetado por Frank Gehry como exemplo de criatividade fora dos padrões. Ele reflete sobre como ideias disruptivas, como essa obra arquitetônica feita de titânio e aço inox, muitas vezes surgem quando se abandona frameworks rígidos e se permite explorar o "caos ordenado". Ricardo ressalta que, em projetos, pensar fora da caixa pode gerar inovações reais. Além disso, destaca que o design impactante tornou-se o principal negócio da vinícola, atraindo turistas mais do que a própria produção de vinho. Escute o podcast para saber mais.

In this episode, Ricardo discusses the impact of fear on project management and the role of psychological safety in transforming fear into positive and effective actions. Fears such as making mistakes, being judged, or losing your job can silence teams, hindering decisions and innovation. Psychological safety, a concept developed by Amy Edmondson, allows people to express themselves without fear of punishment. Leaders play a fundamental role in demonstrating vulnerability and encouraging participation. This does not eliminate discipline, but it dissociates it from fear, replacing it with respect and trust. Authoritarian cultures can generate quick results, but they compromise the team's potential. To reduce fear, genuinely listen to your team and share your own concerns. Projects are made by people, and people need trust. Listen to the podcast to learn more!

Neste episódio, Ricardo aborda o impacto do medo no gerenciamento dos projetos e o papel da segurança psicológica em transformar o medo em ações positivas e eficazes. Medos tais como errar, ser julgado ou perder o emprego, podem silenciar as equipes, prejudicando decisões e inovações. A segurança psicológica, conceito de Amy Edmondson, permite que pessoas se expressem sem medo de punição. Líderes têm papel fundamental ao demonstrar vulnerabilidade e incentivar a participação. Isso não elimina disciplina, mas a dissocia do medo, substituindo-o por respeito e confiança. Culturas autoritárias podem gerar resultados rápidos, mas comprometem o potencial do time. Para reduzir o medo, ouça genuinamente sua equipe e compartilhe suas próprias dúvidas. Projetos são feitos por pessoas, e pessoas precisam de confiança. Escute o podcast para saber mais!

This episode is sponsored by Lockton, click here to learn more Watch the full video on YouTube - click hereNo one would try to stream a 4K video on a '95 Windows computer—but in the auto industry, we're still trying to lead today's transformation with leadership models built decades ago.That's the hard truth Jan puts on the table in this conversation with Terry Woychowski, President of Caresoft and former GM executive. Together, they unpack what's holding the industry back—and it's not a shortage of technology or talent. It's the culture. It's the leadership.Terry walks through real examples of how legacy systems get in the way—from product specs that haven't been questioned in decades to organizational structures that reward risk avoidance over innovation. He compares that with how Chinese OEMs are approaching development differently. They make faster decisions, rely less on in-house development, and focus on speed and learning rather than perfection. They're not immune to fear, he says, but they don't let it dictate the pace of progress.But this isn't just a teardown of bad habits. Terry zooms in on what good leadership looks like today. It's not command-and-control. It's mission-first, culturally aware, and brutally honest. It's being willing to get "dragged across the hone"—his metaphor for the painful but necessary growth process. Because leaders who avoid discomfort? They stay dull.There's also accountability. Terry learned it early, growing up on a dairy farm, where cows—and their mess—don't wait for permission. You get the job done, period. That same mindset carried him through the plant floor at GM, where he once let loose in a way he thought would end his career, only to be welcomed with applause. Not because he lost his temper, but because he finally spoke the language of the plant.Jan and Terry talk honestly about the cultural gaps that legacy auto still hasn't closed. Technology? Finance? Those are solvable. However, if the leadership culture stays frozen in time, no investment will be enough.In the end, one thing is clear: you can't lead the future of automotive using the same culture that got you here. If the industry wants to survive the disruption ahead, it needs leaders willing to question everything, especially the way things have always been done.Themes discussed in this episode:The need to replace outdated leadership models to compete in the EV eraThe culture gap between Chinese OEMs and traditional automakersWhy true leaders embrace discomfort—and what happens when they don'tThe cultural transformation needed to support EV and software-defined vehicle innovationThe importance of fast decision-making in today's global auto marketWhy cultural alignment matters more than strategy when leading changeWhy the auto industry needs focused leadership amid rising global competitionFeatured guest: Terry WoychowskiWhat he does: Terry J. Woychowski is the President of Caresoft Global, a leading automotive engineering, benchmarking, and consulting firm. At Caresoft, he has played a pivotal role in driving strategic growth, developing next-generation solutions, and mentoring the global leadership team.Terry brings over four decades of automotive experience, including a distinguished career at General Motors, where he held senior leadership roles such as Global Vice President of Program Management and Quality & Vehicle Launch. Notably, he...

How do you turn bold strategies into real-world transformation?This episode of Disruption Talks drops you directly into the mindset of someone who lives and breathes it.We're sitting down with Manuel Zaccaria, Head of Program Management & Integration at lastminute.com, hosted by Barbara Rybicka, Commercial Director, Composable Commerce & Finance at Netguru | B Corp™.Manuel will pull back the curtain on:- His unique approach to leading innovation - from agility and experimentation to staying future-proof in a volatile industry- Why execution matters just as much as the strategy itself - and how his team brings big ideas to life- The hidden barriers companies face when trying to innovate and how to navigate themWhether you're a transformation leader, a travel industry executive, or just passionate about change, this episode is a must-watch.

In this episode, Ricardo discusses the “Jeitinho Brasileiro” — the Brazilian way of solving problems creatively, often with limited resources. While this ingenuity is a strength, it becomes risky when improvisation turns into standard practice. He shares a story of a glass installer who used chewing gum instead of putty, which worked but became a habit. In projects, this mindset can lead to poor documentation, rushed timelines, and weak planning. Flexibility is vital, but it must not replace structured processes. True project maturity comes from building sustainable systems, not relying on last-minute fixes. Creativity should be embraced, but always directed toward lasting, professional solutions, not temporary patches. Listen to the podcast to learn more!

Neste episódio, Ricardo reflete sobre o “Jeitinho Brasileiro”, destacando nossa criatividade em resolver problemas com poucos recursos. Embora essa habilidade seja admirável, ela se torna perigosa quando improvisos viram padrão. Ele conta a história de um instalador de vidro que usou chiclete no lugar de massa para fixar um vidro, e depois passou a adotar isso como prática. Ricardo alerta que, em projetos, essa mentalidade leva à improvisação constante, prazos apressados e falta de estrutura. Flexibilidade é essencial, mas não pode substituir planejamento. A verdadeira maturidade em projetos está em criar processos sustentáveis. Criatividade deve ser canalizada para soluções duradouras, não apenas para “remendos” de última hora. Escute o podcast para saber mais!

In this episode, Ricardo discusses insights from PwC's 2024 AI Jobs Barometer, analyzing 500 million job postings across 15 countries. He shows that AI-exposed sectors like IT and project management see 4.8x higher productivity. Jobs requiring AI skills grow three times faster and offer a 25% wage premium. AI's biggest impact comes from everyday professionals using tools like ChatGPT. Skills in AI-exposed roles shift 20% faster, urging continuous learning. AI enables smaller, more efficient teams and introduces new risks. Importantly, AI drives not only efficiency but also innovation and new business models, making it essential for project managers to adapt and evolve. Listen to the podcast to learn more!

Neste episódio, Ricardo discute insights do Barômetro de Empregos em IA de 2024 da PwC, que analisa 500 milhões de vagas de emprego em 15 países. Ele mostra que setores expostos à IA, como TI e gerenciamento de projetos, apresentam produtividade 4,8 vezes maior. Empregos que exigem habilidades em IA crescem três vezes mais rápido e oferecem um prêmio salarial de 25%. O maior impacto da IA ​​vem de profissionais comuns que usam ferramentas como o ChatGPT. As habilidades em funções expostas à IA mudam 20% mais rápido, incentivando o aprendizado contínuo. A IA possibilita equipes menores e mais eficientes e introduz novos riscos. É importante ressaltar que a IA impulsiona não apenas a eficiência, mas também a inovação e novos modelos de negócios, tornando essencial que os gerentes de projeto se adaptem e evoluam. Escute o podcast para saber mais!

How do you scale product delivery without losing agility? In this podcast hosted by Cassio Sampaio, Okta Auth0 VP and Chief of Staff Lauren McCarthy will be speaking on strategic program management and organizational growth. Lauren shares insights from her 25-year career on balancing process, tools, and team collaboration to drive successful product development across different organizational stages.

In this episode, Ricardo discusses the dangers of prioritizing speed over strategy in project management. He says that being agile means adapting and learning quickly, not rushing in blindly. Urgency often leads to missed plans, poor decisions, and costly rework. Teams suffer under pressure, and when delays happen, they are unfairly blamed. Ricardo argues that a slower, more thoughtful start—with proper planning and stakeholder engagement—can accelerate long-term progress. He encourages leaders to educate stakeholders on the difference between rushing and smart acceleration. A realistic schedule is not a delay, but an investment in sustainable success. Listen to the podcast to learn more!

Neste episódio, Ricardo discute os perigos de priorizar a velocidade em detrimento da estratégia na gestão de projetos. Ele comenta que ser ágil significa adaptar-se e aprender rapidamente, e não correr às cegas. A urgência frequentemente leva a planejamentos ignorados, decisões equivocadas e retrabalho dispendioso. As equipes sofrem sob pressão e, quando ocorrem atrasos, são injustamente culpadas. Ricardo argumenta que um início mais lento e ponderado — envolvendo planejamento adequado e engajamento das partes interessadas — pode acelerar o progresso a longo prazo. Ele incentiva os líderes a educarem as partes interessadas sobre a diferença entre pressa e aceleração inteligente. Um cronograma realista não é um atraso, mas um investimento em sucesso sustentável. Escute o podcast para saber mais!

In this episode, Ricardo talks about the ongoing importance of earned value analysis in project management. Despite advancements in AI, real-time dashboards, earned value remains a precise, structured, and effective tool—especially in complex environments. AI can automate data collection and forecasting, but it cannot replace human judgment. Metrics like the cost performance index (CPI) require interpretation to guide decisions. Earned value analysis integrates scope, time, and cost, providing actionable insights. Ricardo emphasizes that while technology enhances our tools, it doesn't replace core principles. He also announces an upcoming course on earned value application. Listen to the podcast to learn more!

Neste episódio, Ricardo fala sobre a relevância da análise de valor agregado na gestão de projetos, mesmo com os avanços da inteligência artificial. Apesar da automação e previsões em tempo real, a análise de valor agregado permanece essencial por unir escopo, prazo e custo, gerando insights claros. A inteligência artificial calcula, mas interpretar indicadores como CPI e TCPI exige julgamento humano. A análise de valor agregado mostra se o projeto realmente gera valor, além de medir desempenho com objetividade. Ricardo anuncia um curso sobre o tema e deseja sucesso nos projetos dos ouvintes. Escute o podcast para saber mais!

In this episode, Ricardo discusses how AI Agents are transforming project management. Unlike traditional tools, these agents are autonomous, understand context, make decisions, and interact with people and systems to deliver value. With the advancement of models like ChatGPT and platforms such as LangChain, Crew AI, and Google NotebookLM, building smart agents has become much easier. They can update schedules, write meeting notes, draft emails, generate reports, and monitor risks—all integrated with tools like Notion, Slack, Trello, and Google Docs. This shift changes the project manager's role to that of an “AI orchestrator.” However, caution is needed due to potential errors, hallucinations, and data security concerns. AI isn't here to replace project managers but to empower them to focus on what truly matters. Listen to the podcast to learn more!

Neste episódio, Ricardo apresenta como agentes de inteligência artificial (AI Agents) estão revolucionando o gerenciamento de projetos. Diferentes das automações tradicionais, esses agentes são autônomos, interpretam contextos, tomam decisões e interagem com ferramentas como Notion, Slack, Trello e Google Docs. Com o avanço de modelos como ChatGPT e plataformas como LangChain, Crew AI e NotebookLM, ficou mais fácil criar agentes que entendem linguagem natural e atuam com autonomia. Eles podem atualizar cronogramas, gerar atas, escrever e-mails e sugerir ações. O papel do gerente muda de executor para orquestrador de IA. Porém, há riscos como erros e alucinações, exigindo supervisão humana. A IA não substitui o gerente de projetos, mas libera tempo para decisões mais estratégicas. Escute o podcast para saber mais!

Meet Eleanor, a mom on a mission. When her son was diagnosed with severe food allergies in 2004, Eleanor was launched into a whirlwind of support and advocacy for the food allergy community, eventually leading her to found and lead the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Connection Team (FAACT). Alongside the FAACT leadership team, she provides the education, advocacy, awareness, and grassroots outreach needed for the food allergy community through programming available to all. Tune in to hear the story behind Eleanor's incredible efforts and successes and her commitment to inclusivity that drives everything she does.To learn more about FAACT, their amazing resources, and Camp TAG visit: https://www.foodallergyawareness.org/Follow on social media @faactnewsEleanor Garrow-Holding has worked, educated, and advocated in the food allergy community since 2004. She was inspired to start this work after her son, Thomas, was diagnosed with life-threatening food allergies to tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, and sesame; eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) triggered by milk and wheat; asthma; and environmental allergies. In December 2015, Thomas had a food challenge with wheat and was no longer IgE-allergic to wheat. After a 3-month trial with wheat and another 3-month trial with milk (post wheat) in his diet and upper endoscopies, he has also outgrown the wheat and milk triggers for EoE and is in remission from EoE as of July 2016. Thomas outgrew his peanut allergy in 2016 at age thirteen. In October 2019, at age sixteen, Thomas outgrew almond, sesame, and brazil nut and continues to avoid walnut, cashew, pecan, hazelnut, and pistachio.As CEO of the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Connection Team (FAACT), Eleanor provides leadership, development, and implementation for all of FAACT's initiatives and programs, including Camp TAG (The Allergy Gang) – a summer camp for children with food allergies and their siblings that Eleanor founded in 2009. Eleanor has a Bachelor of Healthcare Administration degree from Lewis University in Romeoville, IL, and worked in hospital management for 15 years in Chicago and suburban Chicago prior to working in the nonprofit sector.After Thomas was diagnosed in 2004, Eleanor established a food allergy support group in a southwest Chicago suburb, Parents of Children Having Allergies (POCHA) of Will County, focusing on education and advocacy; chaired the FAAN Walk for Food Allergy in Chicago in 2007 and 2008; was awarded the FAAN Muriel C. Furlong Award for Community Service in 2008; and advocated in the Illinois state legislature on food allergy and Eosinophilic Disorders (EGID, EoE) issues. Thanks to the efforts of Eleanor and other patient advocates, legislation to ensure insurance coverage for elemental formulas was signed into law in 2007 and legislation establishing food allergy management guidelines for Illinois schools was signed into law in 2009.Eleanor joined the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network™ (FAAN) in 2009 as Vice President of Education and Outreach, where she oversaw educational initiatives, all food allergy conferences, the Teen Summit, Camp TAG (The Allergy Gang) now under FAACT's umbrella, a Teen Advisory Group, support group development, and more. She advocated for the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Management Act (FAAMA) in Washington, DC, with her son Thomas as part of FAAN's Kids Congress on Capitol Hill and also advocated on Capitol Hill for the School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act. Eleanor served on the expert panel for the CDC's Voluntary Guidelines for Managing Food Allergies in Schools and Early Care and Education Programs and was a reviewer for the National Association of Education (NEA) Food Allergy Book: What School Employees Need to Know. Eleanor conducted numerous radio, television, and print interviews on food allergy issues and wrote articles for Allergic Living and Living Without magazines. She presented at national and regional conferences about food allergy management in school and restaurant settings and educated personnel in schools and school districts across the country on food allergy management in schools and continues to do so with FAACT.In 2013, Eleanor joined the Cincinnati Center for Eosinophilic Disorders (CCED) as Senior Specialist of Program Management at Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center. There she led day-to-day clinical operations, clinical research projects, program development, marketing, and development.Eleanor has and continues to educate employees from numerous food industry companies and entertainment venues about food allergies, such as McDonald's Corporation, The Hain Celestial Group, Mars Wrigley, all SeaWorld Parks, and more.Leading the charge at FAACT, Eleanor and the FAACT Leadership Team provides the education, advocacy, awareness, and grassroots outreach needed for the food allergy community. Eleanor serves on the National Peanut Board's Allergy Education Advisory Council, Global Allergy & Airways Patient Platform Board (GAAPP), St. Louis Children's Food Allergy Management & Education (FAME) National Advisory Board, and Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) Food Allergen Control Committee. In August 2015, Eleanor was inducted into The National Association of Professional Women's (NAPW) VIP Professional of the Year Circle for her commitment to healthcare and nonprofit industries. FAACT is The Voice of Food Allergy Awareness. In 2022, Eleanor was a Contributor for The Change Guidebook (3-8-2022, HCI/Simon & Schuster).

In this episode, Ricardo discusses the challenge of saying “no” in project management, a struggle for many who aim to help. He warns that each impulsive "yes" may sacrifice scope, schedule, quality, or team well-being. Sharing his experience of overcommitting, he learned that saying “no” is an act of leadership. He uses three guiding questions: 1) Is it aligned with the project's strategy? 2) Do I have time, budget, and people for it? 3) Does it add measurable value? He suggests offering conditional options with a “no, but yes” approach. Saying “no” with data, clarity, and respect not only protects the project but also strengthens relationships and shows care for the team. Listen to the podcast to learn more!

Nest episódio, Ricardo aborda a dificuldade de dizer “não” em projetos, algo comum entre profissionais que desejam ajudar. Ele alerta que cada "sim" impulsivo pode comprometer escopo, cronograma, qualidade ou a equipe. Ricardo compartilha sua experiência negativa ao aceitar pedidos extras que sobrecarregaram o time e prejudicaram o projeto. Ele explica que aprender a dizer “não” é um ato de liderança e propõe três perguntas-chave para avaliar novas demandas: 1) Está alinhada ao objetivo do projeto? 2) Há recursos para isso? 3) Gera valor mensurável? Caso seja necessário, use o “não, mas sim”, oferecendo alternativas condicionais. Por fim, ele ressalta que dizer “não” com respeito e clareza fortalece relações, protege o projeto e a equipe. Escute o podcast para saber mais!

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In this episode, Ricardo reflects on the end of Skype's cycle. Created in 2003 in Estonia, the application revolutionized online communication, allowing free voice calls and being essential for families, companies, and project managers. Acquired by eBay in 2005 and by Microsoft in 2011, Skype lost ground to more modern solutions such as Zoom, WhatsApp, and Teams. Ricardo highlights that the end of a project or product does not mean failure. Everything has a cycle: beginning, middle, and end. Recognizing when to end something responsibly is an essential skill in project management. Success lies in fulfilling its purpose, not in lasting forever. The end can also be a sign of success. Listen to the podcast to learn more!

Neste episódio, Ricardo reflete sobre o fim do ciclo do Skype. Criado em 2003 na Estônia, o aplicativo revolucionou a comunicação online, permitindo chamadas de voz gratuitas e sendo essencial para famílias, empresas e gerentes de projetos. Comprado por eBay em 2005 e pela Microsoft em 2011, o Skype perdeu espaço para soluções mais modernas como Zoom, WhatsApp e Teams. Ricardo destaca que o fim de um projeto ou produto não significa fracasso. Tudo tem um ciclo: início, meio e fim. Reconhecer o momento de encerrar algo com responsabilidade é uma habilidade essencial na gestão de projetos. O sucesso está em cumprir seu propósito, não em durar para sempre. O fim também pode ser um sinal de sucesso. Escute o podcast para saber mais!

The AI Index Report 2025, published annually by Stanford University, is a key global reference that tracks the progress, trends, and impact of artificial intelligence. In this podcast, Ricardo highlights how AI is advancing rapidly, reshaping industries, and demanding new skills from professionals, especially in project management. He emphasizes the growing influence of AI on productivity, innovation, and education, as well as its ethical challenges and global implications. The report shows that AI is no longer hype, but it's a transformative force shaping our work, society, and future, requiring leaders to adapt with agility and strategic vision. Listen to the podcast to learn more!

In this episode, Ricardo explores the concept of “Risk Lensing”, the idea that risk is shaped by individual perceptions rather than objective data. He uses the example of a child climbing a tree to show how various people can have different perspectives on the same event. Understanding how stakeholders view opportunities and risks is more important for effective risk management than formulae or spreadsheets. Ricardo places a strong emphasis on cooperation, empathy, and listening. Asking people what really troubles them is a good way to manage risk since risk exists in the minds of those engaged, not the project. Listen to the podcast to learn more!