Wear Your Cape to Work™

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 incarcerated adults, David has led complex, high-stakes projects under intense public scrutiny.

We explore what it takes to lead systems change, build trust in fractured environments, and stay grounded i...

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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, she earned it.

Charlene built her path by raising her hand for difficult projects, leading through uncertainty, and elevating voices others overlooked. Now one of only 25 women in the U.S. running...

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 prioritize led her into project management, how she grew into a PMO leadership role, and how Project Insight gave her team visibility across IT, marketing, and business portfolios.


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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 get to see Linda's superpowers over the years. Operationally, she might be known for bringing a structure to project management org-wide, but her real PM personal superpower is having a keen awareness of her team, their capacities, passions, and helpi...

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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 global development projects where the stakes are high, but the rewards are even higher.  And then throw in giant pivots of uncertainty from the recent DOGE cuts to USAID project budgets...you need a real superh...

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’s career spans some of the most mission-critical projects in NASA’s history.

This conversation explores Jeff’s career path, his family legacy in aerospace, and the mindset it takes to lead when failur...

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 w...

Hosts Trina and Mathew recap the first season of "Wear Your Cape to Work."

Tune in to reminisce about a great first season.

Season One Superheroes: 

1. Stephen Hall, Project Manager, fairlife Milk.
2. Jen & Sukanya, Cybersecurity Program Managers, Activision Blizzard King
3. Lindiwe Stenberg, Project Manager, PayPal
4. Michelle Dickstein, Project Manager & DEI Co-Chair, Non-profit Healthcare
5. Mehul Shah, Senior Director PMO, Univ...

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In this episode, we sit down with Kristina Curtiss to discuss the unique role of project managers as translators—bridging the gap between technical teams, stakeholders, and business objectives. Kristina shares her journey from office management to leading large-scale healthcare and IT projects.

• 2:12 Kristina’s early career at Home Depot
• 3:00 Transitioning from office management to construction projects – similarit...

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 you are working in... and when you don't always have access to the internet. Hear about how program managers align projects with strategic initiatives and empower people to do their ...

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 their organization.  

• 02:00 – Jeremiah’s history: Becoming an accidental project manager in manufacturing.
  02:15 – Why he believes people drive business success.
  02:40 – The key to ...

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 Steve West, CEO of Project Insight, for an engaging conversation on their early entrepreneurial friendship and the evolution of project management—where it was 20 years ago, where it stands today, and where it’s headed in the future. 

Can we trust Kevin’s insights on what...

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 developer. She quickly advanced through roles as a Business Analyst, Project Coordinator, and Project Manager, spending over 20 years in healthcare project and program management.

Then, she made a bold career pivot—leaving healthcare to become a Senior IT Project Manager for Douglas C...

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.

James has been intentional about his professional development throughout his career. At every step, his sharp self-assessment has inspired him to acquire new skills, pursue additional degrees, ...

In this episode, we talk with Mehul Shah, the Senior Director for the PMO and Operations at Universal Destinations and Experiences (Universal Studios).

He started out in electrical engineering and found his way thru data analytics into project management.  He’s worked at PMOs in many different industries at companies like GE, Siemens, Scholastic, and now Universal and is going to share about his superpower of "techno-functional...

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 dollar grants which hinge on successful project outcomes.

Our guest on this episode is Michelle Dickstein, a PMP from the nonprofit sector - who has many PMP superpowers,...

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, to hear about the "Gantt chart in her head" and how to stack projects to make work efficient as possible.

• Productivity Balanced with Work-Life Balance: Lindiwe shar...

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 players across 190 countries, they take gaming security seriously to protect the joy of the game.

In episode #2 of Wear Your Cape to Work, we’ll talk with cybersecurity program leaders, Jen and Sukanya about wh...

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 modern world" fuels his daily project work...or it is he really fueled by chocolate milk?

Timestamps
00:00:00 🎙️Welcome to WYCTW podcast
00:00:37 ✨ From the Pro...