In this episode, Christy Ransom, Senior Vice President of Operations at Valuize, where they help B2B technology companies create a connected and collaborative customer lifecycle that accelerates Net Dollar Retention, joins! Christy shares her thoughts on how to build great remote work cultures, how to make career pivots intentionally, and how those in the last stage of their career can still add immense value to any organization or team.

Links

Christy's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christyransom/

Matt’s LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattharriman/⁠

Matt’s book, Integrated Upstream Planning: ⁠https://amzn.to/3n9Obvl⁠

Matt’s Twitter:⁠ ⁠https://twitter.com/MattMHarriman⁠⁠

Pod2 website: ⁠https://pod2.co/⁠

Pod2 YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@pod_2⁠

In this episode, Connor Gillan, Treasury Manager - Capital Markets at NetApp, breakdowns what "Treasury" means, how he's navigated living up to expectations (set by himself based on his family member's *societally* impressive resumes), and what he's learned from "caving" for therapy after continuous hints he should go from his wife. For those unsure of the direction of their path, Connor's story shows that if you're kind, work hard, and invest in people, you'll be rewarded.

Jessica Doyle-Mekkes, upcoming author and Head of Musical Theatre at ECU, discusses her work in helping women find their voice in male-dominated industries. She dives into her background of musical theatre, performing and living abroad, dealing with the entertainment industry, and navigating the transition out of being a full-time performer. She highlights some of the unique challenges women face in communication, such as microphone bias and societal expectations, and offers advice on how to overcome them. She also discusses her upcoming book (out October 2023), "I'm Speaking," which aims to empower women to use their voices fearlessly.

Links

Jessica's Website: https://www.jessicadoylemekkes.com/

Jessica's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicadoyle-mekkes/

Matt’s LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattharriman/⁠ 

Matt’s book, Integrated Upstream Planning: ⁠https://amzn.to/3n9Obvl⁠ 

Matt’s Twitter:⁠ ⁠https://twitter.com/MattMHarriman⁠⁠ 

Pod2 website: ⁠https://pod2.co/⁠ 

Pod2 YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@pod_2⁠

Liz Davila-Sleigh, DEI coach and facilitator, discusses diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace. Through this lens, Liz and Matt explore the fear of hurting people, the importance of empathy, and the responsibility of individuals to grow in the DEI space. They also touch on the value of other people's perspectives and the need for allies to support and help. The episode emphasizes the need for deeper understanding (of people and issues) and challenging assumptions in order to build more inclusive communities.

Show Notes

[00:00:00] Podcast Teaser

[00:01:22] Podcast Intro

[00:05:52] Instilling values in kids vs telling them who to be

[00:10:24] Corporate work to soloprenurship: Liz’s background

[00:19:55] Community Building

[00:24:02] What is gained and lost from assimilating into a new culture

[00:26:22] Finding and listening to triggers

[00:31:29] The backstory of “Somos Culture”

[00:32:58] Acknowledging racial differences

[00:41:30] Navigating tough conversations: Are they ready?

[00:44:13] Shifting your perspective

[00:48:05] DEI education 101

[00:51:30] The power of “I’m sorry” and “Thank you”

[00:56:30] Closing remarks / where to find Liz

Links

Somos Culture Website: https://somosculture.com/ 

Somos Culture Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/somosculturellc/

Liz’s LinkedIn: https://shorturl.at/hAC27

More Than Words Podcast: https://morethanwordspodcast.com/

Liz’s Email: [email protected] 

Matt’s Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/MattMHarriman⁠ 

Matt’s LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattharriman/⁠ 

Matt’s book, Integrated Upstream Planning: ⁠https://amzn.to/3n9Obvl⁠ 

Episode Transcript: ⁠https://pod2.co/podcast/⁠

Pod2 website: ⁠https://pod2.co/⁠ 

Pod2 YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@pod_2⁠

Jamie Villarreal, Production and Reservoir Manager - Equatorial Guinea, at Marathon Oil, dives right into her love for concerts (even divulges the fact that she's a Swifty) and building a life outside of work. In the episode, she discusses the importance of having mentors and sponsors, both in and outside of your career, and the benefits of asking for help and advice. Jamie also emphasizes the value of building a support team around you and identifying the strengths of your team members to achieve success.

Links

In this podcast episode, Yogashri Pradhan, Reservoir Engineer at Coterra Energy, discusses the importance of role models, being T-shaped (in terms of growth), and taking care of oneself. She also talks about starting a YouTube channel and a podcast to help people understand technical papers and deal with non-technical topics like stress and job searching — building resources she wished she had when she was younger. Pradhan emphasizes the need for more crucial conversations, transparency, and emotional intelligence in the oil and gas industry.

Links

PetroPapers on Apple Podcasts: https://shorturl.at/mpW17 

Yogashri Pradhan's YouTube Channel: https://shorturl.at/lstuB 

Yogashri Pradhan's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yogashripradhan/

Matt’s Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/MattMHarriman⁠ 

Matt’s LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattharriman/⁠ 

Matt’s book, Integrated Upstream Planning: ⁠https://amzn.to/3n9Obvl⁠ 

Episode Transcript: ⁠https://pod2.co/podcast/⁠

Pod2 website: ⁠https://pod2.co/⁠ 

Pod2 YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@pod_2⁠

Show Notes

[00:00:00] Podcast teaser

[00:00:11] Podcast Intro

[00:00:53] Yogashri’s origin story

[00:05:24] Is oil and gas the happiest industry?

[00:06:51] Asking for advice > asking for work

[00:10:39] University Lands 

[00:13:06] Setting boundaries (even if it’s a little late)

[00:19:48] Priorities vs values

[00:23:06] Starting an oil and gas YouTube channel

[00:29:00] PetroPapers

[00:33:12] Give employees what they want: EQ training

[00:39:03] O&G needs more crucial conversations

[00:44:55] Advice for achieving both success and happiness

[00:48:01] Yogashri’s social channels

Peter Tyler, a now-retired business development consultant for oil and gas companies has a background working for, and starting, many successful companies in the industries. Among them are Aucerna, 3esi, Enersight, Schlumberger, Petro Canada, and Merak. This episode dives into Pete’s career — company exit dos and don'ts, building great teams (and company culture), and the importance of being intentional with one’s life and career. Throughout the podcast, there is a strong emphasis on being open to change and the power of surrounding yourself with great people who are engaged, work hard, and take time outside work to play hard (read: decompress).

Links

Peter’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-tyler-744b118/ 

Matt’s Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/MattMHarriman⁠ 

Matt’s LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattharriman/⁠ 

Matt’s book, Integrated Upstream Planning: ⁠https://amzn.to/3n9Obvl⁠ 

Episode Transcript: ⁠https://pod2.co/podcast/⁠

Pod2 website: ⁠https://pod2.co/⁠ 

Pod2 YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@pod_2⁠

Show Notes

[00:00:00] Podcast teaser

[00:00:17] Podcast Intro

[00:01:05] Peter’s early background

[00:06:45] Early Enersight days

[00:12:51] Enersight hitting $1 million+ in revenue

[00:15:43] Building great work cultures

[00:19:04] Why you shouldn’t optimize happiness around hours worked

[00:23:18] Hiring great (and talented) people

[00:27:47] The downside to work-life balance in early-stage startups

[00:30:19] Money and relationships

[00:32:32] The impacts of money on relationships

[00:33:51] Peter’s regrets

[00:36:24] Managing the relationships with product development

[00:41:21] 2 software development philosophies

[00:43:31] Talk to everyone (when building products) 

[00:46:25] Doing what’s right and getting nowhere

[00:51:48] Career lows

[00:54:28] Selling to Aucerna 

[00:57:28] What Peter’s up to now

[01:00:44] Paragliding without getting injured

[01:02:04] Losing car keys

[01:03:29] Peter’s favorite petroleum fiscal contract 

[01:06:26] Being intentional with your definition of success

[01:10:05] Maintaining relationships across decades

[01:11:59] Where to connect with Peter

Jide Ayangade, XR Subsurface Advisor at Baselinez, discusses the impact of virtual reality technology on the oil and gas industry, and how it can accelerate the sharing of complex technical knowledge — especially for subsurface data. Outside of discussing the technological advances for geologists in the O&G space, another big topic of conversation is how to process grief and why Jide’s motto, “Take it one day, one moment at a time” can be applied to anyone in, any situation.

Links

Jide's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jideayangadepe/

Baselinez: https://baselinez.com/

Episode Transcript: https://pod2.co/podcast/

Matt’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/MattMHarriman 

Matt’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattharriman/ 

Matt’s book, Integrated Upstream Planning: https://amzn.to/3n9Obvl 

Pod2 website: https://pod2.co/ 

Pod2 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@pod_2

Show Notes

[00:00:00] Podcast clip

[00:00:30] Introduction

[00:01:54] Jide’s background — Nigeria to Sorroco, New Mexico

[00:10:04] Good people can be found at any company

[00:12:15] Jide’s background pt.2: Envernus and beyond

[00:13:36] Highs and lows of moving to the USA

[00:15:21] Dealing with grief, “One day at a time”

[00:19:01] On not deferring happiness 

[00:23:19] What is Baselinez?

[00:30:22] Changing O&G perspectives on AR and VR technology

[00:35:07] Sharing information within organizations

[00:39:48] Matt wearing an Oculus in Plucker’s

[00:44:20] Funny first-times wearing VR headsets

[00:49:19] Calming the anxiety of being the first to do something

[00:53:09] Dealing with imposter syndrome

[00:55:31] Where to connect with Jide

Russell Greco is the Vice President of Strategy and Planning at Battalion Oil Corporation. In his 10+ years in the oil and gas industry, he’s worked at EP, Halcon, and Battalion — donning a few titles including, reservoir engineer, manager of assets, and director of corporate reserves. Despite these titles and the workloads associated with them, Russell is arguably one of the happiest people I’ve ever met. He always sees the brighter side (unless we’re on the golf course, then well, everything’s fair game there) and knows how to bring out the best in people. 

In this episode, we cover the growing importance of training current employees due to the reduction of new talent entering the industry, how to tactically maintain relationships, and how the impacts of AI within oil and gas.

Links

Russell Greco LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/russell-greco-b8b198b/

Matt’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/MattMHarriman 

Matt’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattharriman/ 

Matt’s book, Integrated Upstream Planning: https://amzn.to/3n9Obvl 

Pod2 website: https://pod2.co/ 

Pod2 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@pod_2 

Show Notes

[00:00:00] Opening clip 

[00:00:24] Introduction

[00:01:04] Russell’s background

[00:09:35] Russell’s optimistic view of life

[00:12:48] Building and maintaining relationships

[00:15:47] The tactical side to keep up with people: Google Keep and Google Calendar 

[00:21:11] Productivity and effectiveness and efficiency

[00:23:21] Life’s not a zero-sum game

[00:26:06] Middle managers are the least transparent

[00:28:14] Balancing success vs contentment vs happiness

[00:31:36] Work smarter, not harder

[00:34:01] The importance of defining your “good enough” at work

[00:35:16] What makes a “good day” at work

[00:37:20] Russell’s “perfect” Friday night

[00:38:48] Why is oil and gas still using paper folders for AFE?

[00:43:04] Slow adoption of the Cloud in oil and gas

[00:45:02] The lack of education on technology within Oil and gas

[00:48:00] Why training is more effective than hiring

[00:53:07] The benefits of Chat GPT for engineers

[00:58:05] The secret to happiness: Keep learning

[01:01:10]  Where to connect with Russell

Jim Dubois is a retired oil and gas engineer and portfolio consultant. After roughly 45 years — 20 as an engineer and 25 strategy portfolio — in the industry, he recently put his hat up and has begun to adjust to retirement. Jim has such a wealth of knowledge in both oil and gas and in life — part of why he’s one of my most impact mentors. “If someone had to work 60 hours a week every week, then something was not right. Someone had not delegated properly or something similar.”

A few highlights from the episode are discussing the value in working backward to solve problems (everything from what to do with your life to strategy planning for 3 billion dollar companies), why success needs to include the “whole package”, and why models are just tools, not surefire answers.

Show Notes + Links

[00:00:00] Teaser clip 

[00:00:25] Podcast Intro

[00:01:06] Jim’s background

[00:01:31] What f “strategy” and “portfolio” mean in oil and gas

[00:02:38] Why the strategy for spending $200 is the same as 200 billion

[00:04:38] F**k you money vs I’d rather not money

[00:08:26] Why people think they don’t have agency

[00:10:54] Addressing problems head on

[00:15:15] Matt’s conversation with Jim about starting Pod2

[00:20:21] Business and life success are tied together 

[00:22:30] How to find your “why” behind your goals

[00:25:08] 2 questions to ask for clarity about what you should do (in life)

[00:27:32] John Howell 

[00:29:59] Jim’s view of work-life balance

[00:37:32] Additional learnings from Jim’s dad

[00:37:59] Importance of tooting your own horn

[00:40:03] How people are misusing portfolio models

[00:46:02] Aligning model learnings to strategy and execution

[00:51:36] Thinking about emissions as another constraint

[00:57:32] What Jim wants to see change in oil and gas over the next 10 years

[00:59:52] How dealing with uncertainty has gotten worse

[01:03:16] C-suite misunderstandings of linear optimization

[01:06:49] Jim’s thoughts on Jaguars (the car, not the animal)

[01:08:21] Why Jim hates French wine

[01:08:59] Success has to be the whole package

[01:12:15] Retiring better than ever

Jim’s Email: [email protected]

Jim’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-dubois-a6543712/ 

World Enough & Time: https://amzn.to/3MJbNlr 

Matt’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/MattMHarriman 

Matt’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattharriman/ 

Pod2 website: https://pod2.co/ 

Pod2 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@pod_2 

Integrated Upstream Planning (Matt’s book): https://amzn.to/3n9Obvl