Peter Drucker famously said "culture eats strategy for breakfast." This episode explores the concept of organization culture and its impact on projects. We debate the question whether the aim of projects should be focused on changing culture or whether it is best to leave it alone. Philip argues that the goal of projects is to change culture while Mary Elizabeth argues that there is enough change on projects to worry about culture as well

This week we explore the concept of project teams and their support to organizations. Our debate motion is "high performing project team should be split up to cross pollinate talent across projects for the ultimate good of the organization." Don't forget to join the debate at philipdiab.com

In this episode we explore if the adoption of a project management methodology inhibits project innovation and constrains the project manager resulting in a greater chance of failure for the organization. Mary Elizabeth argues in favor of the statement and Philip argues against it.

This week we explore the role of executive sponsor as compared to the project manager. Which role is more important in achieving success? The motion is an effective executive sponsor is much more likely to influence a successful project outcome than a competent project manager

This week we continue our focus on the profile of the successful project manager. We debate which type of profile of project manager makes a better practitioner, the accidental kind or the intentional kind. The motion is accidental project managers make better project managers than intentional one. Philip is arguing in support of the statement and Mary Elizabeth is arguing against it.

This episode explores the motion "project managers do not need to have industry knowledge to be successful on projects." Mary Elizabeth Diab is arguing for the motion and Philip Diab is arguing against it

A weekly podcast exploring a variety of topics within project management. The podcast is structured as a debate format addressing a specific topic related to strategy, project management, or leadership. The topics are addressed by Philip and Mary Elizabeth Diab