May 6, 2026
If your to-do list is 47 items long, your Slack won’t shut up, and you ended the day thinking, “Cool… but what did I actually accomplish?”—welcome. You’re among friends.
In this episode, Kim and Kate take on the very real, very unsexy side of project management: figuring out how to manage your own work when...
Apr 14, 2026
If your weekly calendar looks like the loser in a state fair quilt competition - just solid blocks of mismatched colors with no room to breathe - this episode is for you. Today, we’re joined by facilitation expert Evan Unger to talk about a topic that Kate and Kim geek out over: meetings. Specifically, why most of...
Apr 3, 2026
Boss fights and boardrooms. Kate puts Kim through meeting hell in this tabletop roleplay episode.
Kate: “Help me torture Kim.”
That was the prompt.
What followed was a meeting dungeon built from listener-submitted horror stories, tabletop chaos, and the exact kinds of project meetings that make smart people question...
Mar 24, 2026
Escalation: it’s a word that can make even experienced project managers tense. But what if you approached it as a tool rather than a threat? In this Top Shelf Replay of Project Management Happy Hour, we revisit the classic episode “Embracing De-escalation,” exploring how savvy project managers use escalation to...
Mar 10, 2026
Why do smart teams still deliver failed projects?
Most project failures don’t begin with a catastrophic mistake. Instead, they begin with small deviations—minor compromises that seem harmless in the moment. A warning sign gets ignored. A shortcut becomes acceptable. A risk is acknowledged but tolerated because...