Podcast Episodes

Lessons in Faith from Viktor Frankl: Faith in Action Friday 01

Season 8 Episode 6

In this first Faith in Action Friday episode, Lessons in Faith from Viktor Frankl, I share how Viktor Frankl’s experience in the worst human conditions helped me reconnect with my own faith. Not reli…

Published on 1 day, 20 hours ago

How to Fix a Failing Project Without Losing the Team

Season 8 Episode 5

When a project starts to slip, silence is the real risk. In this episode, Kevin Pannell shares how to escalate early, run real-time retros, and rebuild the plan using the KISS method, keeping it simp…

Published on 5 days, 20 hours ago

Leadership Lessons from the Greatest Night in Pop

Season 8 Episode 4

In 1985, forty-six of the biggest names in music walked into a studio on Sunset Boulevard after the American Music Awards. No press, no leaks, just purpose.

We Are the World was not just a song, it wa…

Published on 1 week, 4 days ago

The Right People on the Bus

Season 8 Episode 3

In The Right People on the Bus, I share how a Nick Saban clip popped up in my algorithm this week, and it hit home. His message about getting the right people on the bus, and the wrong people off, sp…

Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago

Build the Sidewalk Where People Already Walk

Season 8 Episode 2

In Build the Sidewalk Where People Already Walk, we explore what happens when project teams design based on real behavior instead of assumptions. Drawing from a Lean Coffee discussion and PMI’s surve…

Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago

Tools to Reset Your Intent | Focus Friday

Season 8 Episode 2

We already know what to do and what not to do in our lives, but when our intent drifts, so does our progress. This Focus Friday builds on When Strategy Fails: Fix the Intent Gap by combining principl…

Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago

When Strategy Fails Fix the Intent Gap

Season 8 Episode 1

Most failed strategies don’t collapse because of evil plans or poor execution. They fail because the intent behind them was never clear. In this episode of People, Process, Progress, I unpack what I …

Published on 3 weeks, 5 days ago

Build Resilience Ahead of Time Not During the Emergency

Season 7 Episode 12

One week ago I was crawling because I couldn’t walk. The pain reminded me of when a back injury led to discovering my kidney cancer. I panicked, then focused on my breath and what I could do with wha…

Published on 1 month ago

Lead Early, Not Respond Later - Reset Friday | S7 Ep11

Season 7 Episode 11

In this Focus Friday episode, Lead Early, Not Respond Later, I share a leadership lesson from the 2015 UCI Road World Cycling Championships, where I waited too long to give clear direction to the Res…

Published on 1 month ago

Program and Portfolio Leadership Under Pressure: Building Clarity and Confidence at Scale

Season 7 Episode 10

In this episode, Program and Portfolio Leadership Under Pressure: Building Clarity and Confidence at Scale, Kevin Pannell shares how executive leaders can bring calm, clarity, and confidence to compl…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago