by Joe Baker & Steve Hunton
What does it take to get big stuff done? Why do things go wrong? And what can you do to prevent that? Deliver That! is a podcast about delivery leadership for projects, teams, and programs — the big concepts, real-life stories from the front line, and everything involved in the role of a Chief Delivery Officer. No filters. No fluff. Just honest conversations about what happens in project delivery, and how big things really get done. Find out more at deliverthatpodcast.com
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September 1, 2025
A little announcement for you. It’s summer, just about, so we’re taking a little break from the podcast. Time for some holidays, to rest and recharge and regather ourselves ready for more discussions on leading projects and delivery teams, and everything involved in getting big stuff done. So, we’re off for a while. But we’ll be back soon, ready to go. Thanks for listening along to everything we’ve talked about so far. We really appreciate your company. While we’re away, do listen back to anything you’ve missed. And send us a message, if you’d like, with your thoughts or questions on the things we’ve covered and the things we haven’t. To do that, you can find out everything you need at deliverthatpodcast.com. So, we’ll see you when we’re back in a few weeks. Until then, ciao. Have a good one.
August 25, 2025
You've started a new role as CDO. How do you get up and running? The first month in a new position is the time for making impressions: for what you can understand about the business and it's for you to make your impression on the organisation too. We talk about what's running through your mind in those first weeks, and discuss some practical things to do to get your bearings.
August 18, 2025
How do you take a group of competent individuals and bring them together into a high-performing team? We take a look at the presumptions, rules-of-thumb, and particular actions a Chief Delivery Officer can take to raise the water level so all the boats float higher. And then we discuss how things can get off balance and the potential to sink a happy ship, the strange tidal forces both inside and outside the team. --- We begin our conversation talking about 'normal times', taking a group of people and doing the hard work to gel them into an effective team and lift them to high performance. Beginning with an assumption of individual expertise in each of their fields you're aiming to create a 'one team' mindset, all working towards a single goal: This is what we’re trying to do This is how we’re trying to do it This is how you add to that We then discuss some of the practical actions to get there, including: Shared outcomes— everyone owns it, the good and the bad; learning and improving together Show-and-tell— demonstrate what you’ve done, describe why it’s important; receive recognition, and maybe a platform to display that, internally or externally Praise, credit, and encouragement— direct, one-to-one; within the team; to the wider business and/or clients Standards— establishing, achieving, and maintaining standards; lifting the bar Personal development— Who do you really want to be? What do you really want to do? How can we get you there? Offboarding people— sometimes you need to recognise dead wood and do the tough task of trimming In the second half, the conversation turns to those things that can cause your sleek powerboat to sink. First, we discuss rock stars and divas in delivery teams. They can be a huge asset, the big guns that you can pull out to deal with difficult problems or important achievements. But rock stars can get frustrated, bored, or even resentful and cause all kinds of chaos. There's ways of responding to that, which may mean keeping them out of the ongoing work of a delivery team, but could also mean using them as ambassadors for your organisation's rock star capabilities. And then we talk about less containable outside forces. We look at the impact of micro-managers in the executive or other parts of the business. And we talk about commercial pressures — commercial performance in the business, which you may be powerless to resist, and commercial dynamics in the market, which may force you to pivot.
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What does it take to get big stuff done? Why do things go wrong? And what can you do to prevent that?
Deliver That! is a podcast about delivery leadership for projects, teams, and programs — the big concepts, real-life stories from the front line, and everything involved in the role of a Chief Delivery Officer.
No filters. No fluff.
Just honest conversations about what happens in project delivery, and how big things really get done.
Find out more at deliverthatpodcast.com
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