Project Zero

About Project Zero

From first steps to best practices — stories that shaped project leaders. Project Zero is a podcast for project managers — and the PM-curious — who want more than frameworks and certifications. Each episode features a project leader, highlighting first projects and the pivotal lessons that shaped their approach to leadership, collaboration, and delivery. From unexpected missteps to breakthrough moments, these conversations reveal what it really takes to grow into a confident, competent project manager. It’s honest, insightful, and designed to help you lead better — whether you're managing your first task or your hundredth milestone.

Publisher

Alex Tuck

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 May 2025

Latest episode

14 May 2026

Latest episodes

39 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 May 2026

   S2 Episode 14: The Letter that Secured a High-Stakes Healthcare Position with Tom Cooper

   Host Alex Tuck interviews Tom Cooper, a program consultant at Rhino Healthcare Solutions. Cooper traces his path from JPMorgan operations and trading into software and project management, then into a Chicago-based green roofing startup driven by city stormwater mandates. His “Project Zero” involves excavating and repairing the King County Bus Terminal roof-park after barbecuing caused membrane leaks, then mitigating cybersecurity risk when their DOS-based leak detection system became a vulner...

2. 

   7 May 2026

   S2 Episode 13: Understanding Empathy in Diverse Project Landscapes with Shane Dixon

   Host Alex Tuck interviews Shane Dixon, founder of Essix Consulting and managing partner at Corbeau. Dixon describes shifting from rescuing troubled in-flight projects to helping organizations mature their project management and prevent recurring failures through stronger PMO capability. He shares a “legacy PM” career path from scheduling assistant and coordinator to PMO leader, crediting continual learning and detailed schedule knowledge as advantages. Dixon’s Project Zero was a manufacturing...

3. 

   30 Apr 2026

   S2 Episode 12: Project Management Practice on the Line to the Lead with Tyler Norman

   Host Alex Tuck introduces Tyler Norman, Director of Strategic Programs at Scholastic and a frequent PMI speaker, who shares his 17-year PM journey from construction and energy into supply-chain transformation programs like warehouse robotics and tech-stack upgrades. Norman’s “Project Zero” comes from working as a teenager in a small-town bar and grill, where he identified a fryer bottleneck, quantified lost revenue, built a rough business case for a second fryer, coordinated installation, and...

Who has been a guest on Project Zero

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Jacqui Myslinski
• Dr Sheila Volante
• AJ Castellucci
• Jessica Caresse White
• Brutus Segun

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

193

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

9 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

10 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 66 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

86

Social presence

0

YouTube

66

Engagement

51

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.