
The Project Chatter Podcast
Welcome to Project Chatter, the podcast where project professionals, specialists and experts from various sectors talk about the latest trends in project management and PMO. Listen to Val and Dale as they talk about tried and tested best practices and share their unfiltered thoughts about the industry. Whether you're here to learn how to progress your career, improve your project controls skills, or just want to hear an Aussie and South African rant about projects, then you've come to the right place. Welcome to the Project Chatter Podcast, with your hosts Dale Foong and Val Matthews.
Latest episodes

Oct 16, 2020 • 47min
S2E41: Leadership in Project Management hosted by Siiry Pingali
In this episode, we hand the reigns to our Marketing guru Siiry Pingali who puts Val and Dale in the hot seats to pick their brains and get some insight into their experiences about Leadership in Project Management.

Oct 12, 2020 • 1h 12min
S2E40: Model-based Planning (aka 4D Modelling) with James Bowles, Chris Needham & DJ Gibbs
In this episode, we talk to James, and Chris, DJ about 4D construction and their podcast by the same name. What is 4D Modelling, what tools are recommended, and what advantages does it bring to projects? Find out all this and more!

Oct 4, 2020 • 1h 15min
S2E39: The Good and the Bad of PMO's with Professor Marco Frisenda
In this episode, we talk to Professor Marco Frisenda who returns from Season 1 to talk in more detail about the good, the bad and the ugly of PMO's (Project Management Office's). Marco studied Engineering at University in Italy, is PMP certified and...

Sep 26, 2020 • 1h 10min
S2E38: Machine Learning on Project Plans with Dev Amratia & Toby Buchanan
In this episode Dale and Val talk with Dev Amratia & Toby Buchanan to discuss Machine Learning and how it improves project decision making!

Sep 20, 2020 • 1h 12min
S2E37: Project Controls Expo with Founder Anil Godhawale
In this episode Dale and Val talk with ProjCon Group founder and director Anil Godhawale. We talk about the upcoming Projet Controls Expo's and how project controls will fair in the new world post-COVID. Anil has over two decades of experience in...

Sep 13, 2020 • 1h 28min
S2E36: Why Schedules Always Fail & the Value of Time with Simon White
Simon White is originally from New Zealand. He went to university at age 10, specially selected to attend the Creative Writing school. As an adult, to pay his way through university, he worked as a Santa Claus, a seahorse, a cocktail flair barman, and a...

Sep 5, 2020 • 1h 14min
S2E35: The Project Culture Fix with best selling author Colin D Ellis
In this episode, we talk to the passionate Colin D Ellis about one of his books and best sellers Culture Fix - How to create a great place to work, and the importance of culture to project professionals, projects and organisations. Colin D Ellis is an...

Aug 28, 2020 • 1h 11min
S2E34: Courage & The Art of Story Telling with Diana Nguyen
In this episode we speak to Tedx Speaker Diana Nguyen about courage, resilience and the art of story telling amongst many other topics!With 15 years in the TV, film and standup comedy scene, Diana helps people take steps to understand and bring their...

Aug 22, 2020 • 2h 8min
S2E33: Big Data, AI, Machine Learning with Dr Dan Patterson
In this episode we talk to Dr Dan Patterson about Invention and Innovation. Dr. Dan Patterson is the Chief Design Officer at InEight. In 2018, InEight acquired BASIS, which Dan founded, and he became a member of InEight’s executive leadership team. He...

Aug 19, 2020 • 1h 1min
S2E32: JustDo and Online Task Management with Steven Gurevitz
In this episode, we talk to task guru Steven about task management and how it can be used to move away from traditional forms of communication such as email and excel on projects. Task management is evolving and there are so many different software...