The average car owner sits behind the wheel 500-1000 hours each year driving from place to place. Let’s turn driving time into learning time.
There’s a good list of project management podcasts over at PMcrunch which is interesting to check out. I would have listed the same here.
I’d recommend: The Project Management Podcast by Cornelius Fichtner I especially enjoy, you can find Cornelius on Twitter for a good PM quote too.
Audio programs on motivation and business like the ones you can buy at Nightingale Conant are also often very inspirational and easy to lay down and pick up again, very practical in the car.
I’d recommend: The New Psycho Cybernetics audio program, it’s a very good listen. The weird title put me off at first, but it’s genuine stuff. I guarantee you you’ll get some good ideas out of it. I got interested after reading this post at Freestylemind.com.
Some very cool audiobooks I enjoyed are:
- Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time
, goes good with the book
, has great insights on networking. - How to Win Friends and Influence People: Unabridged
, even if you read the book, it’s worth it.
- First Things First
which is the audio version of the book I got as a reading assignment on my PM training at Xios, also very good.
I moved to the other side of the country, my commute got a bit longer. About 2 hours a day longer to be precise. It’s been like this for several months now and I’ve found listening to podcasts and audiobooks to be a very rich experience, certainly with the many traffic yams around Brussels.
Hope you like the list, if you have any other audio programs or cool podcasts you’d like to recommend, I’d love to hear from you.
Edit (10/06/2010): I found some inspiration on Bil Gates’ blog, he recommends lectures from the Teaching Company. I’m listening to The Art of Critical Decision Making at the moment, it’s great!
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all fine and dandy, but when you’re at the wheel, first and foremost pay attention to what’s happening around you. don’t start heavy learning activities when your attention should be elsewhere. personally, i think a soothing jazz instrumental is more useful when i’m in the car…
thanks for the comment Wim, safety first!
Hi Bert
I’ve really enjoyed reading your blog as I am in the throws of a career transition into creative project management.
I wondered if you had any suggestions for good degree courses or other PM courses that are well respected and could be useful to get a start in the industry.
Thank you in advance!
Hi Lyndelle,
If you’re close to the product development you could consider something like a SCRUM training and certificate. SCRUM is a practical approach for agile product development. A good step towards project management.
Anything from PMI is always worth while learning, because it’s all very fundamental.
PRINCE2 is very insightful and offers a very useful framework but it’s also very high level. I would recommend it after you’ve gathered some field experience.
Your question got me thinking, maybe I’ll make a post just on this topic.
Cheers,
Bert