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Title: Scrappy Project Management: The 12 Predictable and Avoidable Pitfalls Every Project Faces
Author: Kimberly Wiefling
Narrator: Virtual Voice
Format: mp3
Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
Release date: 05-10-25
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Genres: Career Success
Publisher's Summary:2025-05-104h 08
🧠 _S1 E030 Unlocking Leadership: Achieving the Impossible with Kimberly Wiefling Podcast: The Agile Matrix PodcastEpisode: S1 E030 Unlocking Leadership: Achieving the Impossible with Kimberly WieflingPub date: 2024-09-27Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationWhat do you think about today's podcast?In this conversation, Kimberly Wiefling discusses the critical role of leadership in organisations, emphasizing the need for leaders to transform from managers into inspiring figures who foster hope and optimism. She introduces the concept of 'Scrappy Leadership,' which encourages taking risks and embracing messiness in the pursuit of innovation. Th...2025-01-1951 min
The SaaS Growth Podcast - Masterful FoundersHow to Make the Impossible Possible – Lessons from Kimberly Wiefling (EP26)In this inspiring episode, Kimberly Wiefling shares her insights on how to transform the impossible into reality by harnessing creativity, innovation, and risk-taking.
Discover how fear of failure limits creativity, why businesses must embrace failure as part of the innovation process, and how incremental changes can't always deliver breakthroughs.
Key Topics:
✨ Why "impossible" is just a mindset limitation
🎯 The STOP method: Stop, Think, Organize, Plan
💡 Open Innovation and why big companies struggle with it
🌱 Creating psychological safety for innovation
🔄 The three horizons of innovation
🎮 Dark side thinking: using negative ideas to find solutions
Learn why:
- 98% of 5-year-olds are cr...2024-10-101h 31
Thriving In The Digital AgeThriving In The Digital Age: Kimberly Wiefling and Building Effective TeamsKimberly Wiefling, a leadership expert, discusses the importance of building effective teams and communication skills in the digital age. She highlights the challenges organizations face in building teams and the common causes of failure in global teams. She emphasizes the need for psychological safety and trust in teams and the role of leadership in creating a culture of open communication and innovation. Kimberly also shares practical strategies for improving leadership skills and employee engagement, such as listening actively and creating a positive organizational culture. She concludes by urging leaders to focus on the future and create a clear vision...2024-08-2631 min
Inspiration ContagionTurning Dreams into Dollars: Playful Strategies for Inspirational Leadership and Peak Performance!Holly Jean Jackson and Kimberly Wiefling delve into Kimberly's extensive background and achievements, discussing engaging virtual events and future-oriented thinking. They explore visualization, the brain's pattern recognition, and the impact of money on business. Kimberly shares her views on inspiration, goal alignment with stakeholder needs, and innovative solutions. The conversation covers customer satisfaction, peak performance, individuality, and the challenges in developing human skills. They also touch on corporate roles, maintaining long-term relationships, workplace politics, listening skills, and improving employee experience.
(0:00) Introduction of Holly Jean Jackson and Kimberly Wiefling
(2:22) Kimberly Wiefling's background and achievements
(3:14) Engaging virtual events and future-oriented thinking
(5:20) Visualization...2024-08-2045 min
Leaders of Lasting Impact7 - Leading with People and Processes: Unleashing the Power of Human Skills with Silicon Valley Alliances' Kimberly WieflingYour host, Matthew Pohl, talks with the Founding Member and Global Consultant of Silicon Valley Alliances, Kimberly Wiefling. Kimberly shared the intriguing story of how the Silicon Valley Alliance came to be. This group of individuals, who initially collaborated through an agent in Tokyo, decided to continue their partnership even after their agent disappeared. This led to the formation of the Silicon Valley Alliance, a group committed to transformational change.Kimberly humorously noted that it sounds more impressive to hire the Silicon Valley Alliances than just Kimberly Wiefling. This statement reflects the reputation of Silicon Valley Alliances a...2023-12-1527 min
Engaging Virtual Meetings Podcast with John ChenHow To Lead In An Innovative Way with Kimberly WieflingKimberly Wiefling is the founder of Wiefling Consulting, and co-founder of Silicon Valley Alliances. She helps strengthen individuals, teams, and organizations so that they overcome the most common causes of failure, fix things that damage and destroy companies, and survive in a world of disruptive change. In this episode, we discuss the following:🔑 Key problems why teams fail😈😇 Bad and good things to do in virtual meetings📌 Importance of facilitation versus managing peopleIf you enjoy this e...2023-08-3050 min
Grow Strong Leaders Podcast226: Building Trust and Accomplishing the Seemingly ImpossibleIs there something you’d love to have but think it’s impossible for you to achieve? Listen to this inspiring conversation with Kimberly Wiefling, and you’ll likely see ways that you can, in fact, create what you want. Along the way, you’ll discover how the best leaders build trust with their teams through vulnerability. Kimberly is the founder of Wiefling Consulting, and cofounder of Silicon Valley Alliances. She’s also the author of the globally popular book Scrappy Project Management: The 12 Predictable & Avoidable Pitfalls Every Project Faces. Her latest book, Turning Ideas Into Impact, is an antho...2023-05-1643 min
Bootstrapping Your Dreams Show#325 Know How To Make Impossible, Possible by Founding Member & Global Consultant at Silicon Valley AlliancesKimberly Wiefling has extensive experience in the R&D and manufacturing of complex systems of hardware, software, firmware, chemistry, and physics. She’s held leadership positions ranging from NPI Program Manager to VP of Program Management & Organizational Effectiveness for a Xerox Parc spinoff, and has helped companies from startups to Global 1000 successfully grow and – more importantly - SCALE. A physicist by education, she has found that many of these are “human” problems that don’t require “rocket science”. All that’s required to achieve a significant positive impact in many cases is to make common sense into common PRACTICE.FROM ST...2023-05-0336 minBootstrapping Your Dreams Show#325 Know How To Make Impossible, Possible by Founding Member & Global Consultant at Silicon Valley AlliancesKimberly Wiefling has extensive experience in the R&D and manufacturing of complex systems of hardware, software, firmware, chemistry, and physics. She’s held leadership positions ranging from NPI Program Manager to VP of Program Management & Organizational Effectiveness for a Xerox Parc spinoff, and has helped companies from startups to Global 1000 successfully grow and – more importantly - SCALE. A physicist by education, she has found that many of these are “human” problems that don’t require “rocket science”. All that’s required to achieve a significant positive impact in many cases is to make common sense into common PRACTICE.FROM ST...2023-05-0336 min
Lazy Entrepreneur PodcastEp 165 - Prioritization Is Key to Delegation with Kimberly WieflingSend us a textToday’s episode of the Master Delegator Podcast features Kimberly Wiefling. Kimberly helps organizations grow and turn all possibilities real by turning managers into leaders and groups of people into real teams.Listen as the two share more about delegation and their experiences that taught them to delegate to people and grow their business through teamwork.Episode Highlights:04:36: Guest Introduction: Kimberly Wiefling06:16: Her career & journey07:27: Doing business in a different country (Japan & India)12:45: Scrappy Project Management13:02: Why Prioritization is...2023-04-0328 min
Rising Entrepreneurs PodcastEO San Francisco | Establishing Connections in a Culturally Diverse World With Kimberly WieflingKimberly Wiefling is a Founding Member and Global Consultant at Silicon Valley Alliances, where she transforms managers into leaders and groups of people into teams. Known for her unique style, Kimberly’s superpower is bringing people with diverse backgrounds and cultures together, connecting them across borders, boundaries, and barriers of every kind, to achieve what seems impossible but which none could achieve alone. As a serial entrepreneur, long-time consultant, coach, trusted advisor, and valued partner working with global companies, Kimberly has used her expertise with culturally diverse employees in over 100 countries, including the US, Europe, and Asia, an...2023-03-3023 min
Elements of CommunityCreating Community EverywhereGet ready to be inspired as Kimberly Wiefling dives into the world of community-building in this captivating episode of Elements of Community.Find out why this powerhouse entrepreneur and community advocate firmly believes connection is the key to success for both individuals and businesses.Listening in as Kimberly shares her secrets on creating a network of shared benefits and abundance will surely leave you feeling inspired and ready to make a meaningful difference in your own circles!2023-03-2254 min
Prime Spark with Sara HartWorking for the Good of the World with Kimberly WieflingKimberly Wiefling helps people achieve what seems impossible but is merely difficult. Her work involves turning managers into true leaders and groups into teams. She has been described as a "force of nature," and as you listen to her, you will feel yourself immersed in her energy.2023-02-0838 min
Be Customer LedKimberly Wiefling on Developing Culture and Leadership That Has Impact.mp4Today's episode of Be customer Led features Kimberly Wiefling, founding member & global consultant at Silicon Valley Alliances. Her superpower is uniting people of different nationalities, cultural backgrounds, and aesthetic preferences to accomplish a common goal. Kimberly has worked in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Also, she has visited Japan more than a hundred times to work with the culturally diverse staff of globalizing Japanese businesses. Throughout our conversation today, she imparts invaluable advice on creating an influential culture and leadership. [01:14] Background – Kimberly recounts the origins of her company, which she founded over two decades ago, and her...2023-02-0831 min
Selling From the Heart PodcastKimberly Wiefling - Re-Humanize Sales Through Meaningful EngagementWelcome back to another episode of the Selling from the Heart podcast with Darrell Amy and Larry Levine. Today, they feature Kimberly Wiefling, a serial entrepreneur, founder of Wiefling Consulting, and author of Scrappy Project Management who is known for her authentically scrappy style.Companies must engage people in a mission that matters, a purpose beyond profit. This reflects in levels of employee engagement and it also shows in how clients relate back to you. Kimberly shares her own experience in providing value first, creating safe spaces to connect meaningfully, and listening generously. HIGHLIGHT QUOTES...2023-01-2835 min
Diversity: Beyond the CheckboxThe science behind why teams fail, with Kimberly WieflingA former member of the U.S. Air Force, Kimberly Wiefling knows what it takes to build a strong team—and the signs of a weak one—and that's why she started her consulting business, Wiefling Consulting. In her decades of consulting in Silicon Valley, she's gathered data and observations from teams she's transformed to perfect her recipe for success of human skills in a technical world. In this episode, hear how you can apply the data Kimberly has gathered on cross-functional, cross-cultural global teams to create a new, better future for your team.Diversity Beyond the Chec...2022-10-0446 min
The Thoughtful Entrepreneur1330 - Missions that Matter with Silicone Valley Alliances and Wiefling Consulting's Kimberly WieflingIn this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with the President and Founder of Wiefling Consulting, Kimberly Wiefling.Kimberly works to make the world better by helping Japanese companies globalize. Business being done across borders helps strengthen international business relationships. Silicon Valley Alliances made its first connections through doing workshops with individuals from Japan in Silicon Valley. This connection allowed Kimberly to be introduced to a multitude of Japanese agencies. A typical engagement involves workshops for mid-level businesses to help with leadership, team effectiveness, and organizational culture.Kimberly explains that qualities...2022-09-2717 min
Lead with LevitySTRENGTHEN YOUR LEADERSHIP: Unconventional Ways to Create Inspired Organizational CulturesSend us a textDo you ever feel like you are facing an impossible task? Join me today for a conversation with Kimberly Wiefling about ways to stretch your mind and grow your capability so you and your team can turn the impossible into “barely an inconvenience”!In this episode, we cover:Tips to turn individuals into leaders and to turn groups into high performing teamsCross pollination technique for innovation What is Work Shock therapy?Details on Leadership Learning LaboratoriesCore components of leadership... and what's missing Expand your comfort zone for new possib...2022-09-2641 min
Establishing Your Empire#055: Kimberly Wiefling - Transform Managers into LeadersLeadership and management are two different things. However, many of us have grown to believe that these are the same thing. In corporate organizations, failing to grasp the distinction between management and leadership is one of the key contributing factors that prevent organizations from utilizing their full potential. In this episode of Establishing Your Empire, we have a fascinating conversation with an expert business consultant who helps businesses transform and achieve seemingly impossible business results. Kimberly Wiefling, Founding Member & Global Consultant at Silicon Valley Alliances, joins us today to talk about transforming managers into leaders.Although Kimberly’s...2022-09-1552 min
The Experimental LeaderExploring Positive Intelligence with Kimberly WieflingIt was such a joy to be here with Kimberly Wiefling. She's such a clear leader in her field. I love how she brings in evidence-based models for leadership.And it's so interesting how she talks about feedback loops, which we discussed in the experimental leader. How do you learn about yourself as a leader? How do you take in information and learn? And then how do you figure out how it's impacting others because leadership is. So it's a circle; you're learning and leading or influencing others with your leadership. 2022-09-1534 min
The Everyday HeroineGuest Interview with Kimberly Wiefling - EP 055Impossible to Inevitable: The Evolution of Scrappy Gal Pals -Coffee Time with Kauffman guest interview with Kimberly WieflingKimberly is someone I wished I knew at the beginning of my career because it would have made me a better person sooner!Kimberly says, "I'm a Trusted Advisor, Valued Partner, and Respected Colleague - I shock companies into fixing the things that will Damage or Destroy their organizations."Kimberly Wiefling has extensive experience in the R&D and manufacturing of complex systems of hardware, software, firmware, chemistry, and physics. She’s held leadership po...2022-08-0756 min
Empowering Women in the WorkplaceS38E8 - The Biggest Obstacles to Success in Today’s Organizations, with Kimberly WieflingIn this HCI Podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Kimberly Wiefling about the biggest obstacles to success in today's organizations. See the video here: https://youtu.be/8AzyIt1CiX0.Kimberly Wiefling (https://www.linkedin.com/in/scrappykimberlywiefling/) is known for her authentically scrappy style. At Hewlett Packard she felt like a hired assassin where she prioritized projects over people. After 10 years working in technology, she realised that technology fails far less frequently than people do. She uses her experience as a scientist and technologist to navigate and transform the messy world of organisational culture. Her...2022-07-2033 min
Human Capital LeadershipS38E8 - The Biggest Obstacles to Success in Today’s Organizations, with Kimberly WieflingIn this HCI Podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Kimberly Wiefling about the biggest obstacles to success in today's organizations. See the video here: https://youtu.be/8AzyIt1CiX0.
Kimberly Wiefling (https://www.linkedin.com/in/scrappykimberlywiefling/) is known for her authentically scrappy style. At Hewlett Packard she felt like a hired assassin where she prioritized projects over people. After 10 years working in technology, she realised that technology fails far less frequently than people do. She uses her experience as a scientist and technologist to navigate and transform the messy world of organisational culture. Her superpower is helping...2022-07-2028 min
Thinking Inside the BoxHow a Physicist Sees Organizational Culture - Kimberly WieflingIn today’s episode, I chat with Kimberly Wiefling, the Redwood City, CA-based Founding Member & Global Consultant at Silicon Valley Alliances. She’s also the Founder & President of Wiefling Consulting, a firm launched on Feb. 1, 2001 to support healthy and productive organization cultures, providing practical business leadership and project management guidance ever since.Kim is a Trusted Advisor, Valued Partner and Respected Colleague who, by her own admission, shocks companies into fixing the things that will Damage or Destroy them. With extensive experience in the R&D and manufacturing of complex systems of hardware, software, firmware, chemistry and phys...2022-07-1239 min
Deep LeadershipScrappy Leadership with Kimberly WieflingToday I’m joined by Kimberly Wiefling. Kimberly is an entrepreneur, speaker, leadership coach, and bestselling author. She is the founder of Wiefling Consulting and co-founder of Silicon Valley Alliances. She has produced 6 books in her "Scrappy" brand series, including the international bestseller 'Scrappy Project Management', which continues to sell well 14 years after its original publication. Kimberly is known for her authentically scrappy style and her ability to help companies achieve what seems impossible by converting common sense into common practice. She understands the power of people and I am excited to have her on the show.Sc...2022-07-0939 min
workshops work164 - Facilitating the Emergence of Possibilities & Breakthroughs with Kimberly WieflingWe all hope to facilitate breakthroughs - those “a-ha” moments when participants have a lightbulb over their heads, ideas synthesise, and new ideas emerge.But we can’t legislate and plan for them, can we?Of course, there are no guarantees... but Kimberly Wiefling (and her approach to facilitation) is as close to a guarantee as you can get!Join us in this episode as we discuss failure, emergence, workshop design, behavioural economics, language, and many more topics by way of some deeply personal reflections and storytelling. It’s a wondrous episode!Find o...2022-05-111h 22