Episode 381

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11th Oct 2026

381: Is AI the New Frontier of Enterprise PMO? with Cedric Fiederer

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers!

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AI activity is spreading across organizations faster than many leaders can see what it is costing, where it fits, or whether it is creating business value.

That is exactly why I believe this moment matters for PMO and transformation leaders.

In this episode, I’m joined by Cedric Fiederer to explore what happens when AI stops being a collection of experiments and starts becoming a real enterprise portfolio of investments, tradeoffs, risks, and strategic choices.

We get into the questions executives are increasingly going to ask, especially when AI funding starts competing with ERP upgrades, growth investments, capacity, and everything else already in the portfolio.

🔹 Why fragmented AI activity is becoming an enterprise decision problem

🔹 How the PMO can create visibility without building a giant layer of red tape

🔹 What leaders need to know about value, compliance, workforce risk, and tradeoffs

🔹 Where to start if nobody currently owns the enterprise picture

If your PMO has felt a little outside the AI conversation, this is the opportunity I do not want you to miss.

Press play to see how the PMO can help turn AI activity into strategic value.

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P.S. Want to go deeper on this exact challenge? Join me and Rod Hughes, VP of Transformation at Planview, for From AI Activity to Enterprise IMPACT: The PMO’s New Role in AI Transformation on Thursday, October 29 at 10am CT / 4pm GMT. We’ll explore how PMOs can create visibility into AI investments, help leaders decide what to fund, stop, scale, or rethink, and connect those choices to measurable business outcomes.

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Laura Barnard

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PMO Strategies
with Laura Barnard
In this podcast, PMO leaders and those wanting to capitalize on the best of project management to deliver the organization’s strategy will uncover the hidden secrets of the best PMOs, learn the game-changing techniques that transform any PMO into a value-driven IMPACT Engine, and explore the best ways for the PMO to become an integral part of the fabric and future of an organization. After spending two and a half decades helping organizations deliver change, with 15 of those years in the shoes of PMO leader inside organizations, Laura strongly believes that there is more to making an IMPACT than templates, tools, and process. She’ll show you how to make the shifts necessary to become a business-focused PMO that will become an invaluable organizational asset. With her guests and insights, we explore the sticky situations and tough challenges PMO leaders face, from sorting through all of the “noise” about what the PMO “should” do to finding the best ways for your PMO to make an IMPACT. Listen in, and you can discover how to shift your focus from outputs to outcomes, fundamentally changing the game for your PMO and personal success.

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