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The Cranky Middle Manager Show #001

The Cranky Middle Manager Show #001 (MP3 – 13.4MB – 38min 53sec)

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Welcome to the very first edition of The Cranky Middle Manager Show! Brought to you by W. Wayne Turmel, a.k.a. “dub dub”.

Show notes

0:00- 1:04 What is “The Cranky Middle Manager” and who should care

1:05- 1:44 Classic Quote of the Week- who wouldn’t believe a man who died from putting snow up a chicken’s butt?

1:45 -4:15 Welcome creativity consultant Brendan Sullivan

4:15- 6:35 Why is it so hard to be creative? It’s the fear, stupid…

6:40-14:30 How do you be creative and still keep your job? The role of the manager in all this…

14:50- 17:40 How does a creativity coach do his gris-gris?

17:50- 27:40 Yeah but…. The idea killer and exercises to overcome it

27:45- 34:45 We net it out…what you can do for your team and a book recommendation

34:45- 37:00 A very cranky book review

37:00 We want to hear from you…what do you want to hear, who should we talk to, and whaddya think?

9 Responses to “The Cranky Middle Manager Show #001”

  1. Kevin Remde Says:

    I like it! This podcast has potential! Keep it up!

    I have a couple of former managers (non-Microsoft, of course) you should talk to. One in particular was a self-described “curmudgeon” who had to be handled with kid gloves.

  2. Kevin Remde's WebLog Says:

    Cranky Middle Managers

    Now waitaminute… before you get to wondering if I’m about to start jumping all over my current…

  3. Rich...! Says:

    Killer first show, much respect…!

  4. "Hello_World" Says:

    12 habits of highly effective podcasters

    I just listened to podcast one of the cranky middle manager show. In short, it’s well worth its 38-minutes price tag. While I’m not a middle manger myself, I found it to be well structured and really good listening,

  5. "Hello_World" Says:

    12 habits of highly effective podcasters

    I just listened to podcast one of the cranky middle manager show. In short, it’s well worth its 38-minutes price tag. While I’m not a middle manager myself, I found it to be well structured and really good listening,

  6. Dutch Driver Says:

    What is the RSS Feed for this podcast? I want to subscribe for a few more shows.

  7. Mick Stanic Says:

    Dutch Driver…the link for the RSS feed is on the main page for The Cranky Middle Manager Show..over on the right hand side..at the RSS button…

    or

    http://www.thepodcastnetwork.com/cmm/feed/

  8. Bonifacius Says:

    Great article. I am just sad I dont know how to reply properly, though, since I want to show my appreciation like many other.

  9. TPN :: The Cranky Middle Manager Show » Blog Archive » The Cranky Middle Manager 1-Year Anniversary Says:

    [...] I’ve also gotten a couple of emails in the last day or two…here’s one from Brendan Sullivan, who was our very first guest on SHOW 1 [...]

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