Projects Are A Gamble: A Poker Pr...

Projects Are A Gamble: A Poker Pro On When Right Moves Fail

The Disgruntled PM di The Disgruntled PM
24 ago 2026
01:01:11

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Corporate leadership loves to take credit for a successful product launch, blissfully ignorant that they merely caught a lucky wave in a sea of statistical variance. In this episode, former professional poker player and current VP of Public Affairs Christian Stellakis dismantles the toxic corporate habit of results-oriented thinking. He exposes how organizations routinely confuse blind luck with decision quality, punishing project managers for unavoidable bad outcomes while rewarding reckless executives who just happened to get dealt pocket aces. If you are exhausted by stakeholders who ignore incomplete information and refuse to act like rational actors, this conversation will hand you the psychological heuristics needed to survive their boardroom incompetence.

Connect with Christian:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-stellakis/

Website: ChristianStellakis.com

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The intro music for this podcast includes portions from “The Wandering," composed and performed by The Ravened. Find more of his work at https://www.youtube.com/@the-ravened. Used with permission by The Ravened.