2iC: What Do You Need From Your COO?

by | May 30, 2023

Call it whatever you like: 2iC, GM, Sr. VP, or any other appellation. The fact is effective COOs (just like effective CFOs, etc.) allow CEOs to be better at their jobs. But there is scant literature out there about appropriate roles and duties of COOs. Tune in this...

How Big Things Get Done

by | May 23, 2023

Did you know that megaprojects, those valued at over $1 bil, tend to flop at a fantastic rate? Projects like California’s high speed rail fiasco or failed movies like Heaven’s Gate are, sadly, the norm, not the exception. What makes big projects go so wrong so...

Thoughts on the Subject of TIME

by | May 9, 2023

Medium writer Moreno Zugaro wrote a very frank and open lament about how he utilized – or failed to utilize – his time as a younger person. As a result of intense personal reflection, he wrote five unbelievable insights on the subject of how people view and experience...

What Does It Mean if You Are Always “Firefighting?”

by | Apr 25, 2023

An FBI consultant asked Wayne for some advice on an assignment where the senior leader is always “putting out fires” in his construction firm. Wayne commented that it sounded like a poorly run company, but then he had to stop and think: WHY is constant firefighting...