Jason uses the Titanic iceberg scene as a powerful project management case study. He walks through what went wrong on the ship layer by layer: the telegraph warnings from other vessels that were ignored, the missing binoculars on the lookout perch, the captain going to bed at full speed through iceberg fields, the lack of contingency plans, and the failure to know that breaching five compartments would sink the ship. He ties every failure back to a construction lesson and lands on the line that holds it all together: you are the captain of your ship, and the most important rule is to keep the ship afloat.

What you'll learn in this episode:

• Why listening to other projects and learning their lessons is non-negotiable, like the warnings the Titanic ignored

• The missing binoculars on the perch and the failure to have the right equipment ready

• Why poor preparation can never be fixed by in the moment heroics, like reversing the engines too late

• The Napoleon principle: have plan A, B, C, D, E, and F before the moment hits

• The theory that turning into the iceberg might have saved the Titanic, and why a single decision maker isn't enough

• Why the captain, not the commissioner, owns the outcome of the ship

You are the captain of your ship. Listen, prepare, plan multiple options, and never go to sleep at full speed through iceberg waters.

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