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The Risky Planner™Capital Project Time Machine: Why Megaprojects FailSend us a textMost capital projects do not fail during execution.They fail when early approvals accept uncertainty that later becomes unmanageable.In this long-cut episode of The Risky Planner Podcast, Nate Habermeyer and Albert Brier revisit well-known megaprojects to examine what information was available at the start, what risks were visible, and what teams and executive sponsors could reasonably have challenged before work began.The discussion covers projects that were large, complex, and governed by formal PMOs. Many ultimately delivered assets now considered successful in operation. All experienced severe cost...
2026-01-281h 04The Risky Planner™Season 1 Finale: What You Missed and Why 2026 Changes EverythingSend us a textHosts Nate Habermeyer and Albert Brier recorded this finale in person — a first for the show — to reflect on what shaped the world of capital projects in 2025, which episodes hit hardest, and where they're headed in 2026.Season 1 covered ground: AI tools and their real-world limits in project controls. SMs, BIM, climate risk. Tariffs and political uncertainty rippling through supply chains. The most downloaded episode featured live interviews from the AACE conference floor, where Albert spoke with practitioners like Dr. David Hewlett about what's changing in the field.Albert shares a pr...
2025-12-1915 minThe Risky Planner™The Skills Gap Is a Crisis: Why You Cannot Buy Project Controls ExperienceSend us a textYour next billion-dollar capital project faces a single point of failure: the people required to plan and execute it just do not exist.The industry faces a severe labor deficit. Data confirms that 94% of construction contractors cannot fill open project controls positionsAdditionally, 41% of the current workforce will retire by 2031. You cannot hire your way out of this shortage because the talent pool is drying up.In this episode of The Risky Planner, Albert Brier and Nate Habermeyer analyze this deficit. They explain...
2025-12-0239 minThe Risky Planner™Offshoring & Capital ProjectsSend us a textOffshoring project management works for software development. It fails for capital construction. The difference: the feedback loop between physical site conditions and project control decisions.Albert Brier and Nate Habermeyer examine why remote project management models that succeed in IT create invisible risks on construction sites—risks that surface when projects run months behind and millions over budget.PMI's 2024 Pulse of the Profession report shows remote teams achieving success rates comparable to onsite teams. But that data reflects primarily IT projects where Agile methodologies thrive. Capital construction operates under di...
2025-11-0344 minThe Risky Planner™Why Annualized Capital Budgets Fail (And How to Fix Them)Send us a textYour portfolio hits 98% of its spending target. Leadership celebrates. But individual projects tell a different story: delayed scope, panic Q4 purchases, work pushed to next year.Albert Brier and Nate Habermeyer dissect why annualized capital budgets consistently fail to deliver planned value despite meeting spending goals.The data is clear: 20% of projects run behind schedule and 80% over budget. Yet organizations continue locking specific scopes to rigid annual funding windows. When delays hit—and they always do—spending shifts to outer years, creating artificial shortfalls and forcing low-quality purchases to avoi...
2025-09-3041 minThe Risky Planner™Navigating Capital Project Uncertainty in 2025: Economic Challenges and Strategic SolutionsSend us a textIn this episode of "The Risky Planner" podcast, hosts Nate Habermeyer and Albert Brier tackle the pressing issue of uncertainty in capital investments during 2025's volatile economic climate. The hosts discuss how inflation, interest rates, supply chain problems, and trade tensions are creating unprecedented challenges for capital project planning.Albert shares his experience with a major oil company where project cancellation led to significant ripple effects and wasted resources. The conversation explores how companies are responding to uncertainty, with many pausing investments not because opportunities aren't available, but because risk assessment...
2025-04-2234 minThe Risky Planner™How PMOs Drive Real Business Impact in Mega Projects: Lessons from Dubai’s Real Estate Digital TransformationSend us a textIn this episode of The Risky Planner, Nate Habermeyer talks to Albert Brier, who is live from Dubai, where he's leading the setup of a PMO for one of the most ambitious real estate developments in the world. ThSey explore how digital transformation is redefining project management in MENA, with a strong focus on project controls, budgeting, scheduling, and risk management. Albert shares insights on building high-functioning PMOs that move beyond reporting to drive real business value—by staying relevant, flexible, and deeply connected to execution.They dive into:The di...
2025-03-2141 min
The Digital ExecutiveGlobal Entrepreneur Leading Businesses for Growth with CEO Nate Habermeyer | Ep 105Send us a text
Intro Global's Co-founder and CEO, Nate Habermeyer, joins Coruzant Technologies for the Digital Executive podcast. Nate shares his story on his passion for building businesses, helping others and leading. He learned a lot early on from a great mentor, that helped him on his journey of success.
2020-10-1610 min