EP74 Fireside chat on the project risks you don't see coming
Update: 2025-05-17
Description
What kills a digital project faster — bad planning or ignored signals?
In this episode, Dante Healy and John Byrne unpack the kind of risks that don’t sit neatly in a register like the ones that show up when a sponsor quits, a cloud platform fails, or a key supplier quietly disappears.
They share real stories from ERP disasters, finance transformations, and cyber breaches that didn’t make the risk log, but wrecked the plan anyway. From contingency mindset to political blind spots, they dig into what it takes to build teams and systems that can cope when plans fall apart.
This isn’t theory — it’s what happens when risk gets real!
Key Talking Points:
• The one risk that killed a project outright — and no one saw it coming
• How planning alone won’t save you when conditions shift mid-stream
• The hidden traps of sponsor exits and quiet org changes
• Why the most important risks aren’t always the loudest
• How culture and team dynamics shape your ability to respond
• What every PM should know about vendor reliance and cyber exposure
• Two types of risk registers — and why both matter
• When to speak up, when to watch, and when to act before you’re ready
Catch episodes and more here: https://businessbreaks.club/episodes
In this episode, Dante Healy and John Byrne unpack the kind of risks that don’t sit neatly in a register like the ones that show up when a sponsor quits, a cloud platform fails, or a key supplier quietly disappears.
They share real stories from ERP disasters, finance transformations, and cyber breaches that didn’t make the risk log, but wrecked the plan anyway. From contingency mindset to political blind spots, they dig into what it takes to build teams and systems that can cope when plans fall apart.
This isn’t theory — it’s what happens when risk gets real!
Key Talking Points:
• The one risk that killed a project outright — and no one saw it coming
• How planning alone won’t save you when conditions shift mid-stream
• The hidden traps of sponsor exits and quiet org changes
• Why the most important risks aren’t always the loudest
• How culture and team dynamics shape your ability to respond
• What every PM should know about vendor reliance and cyber exposure
• Two types of risk registers — and why both matter
• When to speak up, when to watch, and when to act before you’re ready
Catch episodes and more here: https://businessbreaks.club/episodes
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