From Finance To Consulting With Lessons From A $250 Million Project

About this episode

The episode discusses project management lessons learned from a $250 million project with guest Alex Tuck.

Send us Fan Mail A $250 million implementation with laws changing right before launch will clarify your project management instincts fast, especially when the site crashes after just 20 users. That’s the kind of pressure-tested learning we unpack with Alex Tuck, founder of Tuck Consulting Group and host of the Project Zero podcast, where he interviews project managers about the project that taught them what the job really is. We talk through Alex’s own pivot from financial services to n...

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Host: Walt Sparling

Guest: Alex Tuck

Topics covered

• project management
• consulting
• financial services
• implementation
• career pivot
• learning from failure

Keywords

• project management
• consulting
• financial services
• implementation
• career change
• learning
• pressure

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tuck Consulting Group, Project Zero

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