When the System Fails, Your Skill Shows

When the System Fails, Your Skill Shows If technology, dashboards, and systems disappeared tomorrow, could you still do your job? This episode explores why core skills, communication, and fundamentals matter more than tools when pressure is high. Drawing from emergency response, critical care medicine, project leadership, and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Kevin Pannell shares why strong professionals fall back on training, assessment, and clear decision-making when systems fail. In this episode: Lessons from The Pitt and mass casualty response Why firefighters needed whiteboards and pizza before planning meetings How strong project managers lead without relying on dashboards Why fundamentals matter more than flashy techniques in BJJ and leadership If you want to improve your ability to lead, adapt, and stay steady under pressure, this episode focuses on the skills that actually hold when things get difficult.

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When the System Fails, Your Skill Shows is an episode from Between the Slides: From Plans Chief to Project Manager by Kevin Pannell, PMP.

This episode is 0:05:46 long.

This episode was published on May 6, 2026.

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