Your Project Is Late Because You Believe These 10 Lies | Victor Ortiz Part 5
Most construction projects run on beliefs nobody questions.
Victor Ortiz breaks down 10 misconceptions that keep teams late, over budget, and stuck in blame. From treating projects as anything other than production systems to relying on schedules that only report failure, this episode challenges how construction actually operates.
If you lead projects or work in the field, this conversation will change how you see control, planning, and team performance.
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An international keynote speaker, Felipe is a proven business leader guiding individuals, teams, and organizations in easier, better, and faster value delivery across the construction industry. Felipe works to engineer proven strategies in short timeframes for projects constantly firefighting or looking to become agile.
Felipe Engineer-Manriquez is a Registered Scrum Trainer™ (RST), Registered Scrum Master™ (RSM), Registered Product Owner™ (RPO), and Registered Scrum@Scale Practitioner™ (RS@SP). The Lean Construction Institute awarded him the Chairman’s Award (2019) for contributions to the Institute and the design and construction industry as a whole.