What started as a quick integration fix became a full-blown crisis touching every department, every system, and every leader. In this episode, Rebecca and Doug Hall break down the tangled web of "Project Peppa"—a cautionary tale of bad data, systemic failures, and how leadership steers through chaos.

Doug shares how a data integration failure triggered a Priority Zero incident, forcing manual executive call trees in the middle of the night and how that emergency led to uncovering systemic issues spanning HR, facilities, IT, legal, finance, and beyond. Through wit, personal experiences, and wisdom, Rebecca and Doug walk us through crisis leadership, stakeholder alignment, and the tough calls behind real digital transformation.

Whether you're a project leader, CIO, or IT stakeholder, this episode is provides lessons on resilience, data governance, and the real cost of ignoring infrastructure problems.

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00:36 Project "Peppa": The Unexpected Challenge

01:39 The Crisis Unfolds

04:39 Systemic Issues and Data Quality

07:38 The Complexity of Data Integration

11:41 Stakeholder Management and Solutions

16:59 Data Governance and Ownership

26:39 Project Outcomes and Reflections

Check out more episodes of Resilient Foundations:

Inside a $135B Crisis: https://youtu.be/XrYFesIn3M8

How Leaders Make Decisions Under Pressure: https://youtu.be/41wc9aghTSk

What Makes a Situation High Stakes? https://youtu.be/Gpudb3kWhkE

Leader who drives strategy, execution, and change | Transformational Delivery and Operations Leader | Information Security & Technology Executive | Risk Management Expert

Rebecca Plantz is a seasoned executive leader with more than 25 years of experience leading a variety of high-stakes crises and enterprise initiatives to achieve business transformation. Her experience in leading large, cross-functional teams to deliver innovative technology, AI-enabled platforms and operations, risk management programs, information security programs, and operational resilience resulted in a wealth of expertise and toolsets that will be shared.

Tough times create great leaders. Having led executives and front-line teams to survive more than 750 crises, Rebecca has honed what it takes to prepare for and lead in circumstances that require Olympic-level skills and readiness.

Website – resilientfoundations.com

LinkedIn – www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccaplantz/

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Send a Message - rebeccaplantz@gmail.com

YouTube Channel - www.youtube.com/@ResilientFoundations

Bad status reporting is a leading cause of high-stakes situations and project failures in any organization. This episode of Resilient Foundations explains why leaders are often blindsided by problems, not because of new issues, but due to delayed or inaccurate information. Rebecca outlines how poor reporting is typically a systems, leadership, and culture problem, rather than a failing of individuals.

She offers advice on creating a safe environment for teams to report risks early, understanding the critical difference between green, yellow, and red statuses, and modeling effective communication. Learn how to identify underlying reasons for inaccurate status, implement clear criteria, focus on key metrics, foster collaboration, and avoid going from green directly to crisis mode. Help improve your organization's resilience and project success by mastering transparent and timely status updates.

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00:00 Introduction to Bad Status Reporting

01:20 The Impact of Poor Reporting

01:59 Identifying Risks Early

04:20 Encouraging Honest Reporting

04:51 Optimism vs. Pessimism in Reporting

05:33 Defining Status Criteria

08:24 Granularity and Key Indicators

09:35 Protecting Relationships in Reporting

14:45 Leadership's Role in Reporting

22:35 Conclusion and Next Steps

Check out more episodes of Resilient Foundations:

Inside a $135B Crisis: https://youtu.be/XrYFesIn3M8

How Leaders Make Decisions Under Pressure: https://youtu.be/41wc9aghTSk

What Makes a Situation High Stakes? https://youtu.be/Gpudb3kWhkE

Leader who drives strategy, execution, and change | Transformational Delivery and Operations Leader | Information Security & Technology Executive | Risk Management Expert

Rebecca Plantz is a seasoned executive leader with more than 25 years of experience leading a variety of high-stakes crises and enterprise initiatives to achieve business transformation. Her experience in leading large, cross-functional teams to deliver innovative technology, AI-enabled platforms and operations, risk management programs, information security programs, and operational resilience resulted in a wealth of expertise and toolsets that will be shared.

Tough times create great leaders. Having led executives and front-line teams to survive more than 750 crises, Rebecca has honed what it takes to prepare for and lead in circumstances that require Olympic-level skills and readiness.

Website – resilientfoundations.com

LinkedIn – www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccaplantz/

TikTok – resilientfoundations

Send a Message - rebeccaplantz@gmail.com

YouTube Channel - www.youtube.com/@ResilientFoundations

They had board approval to take down a Fortune 50 website for 20 minutes and people inside the company were literally taking bets it wouldn't come back.

In this episode of Resilient Foundations, Rebecca and Doug break down the leadership, risk decisions, and technical innovation that made a 300M-row migration and 300-app cutover land in 17 minutes with zero defects. They explain how the team handled 1M transactions per minute, built a strategy for capturing and replaying live traffic, and even created an innovative multi-threading approach to keep up with the migration load.

Beyond the tech, the episode is a masterclass in leadership: stakeholder alignment from day one, daily tradeoff negotiations, risk sign-offs, scripted rehearsals like a Broadway show, and the culture of trust that helped a "storming" team perform at an all-star level.

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00:38 Overview of the Massive Data Migration Project

01:08 Challenges and Complexities of the Project

03:49 Stakeholder Management and Lessons Learned

05:25 Innovations and Key Highlights

08:19 High-Stakes Moments and Risk Management

13:46 Technical Execution and Multithreading Innovation

17:01 Testing in Production and Unexpected Discoveries

22:30 Rehearsing the Cutover

26:49 Overcoming Logistical Challenges

27:24 Aligning Business and Technical Goals

30:18 The Big Bang Theory Decision

34:11 Team Dynamics and Personal Growth

46:12 Successful Project Execution

48:42 Reflecting on the Journey

Rebecca Plantz is a seasoned executive leader with more than 25 years of experience leading a variety of high-stakes crises and enterprise initiatives to achieve business transformation. Her experience in leading large, cross-functional teams to deliver innovative technology, AI-enabled platforms and operations, risk management programs, information security programs, and operational resilience resulted in a wealth of expertise and toolsets that will be shared.

Tough times create great leaders. Having led executives and front-line teams to survive more than 750 crises, Rebecca has honed what it takes to prepare for and lead in circumstances that require Olympic-level skills and readiness.

Website – resilientfoundations.com

LinkedIn – www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccaplantz/

TikTok – resilientfoundations

Send a Message: rebeccaplantz@gmail.com

Channel: www.youtube.com/@ResilientFoundations