FBS 45 Washington Crosses the Delaware in a CCPM Masterstroke

This FBS Podcast episode uses Washington’s 1776 crossing of the Delaware as a grounded, practical illustration of Critical Chain Project Management, focusing on how outcomes change when leaders design around constraints instead of relying on heroics. Set against collapsing morale, expiring enlistments, and severe time pressure, the episode explains how George Washington treated time as the binding constraint and deliberately built buffers into the system—extra boats, experienced operators like John Glover, synchronized execution, and schedule protection through a night crossing—so the operation could survive uncertainty. In contrast, the Hessian defenders at Trenton optimized locally for comfort and routine, storing their “buffers” in assumptions rather than readiness, which left them exposed to a critical-chain disruption. Framed for working-lands professionals and small business owners, the episode draws clear parallels to forestry, wood products, and project-driven work, showing how over-optimizing efficiency and running lean can create fragility, while constraint-based design preserves flow. The discussion closes by connecting this way of thinking to how CCPM and project flow are taught through Forest Business School programs, including the six-month Essentials course, and reinforces a simple takeaway: Washington succeeded not by gambling, but by designing a system that could absorb uncertainty.

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FBS 58 Forest Ranger Ernie Blue & High Agency

In this episode of the FBS Podcast, we take a briefdeparture from our usual business topics to explore the inspiring life and forty-year forestry career of Ernest Wells Blue, a rural farm boy from One...

27 Elo 26min

FBS 57 The 6-Month Essentials Program - Apply Now!

In this episode of the FBS Podcast, listeners get an inside look at the flagship 6-Month Essentials Program of Study as applications officially open for the 2026–27 cohorts. Directed at mid-career rur...

13 Elo 12min

FBS 56 Fallout from Lost Low-Grade Markets

In this episode of the FBS Podcast, we unpack the immediate financial and silvicultural shockwaves triggered by Finch Paper's sudden decision to halt roundwood purchases and cease pulp production. For...

7 Elo 20min

FBS 55 Responses to Low-Grade Market Losses

Welcome to episode two of this special two-part series of the FBS Podcast, brought to you as part of The Forest Business School’s ongoing commitment to helping mid-career professionals in forestry and...

26 Heinä 22min

FBS 54 The Vanishing Pulpwood Market

Welcome to episode one of a special two-part series of the FBS Podcast, where we break down Finch Paper's recent decision to halt local roundwood pulpwood purchases and what it signals about the conti...

26 Heinä 17min

FBS 53 New Forest Carbon Apps

This podcast episode explores how two free independent web applications, FCO (https://fco.forestenterprise.org/) and CARBINE (https://carbine.forestenterprise.org/), are lowering the steep technical l...

26 Kesä 16min

FBS 52 Vermont Disaster Grants for Working Lands Businesses

In this episode, we break down the latest details onVermont's $31.7 million Agriculture and Timber Disaster Assistance Block Grant, designed to help working-lands businesses recover from the severe 20...

22 Kesä 19min

FBS 51 Have Fun Learning with the SumBuck App

In this episode, we dive into SumBuck, a free and robust virtual training app that provides hands-on practice for hardwood log bucking and grading. Developed by Steve Bick of the Forest Business Schoo...

1 Kesä 17min