Beyond Deadlines

About Beyond Deadlines

Let's explore tactics, strategies, and frameworks to elevate Planning and Scheduling leaders in Construction. Dive deep with Micah, a planning and scheduling visionary, and Greg Lawton, an astrophysicist-turned-CEO, as they unravel construction planning and scheduling. Whether you're a new planner or a veteran looking to advance your career, we offer insights that will take you to the next level in the Construction Industry. Our episodes are short and packed with advice you can use right away. Come join us on Beyond Deadlines. Your future is just one episode away.

Publisher

Micah Piippo and Greg Lawton

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

24 Jul 2023

Latest episode

12 May 2026

Latest episodes

107 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 May 2026

   How Schedulers Turn Performance Reviews Into Promotions

   In this episode we dive into performance reviews. The ChallengeYou're a senior scheduler running three data center schedules for one client. Your manager calls a quarterly performance review. You're great in P6, you hit your reports, and you assume the conversation will write itself. It won't. In this episode, I play the manager and Greg Lawton (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAABD87rABF9iUniQt3wfA_gzErWHmo3ixt1k?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_miniProfile%3AACoAABD87rABF9iUniQt3wfA_gzErWHmo3ixt1k) plays the senior scheduler to show what most schedulers get wrong in that room and how to turn the review into your next promotion. Continue Learning Check out our book The Critical Path Career: How to Advance in Construction Planning and Scheduling (https://a.co/d/1WsJNMK) Subscribe to the Beyond Deadlines Email Newsletter (https://beyonddeadlines.beehiiv.com/) Subscribe to the ⁠⁠⁠⁠Beyond Deadlines⁠⁠⁠⁠ Linkedin Newsletter (https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/zero-float-7008072930370732032/) ⁠⁠Check Out Our YouTube Channel⁠⁠ (https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondDeadlines). Connect Follow ⁠⁠⁠Micah⁠⁠⁠, (https://www.linkedin.com/in/micahpiippo/) ⁠⁠⁠Greg⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-lawton-3545497b/), and ⁠⁠Beyond Deadlines⁠⁠ (https://www.linkedin.com/company/beyond-deadlines/?viewAsMember=true) on LinkedIn. Beyond Deadline It's time to raise your career to new heights with Beyond Deadlines (https://www.beyond-deadlines.com/), the ultimate destination for construction planners and schedulers. Our podcast is designed to be your go-to guide whether you're starting out in this dynamic field, transitioning from another sector, or you're a seasoned professional. Through our cutting-edge content, practical advice, and innovative tools, we help you succeed in today’s fast-evolving construction planning and scheduling landscape without relying on expensive certifications and traditional educational paths. Join us on Beyond Deadlines (https://www.beyond-deadlines.com/), where we empower you to shape the future of construction planning and scheduling, making it more efficient, effective, and accessible than ever before. About Micah Micah, the CEO of Movar US (https://movar.group/) is an Intel (https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/homepage.html?cid=sem&source=sa360&campid=2024_ao_cbu_us_gmocoma_gmobao_awa_text-link_brand_exact_cd_Intel-Brand-SEM_3500158299_google_b2c_is_non-pbm_intel&ad_group=brand_freeform_b2b1-awa+-+Website&intel_term=intel+homepage&sa360id=43700071555342166&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAt5euBhB9EiwAdkXWOzYnwlPi4dtxoKpsH_qZR0OtyUJLFefhNnd2-jMV0VFu-RO6lWCQsRoCkjsQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds) and Google (https://www.google.com/about/datacenters/) alumnus, champions next-gen planning and scheduling at both tech giants. Co-founder of Google's Computer Vision (https://www.ibm.com/topics/computer-vision) in Construction Team, he's saved projects millions via tech advancements. He writes two construction planning and scheduling newsletters and mentors the next generation of construction planners. He holds a Master of Science (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Science) in Project Management (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_management), Saint Mary's University of Minnesota (https://www.smumn.edu/). About Greg Greg, an Astrophysicist (https://www.notion.so/BD-Work-Flows-56ef06bb60d64224be84dbe00a0f2c2d?pvs=21) turned project guru, managed £100M+ defense programs at BAE Systems (https://www.baesystems.com/en/home) (UK) and advised on international strategy. Now CEO at ⁠⁠Nodes and Links⁠⁠ (https://nodeslinks.com/), he's revolutionizing projects with pioneering AI Project Controls (https://projectcontrolsonline.com/definition-and-importance-of-project-controls) in Construction. Experience groundbreaking strategies with Greg’s expertise. Topics We Cover change management, communication, construction planning, construction (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction), construction (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction) scheduling, creating teams, critical path method, cpm, culture, KPI, microsoft project (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/project/project-management-software), milestone tracking, oracle, p6, project planning (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planning), planning, planning engineer, pmp, portfolio management, predictability, presenting, primavera p6 (https://www.oracle.com/construction-engineering/primavera-p6/), project acceleration, project budgeting, project controls, project management, project planning, program management, resource allocation, risk management (https://www.marquette.edu/riskunit/riskmanagement/whatis.shtml#:~:text=Risk%20management%20is%20the%20continuing,of%20claims%20and%20liability%20judgments), schedule acceleration, scheduling, scope management, task sequencing, construction, construction reporting, prefabrication, preconstruction, modular construction, modularization, automation, Power BI, dashboard, metrics, process improvement, reporting, schedule consultancy, planning consultancy, material management

2. 

   29 Apr 2026

   The Exact Year Manual Scheduling Dies

   In this episode we dive into the future of construction scheduling. The Challenge I have been thinking a lot about where this profession is headed. Not in a panicked way. In a curious way. So I sat down with Greg Lawton on the Beyond Deadlines podcast and we tried to do something most people avoid: pick actual years for when the manual parts of scheduling stop being a human job. We worked backwards from a fully autonomous construction future to right now in 2026. What we landed on was less about robots and more about how the next four years quietly reshape what a senior scheduler actually does on a Monday morning. Continue Learning Check out our book The Critical Path Career: How to Advance in Construction Planning and Scheduling (https://a.co/d/1WsJNMK) Subscribe to the Beyond Deadlines Email Newsletter (https://beyonddeadlines.beehiiv.com/) Subscribe to the ⁠⁠⁠⁠Beyond Deadlines⁠⁠⁠⁠ Linkedin Newsletter (https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/zero-float-7008072930370732032/) ⁠⁠Check Out Our YouTube Channel⁠⁠ (https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondDeadlines). Connect Follow ⁠⁠⁠Micah⁠⁠⁠, (https://www.linkedin.com/in/micahpiippo/) ⁠⁠⁠Greg⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-lawton-3545497b/), and ⁠⁠Beyond Deadlines⁠⁠ (https://www.linkedin.com/company/beyond-deadlines/?viewAsMember=true) on LinkedIn. Beyond Deadline It's time to raise your career to new heights with Beyond Deadlines (https://www.beyond-deadlines.com/), the ultimate destination for construction planners and schedulers. Our podcast is designed to be your go-to guide whether you're starting out in this dynamic field, transitioning from another sector, or you're a seasoned professional. Through our cutting-edge content, practical advice, and innovative tools, we help you succeed in today’s fast-evolving construction planning and scheduling landscape without relying on expensive certifications and traditional educational paths. Join us on Beyond Deadlines (https://www.beyond-deadlines.com/), where we empower you to shape the future of construction planning and scheduling, making it more efficient, effective, and accessible than ever before. About Micah Micah, the CEO of Movar US (https://movar.group/) is an Intel (https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/homepage.html?cid=sem&source=sa360&campid=2024_ao_cbu_us_gmocoma_gmobao_awa_text-link_brand_exact_cd_Intel-Brand-SEM_3500158299_google_b2c_is_non-pbm_intel&ad_group=brand_freeform_b2b1-awa+-+Website&intel_term=intel+homepage&sa360id=43700071555342166&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAt5euBhB9EiwAdkXWOzYnwlPi4dtxoKpsH_qZR0OtyUJLFefhNnd2-jMV0VFu-RO6lWCQsRoCkjsQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds) and Google (https://www.google.com/about/datacenters/) alumnus, champions next-gen planning and scheduling at both tech giants. Co-founder of Google's Computer Vision (https://www.ibm.com/topics/computer-vision) in Construction Team, he's saved projects millions via tech advancements. He writes two construction planning and scheduling newsletters and mentors the next generation of construction planners. He holds a Master of Science (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Science) in Project Management (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_management), Saint Mary's University of Minnesota (https://www.smumn.edu/). About Greg Greg, an Astrophysicist (https://www.notion.so/BD-Work-Flows-56ef06bb60d64224be84dbe00a0f2c2d?pvs=21) turned project guru, managed £100M+ defense programs at BAE Systems (https://www.baesystems.com/en/home) (UK) and advised on international strategy. Now CEO at ⁠⁠Nodes and Links⁠⁠ (https://nodeslinks.com/), he's revolutionizing projects with pioneering AI Project Controls (https://projectcontrolsonline.com/definition-and-importance-of-project-controls) in Construction. Experience groundbreaking strategies with Greg’s expertise. Topics We Cover change management, communication, construction planning, construction (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction), construction (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction) scheduling, creating teams, critical path method, cpm, culture, KPI, microsoft project (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/project/project-management-software), milestone tracking, oracle, p6, project planning (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planning), planning, planning engineer, pmp, portfolio management, predictability, presenting, primavera p6 (https://www.oracle.com/construction-engineering/primavera-p6/), project acceleration, project budgeting, project controls, project management, project planning, program management, resource allocation, risk management (https://www.marquette.edu/riskunit/riskmanagement/whatis.shtml#:~:text=Risk%20management%20is%20the%20continuing,of%20claims%20and%20liability%20judgments), schedule acceleration, scheduling, scope management, task sequencing, construction, construction reporting, prefabrication, preconstruction, modular construction, modularization, automation, Power BI, dashboard, metrics, process improvement, reporting, schedule consultancy, planning consultancy, material management

3. 

   18 Mar 2026

   What Schedulers Must Know About Primavera P6 vs OPC (Oracle Primavera Cloud)

   In this episode we dive into scheduling software Oracle Primavera P6 and Oracle Primavera Cloud. The ChallengeNearly every major construction project in the world has touched Primavera P6 at some point. It is the godfather of scheduling software. But Oracle has been quietly building something entirely different -- Oracle Primavera Cloud -- and it is not just P6 with a web browser. That distinction matters, and most schedulers don't fully understand it yet. We sat down with Chad Wattendorf, Director of Product Management for P6 and OPC at Oracle, and Garrett Harley, Director of Product Marketing for Oracle Primavera Cloud and P6, to get straight answers on what's changing, what's staying, and what every planner needs to know right now. Continue Learning Check out our book The Critical Path Career: How to Advance in Construction Planning and Scheduling (https://a.co/d/1WsJNMK) Subscribe to the Beyond Deadlines Email Newsletter (https://beyonddeadlines.beehiiv.com/) Subscribe to the ⁠⁠⁠⁠Beyond Deadlines⁠⁠⁠⁠ Linkedin Newsletter (https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/zero-float-7008072930370732032/) ⁠⁠Check Out Our YouTube Channel⁠⁠ (https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondDeadlines). Connect Follow ⁠⁠⁠Micah⁠⁠⁠, (https://www.linkedin.com/in/micahpiippo/) ⁠⁠⁠Greg⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-lawton-3545497b/), and ⁠⁠Beyond Deadlines⁠⁠ (https://www.linkedin.com/company/beyond-deadlines/?viewAsMember=true) on LinkedIn. Beyond Deadline It's time to raise your career to new heights with Beyond Deadlines (https://www.beyond-deadlines.com/), the ultimate destination for construction planners and schedulers. Our podcast is designed to be your go-to guide whether you're starting out in this dynamic field, transitioning from another sector, or you're a seasoned professional. Through our cutting-edge content, practical advice, and innovative tools, we help you succeed in today’s fast-evolving construction planning and scheduling landscape without relying on expensive certifications and traditional educational paths. Join us on Beyond Deadlines (https://www.beyond-deadlines.com/), where we empower you to shape the future of construction planning and scheduling, making it more efficient, effective, and accessible than ever before. About Micah Micah, the CEO of Movar US (https://movar.group/) is an Intel (https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/homepage.html?cid=sem&source=sa360&campid=2024_ao_cbu_us_gmocoma_gmobao_awa_text-link_brand_exact_cd_Intel-Brand-SEM_3500158299_google_b2c_is_non-pbm_intel&ad_group=brand_freeform_b2b1-awa+-+Website&intel_term=intel+homepage&sa360id=43700071555342166&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAt5euBhB9EiwAdkXWOzYnwlPi4dtxoKpsH_qZR0OtyUJLFefhNnd2-jMV0VFu-RO6lWCQsRoCkjsQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds) and Google (https://www.google.com/about/datacenters/) alumnus, champions next-gen planning and scheduling at both tech giants. Co-founder of Google's Computer Vision (https://www.ibm.com/topics/computer-vision) in Construction Team, he's saved projects millions via tech advancements. He writes two construction planning and scheduling newsletters and mentors the next generation of construction planners. He holds a Master of Science (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Science) in Project Management (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_management), Saint Mary's University of Minnesota (https://www.smumn.edu/). About Greg Greg, an Astrophysicist (https://www.notion.so/BD-Work-Flows-56ef06bb60d64224be84dbe00a0f2c2d?pvs=21) turned project guru, managed £100M+ defense programs at BAE Systems (https://www.baesystems.com/en/home) (UK) and advised on international strategy. Now CEO at ⁠⁠Nodes and Links⁠⁠ (https://nodeslinks.com/), he's revolutionizing projects with pioneering AI Project Controls (https://projectcontrolsonline.com/definition-and-importance-of-project-controls) in Construction. Experience groundbreaking strategies with Greg’s expertise. Topics We Cover change management, communication, construction planning, construction (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction), construction (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction) scheduling, creating teams, critical path method, cpm, culture, KPI, microsoft project (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/project/project-management-software), milestone tracking, oracle, p6, project planning (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planning), planning, planning engineer, pmp, portfolio management, predictability, presenting, primavera p6 (https://www.oracle.com/construction-engineering/primavera-p6/), project acceleration, project budgeting, project controls, project management, project planning, program management, resource allocation, risk management (https://www.marquette.edu/riskunit/riskmanagement/whatis.shtml#:~:text=Risk%20management%20is%20the%20continuing,of%20claims%20and%20liability%20judgments), schedule acceleration, scheduling, scope management, task sequencing, construction, construction reporting, prefabrication, preconstruction, modular construction, modularization, automation, Power BI, dashboard, metrics, process improvement, reporting, schedule consultancy, planning consultancy, material management

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YouTube views

84,101

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

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Spotify

5.0 / 5

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Podcast Authority Score: 68 / 100

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Social presence

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YouTube

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Engagement

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