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Coming June 5th: Delivering Impossible Projects at Washington University

I’ll be at Washington University on June 5, 2025 speaking at the Agile/Project Management Roundtable, sharing secrets from my book 6 Secrets for Delivering Impossible Projects.

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I look forward to seeing you in St. Louis.

6 Secrets for Delivering Impossible Projects

They said it couldn’t be done. They said it was too complicated. They said there were too many pieces and too many moving parts. They said it was impossible. One of the most satisfying career accomplishments is successfully delivering an Impossible Project.

In 6 Secrets for Delivering Impossible Projects you will learn how to find your Impossible Project, avoid getting dragged into a Death March, build and nurture your team, identify your most crucial teammate, and lead your team from the development of an initial solution through its final delivery.

If you gravitate toward the most difficult problems or seek out the most interesting and impactful challenges, then 6 Secrets for Delivering Impossible Projects will give you the tools for successfully delivering your own Impossible Projects.

Now available at:

Novel Memphis (including signed copies)
Amazon
Barnes & Noble

Read Mark Horseman’s Book of the Month review at Dataversity.

Podcast: The Rock Bottom Data Feed

Join John Ladley and Mark Cooper for the Rock Bottom Data Feed, an irreverent yet practical data-focused podcast that isn’t a pile of technobabble and repetition of old advice.

We recognize that the last thing the world needs is another podcast, but we aim to make this one different. We are going to take apart the data industry and have fun doing it. Our audience is EVERYBODY, because everybody is involved with data. At the end of each episode everyone technical and everyone non-technical will take away some nugget of information that will allow them to take (at least) one step forward.

Join us, because when you’re here, you’re at Rock Bottom.

Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and the Counter Threaded Productions website.

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Dr. Mark Cooper, Founder and Principal at The Data Brains, has nearly thirty years of experience in data and analytics, most recently as Technical Director at FedEx Services with a primary focus on Enterprise Data Architecture & Analytics.

His passion is driving business action through the use of data. Mark began his career as a data warehouse developer and later transitioned to Enterprise Architect. His contributions and innovations have been recognized with the highest individual and corporate team awards, industry awards, and a US patent.

He has presented at conferences around the world, published four books, and served as technical editor on two others.

Mark earned his B.S. from Duke University in Computer Science and Chemistry, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from UCLA where his concentration was Artificial Intelligence.

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Coming June 5th: Delivering Impossible Projects at Washington University

I’ll be at Washington University on June 5, 2025 speaking at the Agile/Project Management Roundtable, sharing secrets from my book 6 Secrets for Delivering Impossible Projects.

Click on the image below for more information.

I look forward to seeing you in St. Louis.