Toxic Bosses, Scope Creep & Burnout: Prada as a Project Management Case Study

In this hilarious and brutally honest episode of the Hard Knock University Podcast, host Mark Caples breaks down The Devil Wears Prada — not as a fashion drama, but as a masterclass in toxic leadership, stakeholder management, and surviving executive egos.

👠 What can Miranda Priestly teach us about authority, decision fatigue, and burnout?
📋 How does Andy Sachs mirror the journey of every entry-level project manager trying to survive corporate chaos?
💼 And what’s the cost of delivering excellence in a dysfunctional system?

Mark dishes out #HardKnockLessons from this iconic film with grit, humor, and real-world takeaways from the trenches of construction and leadership.

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