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Wayne Rivers
By Wayne Rivers
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Last Updated April 23, 2025

In each week’s vlog, Wayne asks for your thoughts and comments. Some weeks, we get bupkis. Other weeks, we get some thoughtful, well-considered responses.

Please tune in this week as Wayne shares three emails from our contractor audience and a thought provoking article forwarded by Chris Manning of Overaa Construction which challenges some of our points in the February vlog about micromanagement. What are your reactions? Has the micromanagement pendulum swung too far? Please email your comments to [email protected]

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