The Decision Crisis: The Missing Intelligence Layer on Gulf Projects

Every major project has a moment when a better decision could change the outcome. Too often, that moment passes before the people responsible can see it clearly enough to act. This webinar was held on 11 November 2026.

Major projects are not short of data. They are short of decision intelligence.

Across the Gulf and globally, programmes continue to overrun on time and cost. This is not a failure of expertise. Schedulers, controls engineers and PMO leaders are among the most technically capable people on a project. But they carry accountability for outcomes without always having the visibility, clarity or time needed to influence them.

The problem is the gap between what schedules and project data already contain and what decisions actually see. By the time risk or delay appears in a report, the window for lower-cost intervention may already have closed.

This session introduced The Decision Crisis: the structural gap between hidden signals in the schedule and the high-stakes decisions that shape project outcomes. It explored why better data has not automatically led to better decisions, and what it takes to close that gap.

Drawing on the Decision Crisis whitepaper and Nodes & Links’ experience across more than $500 billion of project capital globally, Greg Lawton will explore:

• Why more data and more tools have not stopped project delays
• How to recognise the gap between what the schedule knows and what decision-makers see
• When risk becomes harder, and more expensive, to change
• How AI schedule intelligence can surface insight, communicate findings and support better decisions when it counts
• What auditable, traceable decision intelligence looks like on a major programme

The session is grounded in challenges relevant to Gulf megaproject delivery.

Speaker: Greg Lawton, CEO & Cofounder, Nodes & Links LinkedIn

Greg Lawton is CEO and Co-Founder of Nodes & Links, the auditable decision intelligence platform for complex capital projects. He co-founded the company to help teams turn the data already held in their schedules and project controls systems into accurate, actionable and auditable decision intelligence.

Nodes & Links supports project owners, contractors and consultancies delivering major infrastructure, energy, transport, industrial and construction programmes across the UK, US, Middle East and beyond. Its technology helps teams identify risk earlier, automate complex workflows and make high-stakes decisions with greater clarity and confidence. 

Greg is a Fellow of the Controls & Skills Authority and an advocate for practical, responsible AI adoption in project controls. As a speaker, writer and podcast host, he translates complex technical concepts into clear, useful ideas for the people responsible for delivering major projects.

Greg has very kindly allowed his presented material to be made available for viewing.
The webinar recording on Vimeo is now available in our APM resources area and also embedded below for reference.

Nodes & Links have kindly provided the following information:

The Decision Crisis Whitepaper Greg was referring to can be found here.

If you have any questions or would like to see how Nodes & Links could help with your projects, please contact Greg Lawton - greg@nodeslinks.com. 

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