You are right in the middle of it. The numbers do not add up, the team has doubts, and the stakeholders are waiting for answers you do not have yet. Everyone is looking at you. What now?



PULL UP is the field manual for the moment nobody plans for but every leader meets sooner or later: the project that is about to crash. It is not theory and not a motivational book. It is a proven system that gives you your bearings when everything comes under pressure.



Michael Henze flew Tornado jets as a naval aviator before he ran IT organisations as CIO and managing director. He brings the cockpit discipline for emergencies into crisis projects, task forces and turnarounds. The Cockpit Emergency Protocol gives every crisis the same sequence: Maintain Control, Analyse Situation, Take Proper Action, Land ASAP.



What you take away:

- How to regain control in the first 72 hours

- How to tell symptoms from causes

- How to fit your plan on a single page with the Task Force One-Pager

- How to lead and communicate when the pressure peaks

- How to use AI as a copilot without handing over command

- How to stabilise the project and learn from the crisis



For project managers, task force leads, interim managers and executives who carry responsibility in critical projects and want to pull up before it is too late.