The Playbook delivers small fleets, owner-operators a suite of resources to grow their business

Adam Wingfield, founder and CEO of Innovative Logistics Group.

The trucking industry’s lifeblood is small carriers. They make up a majority of the operating authorities in the United States, and while large carriers dominate the headlines, small carriers keep the industry running.

Adam Wingfield, CEO of Innovative Logistics Group, has spent the latter half of his career educating small carriers on how to become dominant in their space, delivering business lessons on everything from sourcing freight to hiring employees to remaining compliant with necessary regulations.

That dedication to education led him to partner with FreightWaves to create The Playbook, an all-encompasing resource guide for the small carrier.

Launched Feb. 14, 2025, The Playbook is a dedicated offshoot of FreightWaves’ news coverage that highlights the most important topics for owner-operators and small carriers. It also includes special access to educational resources where anyone who wants to grow their business can learn.

The Roadmap is a dedicated learning module that will take you step by step through starting and growing your own trucking company — and watching it thrive.

The Masterclass gets you special access to in-depth lessons created and led by Wingfield himself as well as access to special tools and a large community to help you learn. 

The final piece is The Long Haul, Wingfield’s weekly podcast where he interviews guests about their experience in the industry and knowledge they want to pass on to the next generation. 

The Playbook can be found at www.freightwaves.com/playbook.

Join today and as Wingfield says, “become part of the 1% that hits maximum success in their trucking business.”

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Kaylee Nix

Kaylee Nix is a meteorologist and reporter for FreightWaves. She joined the company in November of 2020 after spending two years as a broadcast meteorologist for a local television channel in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Kaylee graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 2018 and immediately made the Tennessee Valley her home. Kaylee creates written summaries of FreightWaves live podcasts and cultivates the social media for FreightWaves TV.