#042: Origins of Lean Construction with Greg Howell

Listen as Greg Howell tells the origin story of Lean Construction Welcome to episode #42 of The Construction Leading Edge Podcast from www.constructionleadingedge.com, which is a great interview with Greg Howell, a founding father of Lean Construction. In this interview Greg shares some amazing insights and stories on the following topics: How the Lean Construction movement got started. Greg's experience as a Navy SeaBee, and how that influenced Lean. The impact of one commanding officer's leadership style, and how it changed Greg's approach to leadership. The books he recommends that you read A few paradigm shifts that construction leaders need to make. The difference between an order and a promise. One unexpected benefit of Lean principles that he can't quite explain yet. Why he only gave a few orders as a commanding officer in Vietnam...and one of them involved a monkey.   Resources mentioned in this episode: Power To The Edge - Command and Control In The Information Age Team of Teams - McChrystal, Collins, Silverman and Chris Fussell. (Click here to listen to my interview with Chris Fussell) Turn The Ship Around - David Marquet Normal Accidents: Living With High Risk Technologies - Charles Perrow 41 Mistakes To Avoid When Dealing With Conflict At Work Archisnapper - An app for creating good looking project reports and punchlists