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Elevate Construction — 1000 episodes
Ep.1639 - Improvement and Standards: Lessons from Japan
Ep.1638 - Promotions and the Gates of Leadership
Ep.1637 - When the Tables Have Turned
Ep.1636 - Massive and Small Problems on the Job Site
Ep.1635 - The Waiting You Pay For and the Waiting You Don't
Ep.1634 - Ideas That Tear the System Down
Ep.1633 - Standard Sizes: Why Everything Fits in Construction Logistics
Ep.1632 - The Engines of the Train: Pace Setters in Construction Flow
Ep.1631 - Mastering Construction Flow: Lessons from Elevating Construction Logistics
Ep.1630 - Drum Buffer Rope: Protecting the Bottleneck
Ep.1629 - Brain Wiring for Construction Professionals
Ep.1628 - Needing Two Things to Stay Motivated
Ep.1627 - Why Single-Wide Trailers Don't Work on Construction Sites
Ep.1626 - Why a Construction Company Shouldn't Have a Corporate Office
Ep.1625 - Strive for Perfection
Ep.1624 - New Constraints Reveal System Bottlenecks
Ep.1623 - How Bureaucracy Destroys Leadership
Ep.1622 - Toxic Project Managers and Leadership Lessons
Ep.1621 - Faster Software Isn't the Solution, Fix Flow
Ep.1620 - Stop Sending Your Best People to Fix Projects
Ep.1619 - Managers Must Be Present
Ep.1618 - Kanban for the Crew
Ep.1617 - Continuous Improvement: Start with Fundamentals
Ep.1616 - Don't Just Do Something, Stand There
Ep.1614 - Why Capital One Saved Our Construction Business
Ep.1613 - Why the Piecework System Fails
Ep.1612 - Safe, Psychologically Safe
Ep.1611 - Non-Direct Authority Positions
Ep.1610 - Advanced Work Packaging Done Right
Ep.1609 - Professional A-Holes in Construction
Ep.1608 - Are All of Your Core Values Operationalized?
Ep.1607 - Why We Focus on Entry-Level Talent
Ep.1606 - What Should We Actually Be Recording?
Ep.1605 - If A Trade Partner Won't Fill Out The Pull Plan Homework
Ep.1604 - The Pull Plan & The Reference Class
Ep.1603 - Eliminating Waste Is Not the Whole Story
Ep.1602 - The Five-and-Five and Ten Feet Away
Ep.1601 - There Is No "Out of Takt"
Ep.1600 - Focus on the Critical Factors
Ep.1599 - Which Lean Principle Should You Follow?
Ep.1598 - Managing a Spread Out Project: How to Keep Control
Ep.1597 - The Impact of Having the Wrong Trades
Ep.1596 - Where Field Leadership Should Be
Ep.1595 - Where Balance Comes From
Ep.1594 - Letting Lower-Level People Make Key Decisions
Ep.1593 - Stop Call Wait Is Not Waiting
Ep.1592 - We All Have a Pull in Us That Wants to Be Better
Ep.1591 - Trying To Get Better As A Leader
Ep.1590 - The 10 "C"s continued, Feat. Joe Doherty
Ep.1589 - Total Participation Requires Total Connection
Ep.1588 - Don't Combine or Copy Pull Plans
Ep.1587 - Staging on a Fresh Concrete Deck
Ep.1586 - Get Out of the Swing Radius
Ep.1585 - It's Only Your Way If It Works
Ep.1584 - Arrogant and Cocky PMs: The Project Killers
Ep.1583 - Making Bad Look Cool
Ep.1582 - How to Sequence Corridors and Level One
Ep.1581 - Visualizing Constraints on Your Takt Plan
Ep.1580 - The Truth About RFIs
Ep.1579 - The Path to Mastery
Ep.1578 - Choose Your Mentor Wisely
Ep.1577 - Grid and Layered Components in Takt
Ep.1576 - Stop Contending, Start Collaborating
Ep.1575 - Why Construction Contracts Are Broken
Ep.1574 - We Never Firefight
Ep.1573 - You Love Your People and That Loves the Client
Ep.1572 - Pull together
Ep.1571 - Forget about being an Expert - Become a Student of the Game
Ep.1570 - Written up For Sleeping
Ep.1569 - If You Don't Send Your Folks to Training
Ep.1568 - Having Schedulers Means We're Doing It Wrong
Ep.1567 - Through Email Is Defective
Ep.1566 - If Your'e Working Weekends, Something Is Broken
Ep.1565 - Getting Feedback from People Forced into a System
Ep.1564 - The 10 Cs, Feat. Joe Doherty
Ep.1563 - Anticipate Trade Arrival
Ep.1562 - Didn't You Call Them?
Ep.1561 - Lawyers & How They Help Us
Ep.1560 - Queuing
Ep.1559 - Concrete as a Geographical Area
Ep.1558 - Technology in Pre-construction, Feat. Aaron Kivett
Ep.1557 - The Biggest Leadership Mistake: Ignoring Problems
Ep.1556 - 10 Leadership Mistakes That Disrespect Your Team (And How to Fix Them)
Ep.1555 - Advanced Teaching through AI Images
Ep.1554 - Why Labor Counts Matter in Construction (Labor Tracking for Superintendents)
Ep.1553 - A Lecture to Civil Contractors
Ep.1552 - Takt Planning As Trains & Cars & Trucks.
Ep.1551 - Family Series - Cleaning the Backyard
Ep.1550 - Project Status Report
Ep.1549 - Reactors vs Preventors
Ep.1548 - Takt Doesn't Work = I Am Not Pre-plannning
Ep.1547 - Buffers Are NOT Shared Float
Ep.1546 - False Lore in Construction
Ep.1545 - Pace Buffer Usage with The Remaining Buf
Ep.1544 - Email is Only Fun for Delegators
Ep.1543 - Victims & Losers love CPM
Ep.1542 - Pushing is the Alternative to Good Think
Ep.1541 - The Schedule, Feat. Adam (Beanie) Bean
Ep.1540 - Project Changes, Feat. Adam (Beanie) Bean
Ep.1539 - How Takt Complies with Lean Core 3
Ep.1538 - Same Thing Helping More People, Not Higher
Ep.1537 - Standards Must not Slip
Ep.1536 - The Person Solving the Problem
Ep.1535 - Need Data when Opinions Gridlock
Ep.1534 - Likening Dumb Things to an Orchestra
Ep.1533 - Salty Eyes
Ep.1532 - How Takt Complies with Lean Core 2
Ep.1531 - Choosing Clients, Feat. Mark Story
Ep.1530 - How Takt Complies with Lean Core 1
Ep.1529 - 3S & 5S - Sort, Straighten, Sweep, Standardize, Sustain
Ep.1528 - Standards Must Not Slip
Ep.1527 - Organize Your People around Value Streams
Ep.1526 - Water Spiders in Construction
Ep.1525 - The Layout of the Space
Ep.1524 - Overproduction Triggers Instability
Ep.1523 - Holding Start Dates
Ep.1522 - Scaling in Construction, Feat. Mark Story
Ep.1521 - What Stability Looks Like
Ep.1520 - You Can't Improve Anything in Chaos
Ep.1519 - Iterations & Checks
Ep.1518 - A Reply to Nat M. Zorach
Ep.1517 - The Leader Drives Lean
Ep.1516 - 10X
Ep.1515 - Lean Instant Pudding
Ep.1514 - The 7 Steps to Kaizen
Ep.1513 - The Podcast Effect
Ep.1512 - Stepping on Toes
Ep.1511 - High, Medium, & Low Performers
Ep.1510 - Showcase Series
Ep.1509 - Your Fastest Trades
Ep.1508 - No School Supers
Ep.1507 - Lean Is Not Compatible w Throwing People away
Ep.1506 - Kindness Comes through the Environment, not Words
Ep.1505 - The 14 Things - Self-perform
Ep.1504 - The 14 Things - Site Utilization
Ep.1503 - The 14 Things - Safety
Ep.1502 - Controlling Variation
Ep.1501 - The Stable Environment We Owe
Ep.1500 - 8 Japanese Habits
Ep.1499 - Incoming saviors
Ep.1498 - Money Masks Waste
Ep.1497 - Get Used to Not Knowing It All
Ep.1496 - How To Not Get Caught With Your Pants down in a Pull Plan
Ep.1495 - Honey I Shrunk the Kids
Ep.1494 - How We Take Care Of Ourselves At Home ft. Mark Story
Ep.1493 - Respect Your Partners & Suppliers
Ep.1492 - How To Mark Logistics & Zone Maps
Ep.1491 - The In-N-Out Burger Call
Ep. 1490 - Logistics Support Person
Ep.1489 - Sneaking Past Gates
Ep.1488 - Respecting The Nature of Humans
Ep.1487 - Multiple Important Topics
Ep.1486 - Fingerprint On The Process
Ep.1485 - Open Door Policy With Trades
Ep.1484 - Syncing The Project and Personal Plans
Ep.1483 - The Myth of Micro-managing
Ep.1482 - Logistics Staging 2.0
Ep.1481 - Morning Worker Huddle 2.0
Ep.1480 - Popcorn & Variation
Ep.1479 - Japan Series - Keeping Commitments
Ep.1478 - We Don't Blame People
Ep.1477 - PMs, Shield Them from Toxic Variation, Not Growth
Ep.1476 - POND, Not POD Meeting
Ep.1475 - Elevate & LeanTakt Principles
Ep.1474 - Not Having the Right PM, Feat. Adam (Beanie) Bean
Ep.1473 - Failing To Plan, Feat. Adam (Beanie) Bean
Ep.1472 - Take It Back!
Ep.1471 - Who is King?
Ep.1470 - Shoulder to Shoulder
Ep.1469 - Japan Series - "Too Good to Waste" - Mottainai (もったいない)
Ep.1468 - Japan Series - 約束 (Yakusoku): The Power of Keeping Your Word
Ep.1467 - Japan Series - コスパ (Cospa): The Art of Getting More for Less
Ep.1466 - The 9th Waste is Killing Us
Ep.1465 - Additional Questions, Feat. Charles McKenna
Ep.1464 - Japan series - Stop, Call, Wait
Ep.1463 - Japan Series - Point & Call
Ep.1462 - Japan series - Lean is an evolution, not always a revolution
Ep.1461 - Japan Series - If One Person is Not in Line, We Are Zero
Ep.1460 - Japan Series - Be Happy When You Have Problems
Ep.1459 - Japan Series - Meiwaku – Don't be a burden to others
Ep.1458 - Japan series - Ikigai – Purpose; the reason to get up in the morning
Ep.1457 - Plumb, Level, and Square, Feat. Alex Nolan
Ep.1456 - Japan Series - Monozukuri – Pride and craftsmanship in the work itself
Ep.1455 - Japan Series - Hitozukuri - Making people before making things
Ep.1454 - Japan Series - Respect for Humanity
Ep.1453 - Tiered Meetings
Ep.1452 - JIT, w/ Kevin & Jason
Ep.1451 - Jidoka, w/ Kevin & Jason
Ep.1450 - Biggest Surprises from Japan, w/ Kevin & Jason
Ep.1449 - The Masugata (mah-soo-gah-tah) and the Genkan (GEN-kahn)
Ep.1448 - Removing Waste in Logistics
Ep.1447 - Answers to a Question about Where To Start
Ep.1446 - The Reality of what Trades Deal With
Ep.1445 - Help w/ Zone Control Walks
Ep.1444 - Random Topics
Ep.1443 - How to Spot Real Improvement, Feat. Patrick Adams
Ep.1442 - Takt as an Operating System, Feat. Hal Macomber
Ep.1441 - Criticism vs. Feedback for Improvement
Ep.1440 - Continuous Ignorance, Stagnation, & Fear
Ep.1439 - Stress, Stressors, and Mindset, Feat. Barbara Hettinger
Ep.1438 - Advice to the Rising Generation, Feat. Mark Story
Ep.1437 - Unions
Ep.1436 - How To Scale Excellence
Ep.1435 - The Importance Of Training And Education
Ep.1434 - Cooperation And Total Participation
Ep.1433 - How to Fail a System
Ep.1432 - Are You Ready to Receive The Value?
Ep.1431 - The Base of Construction
Ep.1430 - Prepared Details
Ep.1429 - Bringing the PM & Super together, Feat. Nic Parish
Ep.1428 - Logistics, Feat. Mark Story
Ep.1427 - Micromanagement as a Myth
Ep.1426 - The 12 Causes of Project Failure
Ep.1425 - An Answer to Questions
Ep.1424 - Preventing SIFs, Feat. David Tibbetts
Ep.1423 - Taking Boot Camp Home, Feat. Michael Chavez
Ep.1422 - Total Participation
Ep.1421 - The Last Planner®️ System - Part 4
Ep.1420 - The Last Planner®️ System - Part 3
Ep.1419 - The Last Planner ®️System - Part 2
Ep.1418 - Trust, Feat. Mark Story
Ep.1417 - The Role of the PX, Feat. Hal Macomber
Ep.1416 - The Last Planner®️ System - Part 1
Ep. 1415 - The Calm in the Storm, Feat. Chris Giaimo
Ep.1414 - Developing Young Supers, Feat. Steven Shannon
Ep.1413 - Takt & CPM
Ep.1412 - Building Grit & Resilience, Feat. Stephanie Wood & Jordan Leytem
Ep.1411 - Building Capacity w/ an Employee Experience, Feat. Chris Pomey
Ep.1410 - What Is Our Legacy?, Feat. Steve Yots
Ep.1409 - Habits that Help & Hurt, Feat. John Coffman
Ep.1408 - Full Kit like Cooking
Ep.1407 - What are we doing with Field Boards?
Ep.1406 - Final Phase Cleaning in Phoenix, Feat. Matthew, Kevin, Emilio, & Kevin
Ep.1405 - The Wrong Questions, w/ Jake & Jason
Ep.1404 - Surviving Cancer, Feat. John Coffman
Ep.1403 - Training & Development, Feat. Mark Story
Ep.1402 - Kanban, Feat. Hal Macomber
Ep.1401 - Highlighting Drawings
Ep.1400 - Quality before Sales
Ep.1399 - Strategic Leadership, Feat. Mark Story
Ep.1398 - Takt & Lean Principles, Feat. Hal Macomber
Ep.1397 - Substantial, Final, & Financial Completion
Ep.1396 - Situation Rooms
Ep.1395 - Trades Won't Do It - BS
Ep.1394 - Hustle Culture
Ep.1393 - Framing & Concrete Crews Must Get in Rhythm
Ep.1392 - Sequence like the Railroad & Bridge in The Ghost and the Darkness
Ep.1391 - Mandatory Buffer Usage
Ep.1390 - Changing Mental Paradigms
Ep.1389 - Everyone Can Improve, with Jake & Jason
Ep.1388 - People Won't Work Anymore, Feat. Scott Beebe
Ep.1387 - Empowering Women, Feat. Gretchen Gagel, PhD
Ep.1386 - If You Trained Someone, It Was Worth It
Ep.1385 - Comfortable in Detail, & Less so with the Art Form
Ep.1384 - How to Disagree Effectively
Ep.1383 - Mentoring Executives, Feat. Mark, Jake, & Jason
Ep.1382 - Mental Health, Feat. Jake & Jason
Ep.1381 - Questions for a Newcomer to Construction, Feat. Charles McKenna
Ep.1380 - "Play Ball" Orders
Ep.1379 - PMs & Nauseating Perfection
Ep.1378 - Don't Cut the Passion in your Pixar Planning & Reviews
Ep.1377 - Ego-driven Fools
Ep.1376 - Toxic Cultures on both Sides
Ep.1375 - The Power of "Thank You", Feat. Mark Story
Ep.1374 - Cutting Resources
Ep.1373 - Training Resources for Field Engineers
Ep.1372 - Dismemberment Engineering
Ep.1371 - The Big Difference between a Path of Critical Flow and a Critical Path
Ep.1370 - What Makes a Great Builder? - Jake & Jason
Ep.1369 - Training for Foremen
Ep.1368 - Dealing with People IS YOUR JOB!
Ep.1367 - Things That Won't Change
Ep.1366 - Thoughtless Requests
Ep.1365 - We Will Make It up on The Road
Ep.1364 - We aren't as Unique as You Think
Ep.1363 - Relationships, Feat. Mark Story
Ep.1362 - Toxic Seagulls
Ep.1361 - Improvement from Anger or Positivity?
Ep.1360 - Roadblocks & PPC
Ep.1359 - Excess Inventory Is A Response to Variation
Ep.1358 - Temporary Cooling
Ep.1357 - Being an Influencer Gives no one the Right to be Mean to Me
Ep.1356 - Baseline Strategy, yes. Baselines, no.
Ep.1355 - Innovation Has A Start
Ep.1354 - How to Deal with Scopes that Cross Zones
Ep.1353 - Communicate Like You're Diffusing a Bomb
Ep.1352 - "The Trades Agreed To It," May Not Be What You Think
Ep.1351 - How to Innovate w/ Standards
Ep.1350 - How to Approach Studying Your Drawings
Ep.1349 - Advanced Rules for Your Huddles
Ep.1348 - First Planner System®️ - 26 - Prepare to Start Strong & Conclusion
Ep.1347 - First Planner System®️ - 25 - Plan w/ the Builders
Ep.1346 - First Planner System®️ - 24 - Supporting the Design Team
Ep.1345 - First Planner System®️ - 23 - Last Planner®️ & Scrum in Design
Ep.1344 - First Planner System®️ - 22 - Building the Design Team & Setting Targets
Ep.1343 - First Planner System®️ - 21 - The Proposal & Interview
Ep.1342 - First Planner System®️ - 20 - Implement These As A System
Ep.1341 - First Planner System®️ - 19 - First Planner System®️ Weekly Meetings
Ep.1340 - First Planner System®️ - 18 - The Trade Partner Preparation Process
Ep.1339 - First Planner System®️ - 17 - How The Systems Work Together
Ep.1338 - First Planner System®️ - 16 - Training
Ep.1337 - First Planner System®️ - 15 - Clean, Safe, & Organized Project
Ep.1336 - First Planner System®️ - 14 - Onboarding & Orientation
Ep.1335 - First Planner System®️ - 13 - Win over the Workforce
Ep.1334 - First Planner System®️ - 12 - Logistics
Ep.1333 - First Planner System™️-11 - Prefabrication
Ep.1332 - First Planner System™️-10 - Procurement
Ep.1331 - First Planner System™️- 9 - Risk Management
Ep.1330 - First Planner System™️- 8 - Lean in Contracts
Ep.1329 - First Planner System™️- 7 - The Production Plan
Ep.1328 - First Planner System™️- 6 - Individual Balance
Ep.1327 - First Planner System™️- 5 - Balancing the Team
Ep.1326 - First Planner System™️ - Introduction - 4 - Building the Team
Ep.1325 - First Planner System™️ - Introduction - 3
Ep.1324 - First Planner System™️ - Introduction - 2
Ep.1323 - First Planner System™️ - Introduction
Ep.1322 - Red Flashing Lights
Ep.1321 - They Clean up When We Show up
Ep.1320 - Best Intentions—Wrong Inputs
Ep.1319 - How to Treat Interns
Ep.1318 - The "It's Not That" People
Ep.1317 - The Last 5%
Ep.1316 - How To Show-up Like an A-hole PM
Ep.1315 - Pre-kit, Not Same-kit
Ep.1314 - Don't Be Afraid of the 2-day Takt Time
Ep.1313 - We All Have Problems - The Question Is If We Address Them Early or Late
Ep.1312 - Treated Like A Subcontractor
Ep.1311 - AIA Contract Documents, Feat. Luke Diorio
Ep.1310 - The Hating Period
Ep.1309 - The Worry & Overcome Cycle
Ep.1308 - We Read Drawings to Trigger Action
Ep.1307 - How Morning Worker Huddles Create Fast Change
Ep.1306 - Waiting
Ep.1305 - Failure to Start, Check-in, and Win!
Ep.1304 - We Will NOT Save You, But We Will Help You Save Yourself
Ep.1303 - Responses to Joel Hamilton
Ep.1302 - The Inspired Thoughts
Ep.1301 - The Remaining Buffer Ratio
Ep.1300 - I Love Taylor Swift. Why Don't You?
Ep.1299 - Don't Give Hammers to Serial Killers
Ep.1298 - Answers to Questions about Takt—again…
Ep.1297 - If We Stay Ahead, We Have Fun
Ep.1296 - The Six Month Ramp and Disobedience
Ep.1295 - Answers to Questions about Takt - Explicit
Ep.1294 - Choice or Addiction?
Ep.1293 - Having vs. Performing
Ep.1292 - Advancing vs. Pushing
Ep.1291 - The Process of Achievement
Ep.1290 - Morning Foreman Huddles are just Team Huddles
Ep.1289 - Fake Quality Checks
Ep.1288 - Focus on your Good Jobs more than your Bad Jobs
Ep.1287 - Why Do I Have to Ask for Coordinates? It Is Insane!
Ep.1286 - The Real Reasons for Variance
Ep.1285 - Getting Critical Tasks Done Faster
Ep.1284 - The "Fearful"
Ep.1283 - 2 Needed Corrections
Ep.1282 - Examples of Pushing
Ep.1281 - Lean Lies
Ep.1280 - Principles of Preparation
Ep.1279 - Visibility with all LPS Deliverables
Ep.1278 - Stop Signs & Opportunities - The Truth
Ep.1277 - Misalignment between Reality & Plan
Ep.1276 - Professional Concrete
Ep.1275 - Anticipation Is the Ultimate Superpower!
Ep.1274 - Implement Systems Fully—Make Improvements bit-by-bit
Ep.1273 - The List Makers
Ep.1272 - The CM and Super Relationship
Ep.1271 - Problem Problems and Problem Opportunities
Ep.1270 - Answers to Questions about Residential
Ep.1269 - A Critique of Advanced Work Packaging
Ep.1268 - How to Communicate Effectively
Ep.1267 - Prevent vs. React
Ep.1266 - When You Mandate CPM, You Relieve the Contractor From Duty
Ep.1265 - Who Needs to Know, and Where Does It Go?
Ep.1264 - Using the IPCS like a doctor
Ep.1263 - The Right Order of the 8 Wastes, Feat. Adam Bean
Ep.1262 - People Focused Productivity, Feat. Oskar Smeds
Ep.1261 - Developing People, Feat. Donny Metcalf
Ep.1260 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Conclusion
Ep.1259 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Accountability & KPIs
Ep.1258 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Delays
Ep.1257 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Team Daily Huddle
Ep.1256 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Zone Control
Ep.1255 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Finishing the Meeting System.
Ep.1254 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Finishing the Meeting System.
Ep.1253 - Takt Steering & Control Book - The Meeting System
Ep.1252 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Beginning the Meeting System.
Ep.1251 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Beginning the Meeting System.
Ep.1250 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Beginning the Meeting System.
Ep.1249 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Beginning the Meeting System.
Ep.1248 - Takt Steering & Control Book - CPM as a roadblock
Ep.1247 - Takt Steering & Control Book - CPM as a roadblock
Ep.1246 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Roadblocks
Ep.1245 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Roadblocks
Ep.1244 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Remaining Constraints
Ep.1243 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Rules to Follow
Ep.1242 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Variation Constraints
Ep.1241 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Variation Constraints
Ep.1240 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Variation Constraints
Ep.1239 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Zone Constraints
Ep.1238 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Resource Constraints
Ep.1237 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Introduction
Ep.1236 - Takt Planning Book - Conclusion
Ep.1235 - Takt Planning Book - Chapter 12
Ep.1234 - Takt Planning Book - Fresh Eyes Meetings
Ep.1233 - Takt Planning Book - Chapter 11
Ep.1232 - Takt Planning Book - Chapter 10
Ep.1231 - Takt Planning Book - Chapter 9
Ep.1230 - Takt Planning Book - Chapter 8
Ep.1229 - Takt Planning Book - Chapter 7
Ep.1228 - Takt Planning Book - Chapter 6
Ep.1227 - Takt Planning Book - Chapter 5
Ep.1226 - Takt Planning Book - Chapter 4
Ep.1225 - Takt Planning Book - Chapter 3
Ep.1224 - Takt Planning Book - Chapter 2
Ep.1223 - Takt Planning Book - Chapter 1
Ep.1222 - Making Projects Legally Successful, Feat. Andy Wyman
Ep.1221 - Tools vs. People
Ep.1220 - Why I Focus on People First
Ep.1219 - The Metrics you Need to Know Early on in the Project
Ep.1218 - Unfamiliar Job Site Problems, A Question from a Professional
Ep.1217 - Humans Are Mirrors
Ep.1216 - Conditions of Respect
Ep.1215 - A Caution to Lean Influencers
Ep.1214 - The River of Waste, Feat. Hal Macomber
Ep.1213 - Contracts to Blame Others Instead of Continuous Improvement
Ep.1212 - How to Help your Bottlenecks
Ep.1211 - Desire, Capability, and Respect
Ep.1210 - Communication with Radios
Ep.1209 - Watch Their Set Points
Ep.1208 - Answers about Takt
Ep.1207 - The Time Cost Problem, Feat. Steve Richards
Ep.1206 - Owners Trying to Control Their Contractors
Ep.1205 - You Will Never Be Lean Until You Constrain Your Time
Ep.1204 - Downtime Is Not the Goal
Ep.1203 - Standard Habits versus Bureaucracy
Ep.1202 - What It Means to Be an Expert
Ep.1201 - Auto-Regulating Bottlenecks
Ep.1200 - Intentional Versus Accidental Failing
Ep.1199 - The Phases of IDS
Ep.1198 - Never Go on Site Without Caring for Foremen
Ep.1197 - Utilize Our Strengths
Ep.1196 - How Fast We Fix Problems
Ep.1195 - PDCA Percentages
Ep.1194 - The Wrong Sequence
Ep.1193 - Never Make a Decision Based on Feelings
Ep.1192 - Airport Thinking—When Do We Leave?
Ep.1191 - I'm Asking You to Speak up
Ep.1190 - A Crucial Mistake in the Flow of Your Deliverables
Ep.1189 - Construction Apologetics
Ep.1188 - Don't Just Design What People Want
Ep.1187 - We Don't Blame People
Ep.1186 - CPM Is Not Great! And More….
Ep.1185 - People Should Think You Are Dangerous
Ep.1184 - A Bad Plan is the Makings of a Good Plan
Ep.1183 - You Are Not Urgent Enough
Ep.1182 - Hiding in Bathrooms
Ep.1181 - Sandbagging
Ep.1180 - Mentors & Companions
Ep.1179 - Can You Implement Halfway through?
Ep.1178 - Be Like an Octopus, not a Parrot
Ep.1177 - What If My Guys Aren't Working?
Ep.1176 - Communication & Stereotypes, Feat. Megan Shapiro
Ep.1175 - Did Lean Management Fail?
Ep.1174 - Advanced Pull Planning
Ep.1173 - Suggestions after a Lean Field Walk
Ep.1172 - What If They Don't Have Labor?
Ep.1171 - At This Point, You Are Enabling the Abuse
Ep.1170 - What Ready Means
Ep.1169 - Scaling & The Diff between Buffers and Contingency
Ep.1168 - CPM as a Cult
Ep.1167 - Weaponized Incompetence
Ep.1166 - It was Always on the Trades
Ep.1165 - Keys to Construction Coverage, Feat. Rocio Luna
Ep.1164 - Managing Your Day as a Super
Ep.1163 - Implement Fast — Don't Sub-optimize
Ep.1162 - What "I Can't Show You Yet" Really Means
Ep.1161 - How to Schedule Civil Projects in Takt
Ep.1160 - Everyone Wants to be Seen, Feat. Jennifer Lacy
Ep.1159 - Unreasonable Hospitality, Feat. Josh Young and Jennifer Lacy
Ep.1158 - Human Connection, Feat. Josh Young and Jennifer Lacy
Ep.1157 - Working Together, Feat. Professor Thais Alves
Ep.1156 - Setting up Project Controls
Ep.1155 - How to Get Leaders to Plan
Ep.1154 - Last Planner without First Planner Results in Disrepsect
Ep.1153 - When You Get Behind
Ep.1152 - Multiple Topics
Ep.1151 - Response to a Question about Pre-staging
Ep.1150 - It's Hard is an Excuse
Ep.1149 - Advice to Newer Generations
Ep.1148 - Buffers Create Flow
Ep.1147 - Designing Your Field Boards, Feat. Jeffrey Lepore
Ep.1146 - Answers to Questions - Last Planner Alignment
Ep.1145 - Trade Specific / Diagonal Pull Plans
Ep.1144 - Developing Company Standards, Feat. Jesse Powell
Ep.1143 - You Are The Host
Ep.1142 - Signs of Significance
Ep.1141 - How to Prevent Sub-optimized Trades—A Question
Ep.1140 - True Connection, Feat. Coralee Beatty
Ep.1139 - Patterns That Help
Ep.1138 - If You Love the Flower, You Love the Pot
Ep.1137 - Random Insights
Ep.1136 - A Response to Negative Feedback
Ep.1135 - Manage Your Timelines
Ep.1134 - What Happens When a Trade Drives the Schedule?
Ep.1133 - We Are All Needed, Feat. Jason Sturgeon
Ep.1132 - Lean Principles from the Rules of Flow, Feat. Dr. Efrat Goldratt-Ashlag
Ep.1131 - More Great Topics
Ep.1130 - Answers to Questions
Ep.1129 - Getting Past Ego
Ep.1128 - Short, But Good Thoughts
Ep.1127 – Leading the Orchestra, Feat. Jared Davis
Ep.1126 - Batch, Balance, & Pull, Feat. Jim Johnston
Ep.1125 - All Instructions Are Written and Verbal
Ep.1124 - What to Expect from the Meeting System
Ep.1123 - Random Topics
Ep.1122 - CPM is a Poison That Ruins Everything
Ep.1121 - Goldratt's Rules of Flow
Ep.1120 - The 8 Wastes of Starting Lean
Ep.1119 - Prepare Your Kit
Ep.1118 - Manliness in Construction, Feat. Brandon Montero
Ep.1117 - If They Can't Wear Safety Glasses, They Can't Do Anything
Ep.1116 - What, When, What For, and What about Crystal Balls
Ep.1115 - Reference Class Forecasting
Ep.1114 - Differences in Our Bodies, Feat. Kate Schroeder
Ep.1113 - Last Planner® Has the Concept of PULL wrong!
Ep.1112 - Roadblocks & Constraints in Detail
Ep.1111 - The Phases of Lean Implementation
Ep.1110 - Keeping Workers Cool
Ep.1109 - Lean Requirements for a Mega Project
Ep.1108 - Organizing Your Meetings
Ep.1107 - Doing the Impossible
Ep.1106 - You Are NOT Too Busy
Ep.1105 - Seeing & Learning
Ep.1104 - Be Careful What You Teach
Ep.1103 - Obeya Rooms
Ep.1102 - Own the Outcome with the Foremen
Ep.1101 - You Are Not Authorized To Overburden Resources
Ep.1100 - Technology as a Recruiting Tool
Ep.1099 - Your Own Individual or Family CFO
Ep.1098 - Circle in the Huddles
Ep.1097 - Meetings Are NOT Sacred Cows
Ep.1096 - There Is No Substitute for Fundamentals
Ep.1095 - The Virtual PM Boot Camp
Ep.1094 - Your Project Is NOT Unique
Ep.1093 - The Diagonal Line - People
Ep.1092 - You Are the Hero
Ep.1091 - Professional Babies
Ep.1090 - All Things on One Page
Ep.1089 - How Do You Schedule Renovations?
Ep.1088 - Should you Spend Time as a Super to be a PM?
Ep.1087 - Answering Questions about Takt
Ep.1086 - Finishing up the Book Built to Fail
Ep.1085 - Solving Issues with Changing Design
Ep.1084 - Focus on Supply and Demand
Ep.1083 - Clarifications about Lean
Ep.1082 - Respect in a New Light
Ep.1081 - 2 Tips for PMs
Ep.1080 - Its Just How It Is Here
Ep. 1079 - No Such Thing as a Win/Lose
Ep.1078 - It's Not Without Stress
Ep.1077 - Tracking Implementation
Ep.1076 - Production, not Administration!
Ep.1075 - Providing Feedback
Ep.1074 - Two Kinds of Supers
Ep.1073 - Your victory, your accomplishment.
Ep.1072 - Built to Fail - Fourth Podcast
Ep.1071 - Built to Fail - Third Podcast
Ep.1070 - Built to Fail - Second Podcast
Ep.1069 - Built to Fail - First Podcast
Ep.1068 - Ways to get Roadblocks from Trades
Ep.1067 - Sketching Instructions
Ep.1066 - A Message to Modular Companies
Ep.1065 - A Mix of Topics
Ep.1064 - We'll Go To hell Together
Ep.1063 - Remote Review Offices
Ep.1062 - Repeating Your Order
Ep.1061 - Work | Life Balance, Feat. Brent Bowen
Ep.1060 - The Power of "Who"s and Delegation
Ep.1059 - Listen to Those w/ Solutions
Ep.1058 - Its Hard to See Stability
Ep.1057 - Heaven, Hell, Progress, and Stopping
Ep.1056 - The Power of Now
Ep.1055 - Last Field Engineering Steps - Field Engineering Series
Ep.1054 - More Field Engineering Steps - Field Engineering Series
Ep.1053 - Attack, attack, and attack some more-personally
Ep.1052 - Diggers & Dirt
Ep.1051 - Tools Don't Cost Money!
Ep.1050 - Leadership & Personal Development, Feat. Leandris Weeden, CM-Lean, LCI-CPC
Ep.1049 - 7 Types of Leadership
Ep.1048 - Death Ground vs. Hobbling
Ep.1047 - Don't Ask Ignorance
Ep.1046 - My A$$, My Decision
Ep.1045 - In Flow, not on Schedule
Ep.1044 - Company Trucks
Ep.1043 - We Are All Victims to CPM
Ep.1042 - Hire Us!
Ep.1041 - Pull
Ep.1040 - The Holy Trinity of Construction Exposed
Ep.1039 - What Takt Planning Software is the Best?
Ep.1038 - Stay 10 Steps Ahead
Ep.1037 - Do Not Shorten Durations
Ep.1036 - Over the Moon with Problems
Ep.1035 - Chasing Paper
Ep.1034 - Setting a Good Base
Ep.1033 - CPM Reporting Tools Exposed
Ep.1032 - Next Steps Planning
Ep.1031 - Just Trust Me
Ep.1030 - How to Spot Incompetence with Cleanliness [SUPER EXPLICIT]. Lots of cussing in this one…
Ep.1029 - Letting People Make Mistakes - AT THE RIGHT TIME!
Ep.1028 - How Safety Really Works
Ep. 1027 - 10x-ing Your Leadership
Ep.1026 - Have The Supplies You Need to be Lean
Ep.1025 - Treat Your People Right, or You Will End up Doing Their Work
Ep.1024 - Setting up Your Space. Steps 11-15 - Field Engineering Series
Ep.1023 - Steps 6-10 for a Field Engineer - Field Engineering Series
Ep.1022 - Asking Stupid Questions to See
Ep.1021 - inTakt, the Sponsored Application of LeanTakt & Elevate, Feat. Steve Moore
Ep.1020 - Drafts & Iterations
Ep.1019 - Finding Your Field (Quality) Checks as a Supervisor
Ep.1018 - Steps 1-5 for a Field Engineer - Field Engineering Series
Ep.1017 - Layout & Control - Field Engineering Series
Ep.1016 - Lift Drawings - Field Engineering Series
Ep.1015 - The Ninth Waste
Ep.1014 - The Three Long-term Habits of a Builder
Ep.1013 - Reading Drawings - Field Engineering Series
Ep.1012 - To Do Lists & Field Books - Field Engineering Series
Ep.1011 - Respect for the Craft - Field Engineering Series
Ep.1010 - A Model for Change
Ep.1009 - How Leaders Influence Culture
Ep.1008 - What Staging Could Be
Ep.1007 - Manipulation Tactics
Ep.1006 - Being Prepared in the Field with the Proper Tools - Field Engineering Series
Ep.1005 - Learning Consistently through Asking Questions - Field Engineering Series
Ep.1004 - Learning Lean in 16 Minutes using Driving as an Analogy
Ep.1003 - Builders are Honey Badgers - Field Engineering Series
Ep.1002 - Brokers vs. Builders
Ep.1001 - Respect vs. Comfort
Ep.1000 - A Reflection on 1000 Episodes, Feat. Kate & Kevin
Ep.999 - Early Adopters
Ep.998 - How to Interview Well
Ep.997 - The Human Side of Takt, Feat. Hal Macomber
Ep.996 - Keep Your Expectations High, W/ Jason & Kate
Ep.995 - Compassion for Stress & Overstimulation, w/ Jason & Kate
Ep.994 - These 5 Systems Levers Determine Everything Else
Ep.993 - The Focus of a Project Superintendent
Ep.992 - Supers, Pawns, Parrots, and Security Guards
Ep.991 - Why Do Most Lean Transformations Fail?, Feat. Bob Emiliani
Ep.990 - Remote Project Management
Ep.989 - Sources of Variation
Ep.988 - Levels of Return for Takt
Ep.987 - Always Find the Goal of the System
Ep.986 - The First Planner System™
Ep.985 - Estimating Process Best Practices
Ep.984 - Lean Concepts, Feat. Felipe Engineer
Ep.983 - Fractional CFOs, Feat. Shelby Ashley
Ep.982 - Connection, Communication, & People, Feat. Jen Lacy
Ep.981 - Learning to Lead, Feat. Shelley Helton
Ep.980 - Go out of Your Way to Be Kind, Feat. Hal Macomber
Ep.979 - Using Different Styles of Leadership, Feat. Joel Hamilton
Ep.978 - Kindness, Feat. Adam Hoots
Ep.977 - Mentoring, Feat. LG Willden
Ep.976 - Identify the Small Wins Early, Feat. Jim Johnston
Ep.975 - Random Vulnerable Thoughts from Jason
Ep.974 - Tools Enable Human Development - We Focus on People with Tools!
Ep.973 - How Critical Your Office Space Is
Ep.972 - Cost, Quality, & Speed - You Can Have All Three
Ep.971 - What If We Are Turning People away?
Ep.970 - It Is Easy to be a Dictator
Ep.969 - Constancy of Purpose
Ep.968 - How to Start Your Lean Journey, Feat. Daniel LaSage & DJ Haydel
Ep.967 - How to Evaluate Your Project Leaders
Ep.966 - Elon's Commandments
Ep.965 - Building Multi-family Well
Ep.964 - The Problem w/ Yearly Performance Evaluations
Ep.963 - Hiring My Son Reno
Ep.962 - Providing Support to Struggling Employees, Feat. Krista Fanning
Ep.961 - Expecting Multiple Miracles in a Row + More...
Ep.960 - America in Crisis!
Ep.959 - A Third Answer about Takt Planning
Ep.958 - ADHD and Construction - What We Need to Know
Ep.957 - Attracting the Newer Generation
Ep.956 - Knaves, Knights, and Divas
Ep.955 - Explaining the LCI Lean Posters
Ep.954 - Rules of Flow
Ep.953 - Taylor Swift, yes! Andrew Tate, HELL NO!
Ep.952 - Increasing Communication
Ep.951 - Another Answer about Takt Planning
Ep.950 - An Answer about Takt Planning
Ep.949 - Living My Core Values
Ep.948 - Find Your 5 Toughest Areas, Feat. Tony Eisenhut
Ep.947 - Using Rentals to Help Your Schedule, Feat. Scott Dobkins
Ep.946 - Planning without Certainty
Ep.945 - Plans are Worthless, but Planning is Everything! Feat. Hal Macomber
Ep.944 - Focus on the Right Problem, Feat. Charlie Dunn
Ep.943 - We Are in Trouble -- What Can We Do about It?
Ep.942 - Why Paul Akers is the Greatest!
Ep.941 - Elevating Construction Superintendents
Ep.940 - The Things That Held Me Back
Ep.939 - How to Run a Civil Construction Company
Ep.938 - Salt, Serial Killers, and Prophylactics
Ep.937 - Work Like a Family
Ep.936 - Asking for Help!
Ep.935 - Target Your Fastest Pace
Ep.934 - The Bungee Effect
Ep.933 - Do NOT Attempt to Tether Truth
Ep.932 - People that Complain & Blame are Incompetent
Ep.931 - Raising Families in Construction
Ep.930 - Limiting Beliefs about Workers
Ep.929 - How We Feel about Designers
Ep.928 - How to be a Killer Scheduler, Feat. David Andreotti
Ep.927 - When Last Planner® Becomes Un-Lean
Ep.926 - Herd Panic
Ep.925 - How Do We Feel about Mexicans?
Ep.924 - How Should Projects Start--How Can We Fix Construction? - How Big Things Get Done Series
Ep.923 - Spirituality, Feat. Brian Winningham
Ep.922 - Experience - How Big Things Get Done Series
Ep.921 - Iterative Planning - How Big Things Get Done Series
Ep.920 - The Pushing Fallacies - How Big Things Get Done Series
Ep.919 - Introduction - How Big Things Get Done Series
Ep.918 - The True Meaning of Partnering
Ep.917 - What Leadership Really Is
Ep.916 - The Five Leadership Practices Questions
Ep.915 - Leadership Development, Feat. Laura Cooley
Ep.914 - Story from Impact 2 Second Lean
Ep.913 - Practice Quitting Something
Ep.912 - Schedulers, Supers, and Preparing Work
Ep.911 - Scaling Beyond Your Capacity
Ep.910 - Finishing Well is an Symptom of Maintaining Flow
Ep.909 - Project Management by Reduction
Ep.908 - Cults Masquerading as Businesses - Business Series
Ep.907 - The Lean Way - Business Series
Ep.906 - Metrics - Business Series
Ep.905 - Map out Your Processes & Systems - Business Series
Ep.904 - Protect the Culture - Business Series
Ep.903 - Be Prepared to Fail along the Way - Business Series
Ep.902 - What Business are you Really in? - Business Series
Ep.901 - Expanding your Influence - Business Series
Ep.900 - The Vibe will Hire the Vibe - Business Series
Ep.899 - The Energy Units Analysis - Business Series
Ep.898 - Your Visual Conference Room - Business Series
Ep.897 - Why the System Works - Business Series
Ep.896 - The Culture Deck - Business Series
Ep.895 - Quarterly Planning & Rocks - Business Series
Ep.894 - The Meeting System - Business Series
Ep.893 - The Key Roles - Business Series
Ep.892 - Thinking Time - Business Series
Ep.891 - Begin Firing People - Business Series
Ep.890 - Create Organizational Clarity - Business Series
Ep.889 - Stay Connected - Business Series
Ep.888 - Find Your Why - Business Series
Ep.887 - First Who - Business Series
Ep.886 - KPIs & Standards - Takt Steering & Control Series
Ep.885 - Steering & Control - Takt Steering & Control Series
Ep.884 - Resources - Takt Steering & Control Series
Ep.883 - Roadblocks & Constraints - Takt Steering & Control Series
Ep.882 - Wanting to Be Famous
Ep.881 - The Disengaged Project Manager
Ep.880 - Beware of the Irresponsible Scrappy Startup
Ep.879 - First & Last Planner® Collaboration - Takt Production System® Series
Ep.878 - Independent Activities - Takt Production System® Series
Ep.877 - The Path of Critical Flow - Takt Production System® Series
Ep.876 - Interconnections - Takt Production System® Series
Ep.875 - Buffers - Takt Production System® Series
Ep.874 - Production Laws - Takt Production System® Series
Ep.873 - Trades & Trade Flow - Takt Production System® Series
Ep.872 - Takt Time - Takt Production System® Series
Ep.871 - Zones - Takt Production System® Series
Ep.870 - Phases - Takt Production System® Series
Ep.869 - Milestones - Takt Production System® Series
Ep.868 - Program & Projects - Takt Production System® Series
Ep.867 - The Positions of Superintendent
Ep.866 - The Positions of Field Engineering
Ep.865 - Things to Consider about Counteroffers
Ep.864 - How to Spot a Fake Lean | Last Planner® Consultant
Ep.863 - Manage Delays - Last Planner® Implementation Series
Ep.862 - Get all Trades Going the Same or Right Speed - Last Planner® Implementation Series
Ep.861 - The 6 Takt Steering & Control Strategies - Last Planner® Implementation Series
Ep.860 - Zone Control - Last Planner® Implementation Series
Ep.859 - Format Your Schedules & Visuals - Last Planner® Implementation Series
Ep.858 - The Daily Team Huddle - Last Planner® Implementation Series
Ep.857 - Daily Crew Preparation Huddle - Last Planner® Implementation Series
Ep.856 - The Daily Morning Worker Huddle - The Last Planner® Implementation Series
Ep.855 - The Daily Afternoon Foreman Huddle - Last Planner® Implementation Series
Ep.854 - The Trade Partner Weekly Tactical - Last Planner® Implementation Series
Ep.853 - The Strategic Planning & Procurement Meeting - Last Planner® Implementation Series
Ep.852 - Design Your Interaction Spaces - Last Planner® Implementation Series
Ep.851 - Your Rolling Meeting Schedule - Last Planner® Implementation Series
Ep.850 - The Right Phases, Functional Areas, & Foremen - Last Planner® Implementation Series
Ep.849 - The Best Places to Work + Best to Work For....
Ep.848 - Going Paperless - A Warning!
Ep.847 - Get the Right Foremen on the Bus - Last Planner® Implementation Series
Ep.846 - Trades, Please Stop Charging Extra for Lean Projects!
Ep.845 - Assortment Podcast no. 2
Ep.844 - Assortment Podcast no. 1
Ep.843 - The Critical Flow Path & Critical Chain
Ep.842 - Your Boss Doesn't Know
Ep.841 - Early Adopters
Ep.840 - Like a Dog to His Vomit
Ep.839 - Every 6 Minutes!
Ep.838 - De-centralized Control & Poka-Yoke
Ep.837 - We Buy Speed, not Deadlines!
Ep.836 - Discipline - Patton's Standing Orders Series
Ep.835 - Supply & Replacements - Patton's Standing Orders Series
Ep.834 - Orders, Fragmentary Orders, and Orders to Soldiers - Patton's Standing Orders Series
Ep.833 - Visuals, Plans, and Recon - Patton's Standing Orders Series
Ep.832 - Iterations, Yes! Batched Perfection, No!
Ep.831 - How To Increase Capacity before Hiring more People
Ep.830 - Where Elevate Is Headed Next...
Ep.829 - Show Me!
Ep.828 - You Don't Need Self-perform Work to Have Field Engineers!
Ep. 827 - A Mindset That Leads to Appreciation
Ep.826 - The Effects of Buy-in and Consent
Ep.825 - A Message to Lean Manufacturing!
Ep.824 - Dig Deeper - Think about Why We Do Things!
Ep.823 - How to Connect Your Owner with Your Schedule
Ep.822 - No Such Thing as Fake Lean
Ep.821 - Watch out for these Three
Ep.820 - The Execution of Meetings, Rest, & Command Posts - Patton's Standing Orders Series
Ep.819 - Field Command & Visits to the Front - Patton's Standing Orders Series
Ep.818 - Patton's Orders to His Men - Patton's Standing Orders Series
Ep.817 - A Discussion on Lean Terminology
Ep.816 - Transparency Means Success
Ep.815 - Directors that Destroy
Ep.814 - The Construction Industry Just Doesn't Care about People!!!
Ep.813 - How to Quickly Build your Team!
Ep.812 - How People View Training in Construction Today...
Ep.811 - How To Stop Playing Savior with the Team!
Ep.810 - You Neutralize Dissent, Miscommunication, & No Communication
Ep.809 - My Response to a Classical Management Company RFP
Ep.808 - Feedback Sessions in the Field
Ep.807 - Language Matters-BIG TIME!
Ep.806 - How to SEE on Field Walks
Ep.805 - Where Do You Place a Buffer?
Ep.804 - Fixed vs. Nimble Scheduling Methods
Ep.803 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 27
Ep.802 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 26
Ep.801 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 25
Ep.800 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 24
Ep.799 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 23
Ep.798 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 22
Ep.797 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 21
Ep.796 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 20
Ep.795 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 19
Ep.794 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 18
Ep.793 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 17
Ep.792 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 16
Ep.791 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 15
Ep.790 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 14
Ep.789 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 13
Ep.788 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 12
Ep.787 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 11
Ep.786 - How to use Elevate's Personal Organization Planners
Ep.785 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 10
Ep.784 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 9
Ep.783 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 8
Ep.782 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 7
Ep.781 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 6
Ep.780 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 5
Ep.779 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 4
Ep.778 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 3
Ep.777 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 2
Ep.776 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 1
Ep.775 - Women in Construction! 2023
Ep.774 - The Auto-Filter
Ep.773 - Why Training & Implementation is NOT optional!
Ep.772 - Unnecessary Pushing
Ep.771 - Training is NOT Optional!
Ep.770 - Decisions by Consensus or Council
Ep.769 - They Talk about what They See!
Ep.768 - Roadblock Tracking Maps
Ep.767 - Monthly Field Walks
Ep.766 - Project Closeout with the NCCER, Feat. Adam Hoots, Kevin Rice, and Patty Stephan
Ep.765 - Don't Get a False Sense of Security
Ep.764 - Conversations & Consequences
Ep.763 - Correcting Bad Information - Part 3
Ep.762 - Correcting Bad Information - Part 2
Ep.761 - Correcting Bad Information - Part 1
Ep.760 - Don't Show Weekends on Your Schedule!
Ep.759 - Build the System -- Support the People!
Ep.758 - Seeing Roadblocks Trick
Ep.757 - Stop Optimizing Yourself - Optimize the Whole
Ep.756 - There Is No Such Thing as Firing Someone
Ep.755 - Ways to Encourage a Growth Mindset
Ep.754 - We Must Fix the Systems First!!!
Ep.753 - Its NOT Their Fault!
Ep.752 - Speed Comes from Stability
Ep.751 - Authenticity for Leaders
Ep.750 - The Difference Between Roadblocks & Constraints
Ep.749 - The Three Ms
Ep.748 - Zone Control!
Ep.747 - CPM is Just a List!!! Takt is a Recipe!
Ep.746 - The Praising & Shaming of Behaviors
Ep.745 - The Insanity of Punch List Processes
Ep.744 - When You Mess up, Fess up!
Ep.743 - The Superintendent's Crystal Ball
Ep.742 - Larry & Earl
Ep.741 - Lean Onboarding Series - Customers
Ep.740 - Lean Onboarding Series - Stop, Call, & Wait
Ep.739 - Lean Onboarding Series - One Process Flow
Ep.738 - Lean Onboarding Series - The Four Things
Ep.737 - Lean Onboarding Series - Communicate for Understanding
Ep.736 - Lean Onboarding Series - Orientations
Ep.735 - Lean Onboarding Series - The Crew Preparation Huddle
Ep.734 - Lean Onboarding Series - The Day Plan
Ep.733 - Lean Onboarding Series - The Weekly Work Plan
Ep.732 - Lean Onboarding Series - Look-aheads
Ep.731 - Lean Onboarding Series - The Master Schedule
Ep.730 - Lean Onboarding Series - Visual Management Systems
Ep.729 - Lean Onboarding Series - Going to the Place of Work
Ep.728 - Lean Onboarding Series - Just-In-Time Deliveries
Ep.727 - Lean Onboarding Series - Leader Standard Work
Ep.726 - Lean Onboarding Series - Problems are not a Problem
Ep.725 - Lean Onboarding Series - Finding & Removing Roadblocks
Ep.724 - Lean Onboarding Series - 3S & 5S
Ep.723 - Lean Onboarding Series - Waste, Unevenness, & Overburden
Ep.722 - Lean Onboarding Series - The 8 Wastes
Ep.721 - Lean Onboarding Series - Buffers
Ep.720 - Lean Onboarding Series - Cycle Times
Ep.719 - Lean Onboarding Series - Bottlenecks
Ep.718 - Lean Onboarding Series - Variation
Ep.717 - Lean Onboarding Series - Finishing as You Go!
Ep.716 - Lean Onboarding Series - Leveling Work
Ep.715 - Lean Onboarding Series - Smaller Batch Areas
Ep.714 - Lean Onboarding Series - The Last Planner System
Ep.713 - Lean Onboarding Series - Holding Start Dates
Ep.712 - Lean Onboarding Series - Zones, Takt Time, & Work Packages
Ep.711 - Lean Onboarding Series - Takt, Last Planner, Scrum, & CPM
Ep.710 - Lean Onboarding Series - Flow and Pull
Ep.709 - Lean Onboarding Series - Respect for Resources
Ep.708 - Lean Onboarding Series - Mentoring & Training by Foremen
Ep.707 - Lean Onboarding Series - Respect for Safety
Ep.706 - Lean Onboarding Series - Respect for Cleanliness & Organization
Ep.705 - Lean Onboarding Series - Worker Huddles
Ep.704 - Lean Onboarding Series - Lunch Areas
Ep.703 - Lean Onboarding Series - Bathrooms & Hand Wash Stations
Ep.702 - Lean Onboarding Series - Optimize the Workers
Ep.701 - Lean Onboarding Series - Plan, Build, Finish
Ep.700 - How to Create a Look-ahead Schedule
Ep.699 - The Path to Finish
Ep.698 - Recovering the Supply Chain
Ep.697 - How to Prepare for Your Performance Review
Ep.696 - A Mirror of You!
Ep.695 - Takt & The 14 Principles of Lean Management
Ep.694 - You Have Never Met a Mere Mortal
Ep.693 - The Art of War Reflections - Chapter 8 - Variation of Tactics
Ep.692 - The Art of War Reflections - Chapter 6 & 7 - Weakness & Maneuvering
Ep.691 - The Apology!
Ep.690 - The Art of War Reflections - Chapter 5 - Use of Energy
Ep.689 - How to Run a Trade Partner Meeting
Ep.688 - The Art of War Reflections - Chapter 4 - Tactical Dispositions
Ep.687 - The Art of War Reflections - Chapter 3 - Attack by Strategy
Ep.686 - The Art of War Reflections - Chapter 2 - Waging War
Ep.685 - Don't Let the Demons Talk!
Ep.684 - Wounded Animals Bite
Ep.683 - Management Approach, Feat. John Coffman
Ep.682 - The Art of War Reflections - Chapter 1
Ep.681 - Many Asking Questions, Feat. Krysta Van Ranst
Ep.680 - They Can't Do It
Ep.679 - Consistency - The Magic Ingredient!
Ep.678 - Addicted to Significance
Ep.677 - Why Not Just Use Bluebeam?
Ep.676 - Sometimes General Contractors act like Buttheads!
Ep.675 - I'll Say It Again... Supers that don't Schedule is just NOT a THING!
Ep.674 - Its Time for Workers & Foremen to Step up Too!
Ep.673 - Toastmasters for Superintendents, Feat. John Coffman
Ep.672 - The 12 Stages of Burnout, Feat. Kate Schroeder
Ep.671 - Steps to Lean Implementation
Ep.670 - Emails - Holy #$%(
Ep.669 - Love
Ep.668 - Canva
Ep.667 - Boundaries - Building a Happier Life Series with Babs & Kate
Ep.666 - Happiness is a Math Equasion
Ep.665 - Terry's Accident, Feat. John Coffman
Ep.664 - Multi Faceted Societies, Feat. John Coffman
Ep.663 - If... by Rudyard Kipling
Ep.662 - The Field Engineering Methods Manual - Chapters 12 - 22
Ep.661 - The Field Engineering Methods Manual - Chapter 11 - Office Duties
Ep.660 - The Field Engineering Methods Manual - Chapters 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, & 10 - Summary
Ep.659 - The Field Engineering Methods Manual - Chapter 3 - Fieldwork Practices
Ep.658 - The Field Engineering Methods Manual - Chapter 2 - Communication
Ep.657 - The Field Engineering Methods Manual - Chapter 1 - Responsibilities
Ep.656 - Benefits of One-process-flow
Ep.655 - Bullying - We Just Don't Do That around Here!!!!
Ep.654 - Construction's Laws of Thermodynamics
Ep.653 - Foreman - Episode 1 - One-process-flow
Ep.652 - Field Engineering - Episode 1 - The Builder Position
Ep.651 - Large Construction Companies Need to Get in the Game!
Ep.650 - Moneyball
Ep.649 - To Do It, We Must Enjoy It!
Ep.648 - Reframing our Perspective, Feat. Barbara Hettinger
Ep.647 - Moving People around Is NOT always the Answer!
Ep.646 - Perfection is an Asymptotic Curve, Feat. John Coffman
Ep.645 - What Is Your Andon?
Ep.644 - Signage Like Airports
Ep.643 - How to get Youth to Enter the Trades! Feat. Caleb Fouss
Ep.642 - Parkinson's Law
Ep.641 - Plate Spinners by John Coffman
Ep.640 - Creating Your Genuine Place of Purpose, Feat. Holly Bowers
Ep.639 - Nothing Can Change until the Unsaid is Spoken