All Episodes

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

Ep.638 - The Pros and Cons of Remote Work, Feat. Samuel, Kevin, Elisa, and Kate

Ep.637 - Fiji Reflections Part 11

Ep.636 - Fiji Reflections Part 10

Ep.635 - Fiji Reflections Part 9

Ep.634 - Fiji Reflections Part 8

Ep.633 - Fiji Reflections Part 7

Ep.632 - Fiji Reflections Part 6

Ep.631 - Fiji Reflections Part 5

Ep.630 - Fiji Reflections Part 4

Ep.629 - Fiji Reflections Part 3

Ep.628 - Fiji Reflections Part 2

Ep.627 - Fiji Reflections Part 1

Ep.626 - On One Page!

Ep.625 - Why Workers needing to be Busy is NOT a THING!!!

Ep.624 - My Two Biggest Fears for Elevate & LeanTakt - Emails & Back-to-back Meetings

Ep.623 - How Long It Takes to Think Lean

Ep.622 - Everyone Needs Help to Advance!

Ep.621 - The Slingshot Effect

Ep.620 - Toyota Production System = Takt Production System in Construction

Ep.619 - Guided Meditation AUDIO ISOLATED - For Repeat Use

Ep.618 - How to Recruit and Retain Talent in Construction, Feat. Ryan Englin

Ep.617 - Mental Preventative Maintenance - Building a Happier Life Series with Babs & Kate

Ep.616 - The Triumph of Classical Management over Lean Management

Ep.615 - The Mental Health Crisis in Construction, Feat. a blog by Brian M. Winningham

Ep.614 - The Five Predictive Behaviors of Failure

Ep.613 - Ways to Increase Cash Flow, Feat. Zaid Rahman

Ep.612 - Once in a Lifetime Jobs, Feat. John Coffman

Ep.611 - The Costs of Material Handling, Feat. John Coffman

Ep.610 - Elevating Construction Senior Superintendents - Part 10

Ep.609 - Elevating Construction Senior Superintendents - Part 9

Ep.608 - Elevating Construction Senior Superintendents - Part 8

Ep.607 - Elevating Construction Senior Superintendents - Part 7

Ep.606 - Elevating Construction Senior Superintendents - Part 6

Ep.605 - Elevating Construction Senior Superintendents - Part 5

Ep.604 - Elevating Construction Senior Superintendents - Part 4

Ep.603 - Elevating Construction Senior Superintendents - Part 3

Ep.602 - Elevating Construction Senior Superintendents - Part 2