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Ep.1686 - You Have to Stay on Top of Your Health

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Ep.1685 - When Good GCs Become the Problem

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Ep.1684 - Turning Variances Into Opportunities for Improvement

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Ep.1683 - Construction Has No Choreography

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Ep.1682 - Do We Really Know Who Our Customer Is?

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Ep.1681 - AI Slop or a Tool for Better Work?

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Ep.1680 - Accountability vs. Count-On-Ability

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Ep.1679 - What Does "External Email Only" Mean?

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Ep.1678 - What Killing Roaches Taught Me About Construction

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Ep.1677 - Data, Visibility, and the Limits of KPIs

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Ep.1676 - Takt Is Taking Off Across the Construction Industry

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Ep.1675 - Words Alone Don't Work: Make Communication Visual

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Ep.1674 - The Smart PM Who Knows Everything and Gets Nothing Done

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Ep.1673 - The Governing Principles of Lean

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Ep.1672 - I Know, I'll Just Buy a Brand New Truck

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Ep.1671 - Focus on the Product, Not the Business

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Ep.1670 - Designing Systems Around the Human Brain

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Ep.1669 - Training: The Component That Makes Every System Work

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Ep.1668 - Onboarding & Orientation: Your Workforce's First Impression

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Ep.1667 - Clean, Safe, and Organized: The Foundation of a High-Performing Job Site

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Ep.1666 - Winning Over the Workforce: The Culture Behind Great Projects

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Ep.1665 - Construction Logistics: From Delivery to Installation

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Ep.1664 - Why Prefabrication Matters in Construction

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Ep.1663 - Why Supply Chain Management Is Critical in Construction

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Ep.1662 - Why Every Project Needs a Risk & Opportunity Register

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Ep.1661 - Why Lean Must Be Written Into Construction Contracts

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Ep.1660 - What Happens When Your Production Plan Is Missing?

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Ep.1659 - Individual Balance: Why Personal Organization Matters

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Ep.1658 - Team Balance: The Missing Piece That Breaks Projects

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Ep.1657 - Why Lean Fails Without the Right Team

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Ep.1656 - How to Start a Construction Project Strong and Avoid Early Delays

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Ep.1655 - Why Builders Must Be Involved During Design Development

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Ep.1654 - How to Enable Designers for Better Construction Outcomes

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Ep.1653 - Why Construction Teams Must Set Targets Before Design Begins

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Ep.1652 - Why Builders Must Be Involved in Construction Proposals and Interviews

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Ep.1651 - 5 External Factors That Determine Construction Project Success

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Ep.1650 - Why Construction Foundations Fall Behind and How Better Planning Prevents It

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Ep.1649 - How to Start Every Construction Phase Right

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Ep.1648 - What Is Lean? Respect and Stability Come First

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Ep.1647 - Before Phase Planning: Build the Right Crew Before Work Begins

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Ep.1646 - Before Phase Planning: Rehearse the Work Before the First Run

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Ep.1645 - Before Phase Planning: Work Packages, Buffers, and Multi-Train Flow

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Ep.1644 - Before Phase Planning: Stress-Test the Plan Before Crews Mobilize

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Ep.1643 - Before Phase Planning: The Work That Makes Every Construction Phase Succeed

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Ep.1642 - Scaling Like the Human Body & The Nemawashi Effect

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Ep.1641 - The Five Levers for Motivation on the Job Site

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Ep.1640 - Buffers, Before-Phase Planning, and the In-N-Out Analogy

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Ep.1639 - Improvement and Standards: Lessons from Japan

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Ep.1638 - Promotions and the Gates of Leadership

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Ep.1637 - When the Tables Have Turned

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Ep.1636 - Massive and Small Problems on the Job Site

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Ep.1635 - The Waiting You Pay For and the Waiting You Don't

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Ep.1634 - Ideas That Tear the System Down

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Ep.1633 - Standard Sizes: Why Everything Fits in Construction Logistics

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Ep.1632 - The Engines of the Train: Pace Setters in Construction Flow

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Ep.1631 - Mastering Construction Flow: Lessons from Elevating Construction Logistics

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Ep.1630 - Drum Buffer Rope: Protecting the Bottleneck

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Ep.1629 - Brain Wiring for Construction Professionals

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Ep.1628 - Needing Two Things to Stay Motivated

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Ep.1627 - Why Single-Wide Trailers Don't Work on Construction Sites

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Ep.1626 - Why a Construction Company Shouldn't Have a Corporate Office

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Ep.1625 - Strive for Perfection

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Ep.1624 - New Constraints Reveal System Bottlenecks

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Ep.1623 - How Bureaucracy Destroys Leadership

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Ep.1622 - Toxic Project Managers and Leadership Lessons

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Ep.1621 - Faster Software Isn't the Solution, Fix Flow

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Ep.1620 - Stop Sending Your Best People to Fix Projects

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Ep.1619 - Managers Must Be Present

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Ep.1618 - Kanban for the Crew

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Ep.1617 - Continuous Improvement: Start with Fundamentals

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Ep.1616 - Don't Just Do Something, Stand There

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Ep.1614 - Why Capital One Saved Our Construction Business

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Ep.1613 - Why the Piecework System Fails

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Ep.1612 - Safe, Psychologically Safe

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Ep.1611 - Non-Direct Authority Positions

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Ep.1610 - Advanced Work Packaging Done Right

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Ep.1609 - Professional A-Holes in Construction

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Ep.1608 - Are All of Your Core Values Operationalized?

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Ep.1607 - Why We Focus on Entry-Level Talent

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Ep.1606 - What Should We Actually Be Recording?

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Ep.1605 - If A Trade Partner Won't Fill Out The Pull Plan Homework

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Ep.1604 - The Pull Plan & The Reference Class

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Ep.1603 - Eliminating Waste Is Not the Whole Story

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Ep.1602 - The Five-and-Five and Ten Feet Away

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Ep.1601 - There Is No "Out of Takt"

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Ep.1600 - Focus on the Critical Factors

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Ep.1599 - Which Lean Principle Should You Follow?

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Ep.1598 - Managing a Spread Out Project: How to Keep Control

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Ep.1597 - The Impact of Having the Wrong Trades

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Ep.1596 - Where Field Leadership Should Be

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Ep.1595 - Where Balance Comes From

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Ep.1594 - Letting Lower-Level People Make Key Decisions

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Ep.1593 - Stop Call Wait Is Not Waiting

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Ep.1592 - We All Have a Pull in Us That Wants to Be Better

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Ep.1591 - Trying To Get Better As A Leader

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Ep.1590 - The 10 "C"s continued, Feat. Joe Doherty

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Ep.1589 - Total Participation Requires Total Connection

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Ep.1588 - Don't Combine or Copy Pull Plans

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Ep.1587 - Staging on a Fresh Concrete Deck

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Ep.1586 - Get Out of the Swing Radius

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Ep.1585 - It's Only Your Way If It Works

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Ep.1584 - Arrogant and Cocky PMs: The Project Killers

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Ep.1583 - Making Bad Look Cool

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Ep.1582 - How to Sequence Corridors and Level One

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Ep.1581 - Visualizing Constraints on Your Takt Plan

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Ep.1580 - The Truth About RFIs

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Ep.1579 - The Path to Mastery

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Ep.1578 - Choose Your Mentor Wisely

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Ep.1577 - Grid and Layered Components in Takt

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Ep.1576 - Stop Contending, Start Collaborating

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Ep.1575 - Why Construction Contracts Are Broken

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Ep.1574 - We Never Firefight

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Ep.1573 - You Love Your People and That Loves the Client

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Ep.1572 - Pull together

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Ep.1571 - Forget about being an Expert - Become a Student of the Game

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Ep.1570 - Written up For Sleeping

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Ep.1569 - If You Don't Send Your Folks to Training

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Ep.1568 - Having Schedulers Means We're Doing It Wrong

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Ep.1567 - Through Email Is Defective

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Ep.1566 - If Your'e Working Weekends, Something Is Broken

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Ep.1565 - Getting Feedback from People Forced into a System

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Ep.1564 - The 10 Cs, Feat. Joe Doherty

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Ep.1563 - Anticipate Trade Arrival

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Ep.1562 - Didn't You Call Them?

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Ep.1561 - Lawyers & How They Help Us

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Ep.1560 - Queuing

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Ep.1559 - Concrete as a Geographical Area

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Ep.1558 - Technology in Pre-construction, Feat. Aaron Kivett

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Ep.1557 - The Biggest Leadership Mistake: Ignoring Problems

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Ep.1556 - 10 Leadership Mistakes That Disrespect Your Team (And How to Fix Them)

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Ep.1555 - Advanced Teaching through AI Images

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Ep.1554 - Why Labor Counts Matter in Construction (Labor Tracking for Superintendents)

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Ep.1553 - A Lecture to Civil Contractors

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Ep.1552 - Takt Planning As Trains & Cars & Trucks.

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Ep.1551 - Family Series - Cleaning the Backyard

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Ep.1550 - Project Status Report

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Ep.1549 - Reactors vs Preventors

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Ep.1548 - Takt Doesn't Work = I Am Not Pre-plannning

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Ep.1547 - Buffers Are NOT Shared Float

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Ep.1546 - False Lore in Construction

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Ep.1545 - Pace Buffer Usage with The Remaining Buf

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Ep.1544 - Email is Only Fun for Delegators

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Ep.1543 - Victims & Losers love CPM

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Ep.1542 - Pushing is the Alternative to Good Think

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Ep.1541 - The Schedule, Feat. Adam (Beanie) Bean

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Ep.1540 - Project Changes, Feat. Adam (Beanie) Bean

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Ep.1539 - How Takt Complies with Lean Core 3

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Ep.1538 - Same Thing Helping More People, Not Higher

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Ep.1537 - Standards Must not Slip

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Ep.1536 - The Person Solving the Problem

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Ep.1535 - Need Data when Opinions Gridlock

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Ep.1534 - Likening Dumb Things to an Orchestra

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Ep.1533 - Salty Eyes

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Ep.1532 - How Takt Complies with Lean Core 2

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Ep.1531 - Choosing Clients, Feat. Mark Story

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Ep.1530 - How Takt Complies with Lean Core 1

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Ep.1529 - 3S & 5S - Sort, Straighten, Sweep, Standardize, Sustain

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Ep.1528 - Standards Must Not Slip

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Ep.1527 - Organize Your People around Value Streams

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Ep.1526 - Water Spiders in Construction

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Ep.1525 - The Layout of the Space

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Ep.1524 - Overproduction Triggers Instability

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Ep.1523 - Holding Start Dates

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Ep.1522 - Scaling in Construction, Feat. Mark Story

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Ep.1521 - What Stability Looks Like

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Ep.1520 - You Can't Improve Anything in Chaos

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Ep.1519 - Iterations & Checks

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Ep.1518 - A Reply to Nat M. Zorach

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Ep.1517 - The Leader Drives Lean

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Ep.1516 - 10X

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Ep.1515 - Lean Instant Pudding

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Ep.1514 - The 7 Steps to Kaizen

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Ep.1513 - The Podcast Effect

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Ep.1512 - Stepping on Toes

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Ep.1511 - High, Medium, & Low Performers

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Ep.1510 - Showcase Series

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Ep.1509 - Your Fastest Trades

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Ep.1508 - No School Supers

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Ep.1507 - Lean Is Not Compatible w Throwing People away

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Ep.1506 - Kindness Comes through the Environment, not Words

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Ep.1505 - The 14 Things - Self-perform

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Ep.1504 - The 14 Things - Site Utilization

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Ep.1503 - The 14 Things - Safety

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Ep.1502 - Controlling Variation

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Ep.1501 - The Stable Environment We Owe

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Ep.1500 - 8 Japanese Habits

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Ep.1499 - Incoming saviors

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Ep.1498 - Money Masks Waste

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Ep.1497 - Get Used to Not Knowing It All

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Ep.1496 - How To Not Get Caught With Your Pants down in a Pull Plan

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Ep.1495 - Honey I Shrunk the Kids

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Ep.1494 - How We Take Care Of Ourselves At Home ft. Mark Story

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Ep.1493 - Respect Your Partners & Suppliers

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Ep.1492 - How To Mark Logistics & Zone Maps

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Ep.1491 - The In-N-Out Burger Call

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Ep. 1490 - Logistics Support Person

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Ep.1489 - Sneaking Past Gates

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Ep.1488 - Respecting The Nature of Humans

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Ep.1487 - Multiple Important Topics

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Ep.1486 - Fingerprint On The Process

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Ep.1485 - Open Door Policy With Trades

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Ep.1484 - Syncing The Project and Personal Plans

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Ep.1483 - The Myth of Micro-managing

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Ep.1482 - Logistics Staging 2.0

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Ep.1481 - Morning Worker Huddle 2.0

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Ep.1480 - Popcorn & Variation

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Ep.1479 - Japan Series - Keeping Commitments

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Ep.1478 - We Don't Blame People

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Ep.1477 - PMs, Shield Them from Toxic Variation, Not Growth

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Ep.1476 - POND, Not POD Meeting

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Ep.1475 - Elevate & LeanTakt Principles

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Ep.1474 - Not Having the Right PM, Feat. Adam (Beanie) Bean

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Ep.1473 - Failing To Plan, Feat. Adam (Beanie) Bean

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Ep.1472 - Take It Back!

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Ep.1471 - Who is King?

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Ep.1470 - Shoulder to Shoulder

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Ep.1469 - Japan Series - "Too Good to Waste" - Mottainai (もったいない)

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Ep.1468 - Japan Series - 約束 (Yakusoku): The Power of Keeping Your Word

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Ep.1467 - Japan Series - コスパ (Cospa): The Art of Getting More for Less

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Ep.1466 - The 9th Waste is Killing Us

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Ep.1465 - Additional Questions, Feat. Charles McKenna

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Ep.1464 - Japan series - Stop, Call, Wait

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Ep.1463 - Japan Series - Point & Call

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Ep.1462 - Japan series - Lean is an evolution, not always a revolution

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Ep.1461 - Japan Series - If One Person is Not in Line, We Are Zero

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Ep.1460 - Japan Series - Be Happy When You Have Problems

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Ep.1459 - Japan Series - Meiwaku – Don't be a burden to others

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Ep.1458 - Japan series - Ikigai – Purpose; the reason to get up in the morning

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Ep.1457 - Plumb, Level, and Square, Feat. Alex Nolan

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Ep.1456 - Japan Series - Monozukuri – Pride and craftsmanship in the work itself

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Ep.1455 - Japan Series - Hitozukuri - Making people before making things

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Ep.1454 - Japan Series - Respect for Humanity

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Ep.1453 - Tiered Meetings

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Ep.1452 - JIT, w/ Kevin & Jason

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Ep.1451 - Jidoka, w/ Kevin & Jason

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Ep.1450 - Biggest Surprises from Japan, w/ Kevin & Jason

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Ep.1449 - The Masugata (mah-soo-gah-tah) and the Genkan (GEN-kahn)

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Ep.1448 - Removing Waste in Logistics

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Ep.1447 - Answers to a Question about Where To Start

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Ep.1446 - The Reality of what Trades Deal With

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Ep.1445 - Help w/ Zone Control Walks

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Ep.1444 - Random Topics

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Ep.1443 - How to Spot Real Improvement, Feat. Patrick Adams

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Ep.1442 - Takt as an Operating System, Feat. Hal Macomber

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Ep.1441 - Criticism vs. Feedback for Improvement

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Ep.1440 - Continuous Ignorance, Stagnation, & Fear

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Ep.1439 - Stress, Stressors, and Mindset, Feat. Barbara Hettinger

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Ep.1438 - Advice to the Rising Generation, Feat. Mark Story

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Ep.1437 - Unions

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Ep.1436 - How To Scale Excellence

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Ep.1435 - The Importance Of Training And Education

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Ep.1434 - Cooperation And Total Participation

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Ep.1433 - How to Fail a System

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Ep.1432 - Are You Ready to Receive The Value?

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Ep.1431 - The Base of Construction

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Ep.1430 - Prepared Details

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Ep.1429 - Bringing the PM & Super together, Feat. Nic Parish

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Ep.1428 - Logistics, Feat. Mark Story

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Ep.1427 - Micromanagement as a Myth

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Ep.1426 - The 12 Causes of Project Failure

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Ep.1425 - An Answer to Questions

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Ep.1424 - Preventing SIFs, Feat. David Tibbetts

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Ep.1423 - Taking Boot Camp Home, Feat. Michael Chavez

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Ep.1422 - Total Participation

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Ep.1421 - The Last Planner®️ System - Part 4

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Ep.1420 - The Last Planner®️ System - Part 3

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Ep.1419 - The Last Planner ®️System - Part 2

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Ep.1418 - Trust, Feat. Mark Story

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Ep.1417 - The Role of the PX, Feat. Hal Macomber

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Ep.1416 - The Last Planner®️ System - Part 1

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Ep. 1415 - The Calm in the Storm, Feat. Chris Giaimo

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Ep.1414 - Developing Young Supers, Feat. Steven Shannon

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Ep.1413 - Takt & CPM

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Ep.1412 - Building Grit & Resilience, Feat. Stephanie Wood & Jordan Leytem

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Ep.1411 - Building Capacity w/ an Employee Experience, Feat. Chris Pomey

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Ep.1410 - What Is Our Legacy?, Feat. Steve Yots

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Ep.1409 - Habits that Help & Hurt, Feat. John Coffman

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Ep.1408 - Full Kit like Cooking

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Ep.1407 - What are we doing with Field Boards?

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Ep.1406 - Final Phase Cleaning in Phoenix, Feat. Matthew, Kevin, Emilio, & Kevin

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Ep.1405 - The Wrong Questions, w/ Jake & Jason

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Ep.1404 - Surviving Cancer, Feat. John Coffman

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Ep.1403 - Training & Development, Feat. Mark Story

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Ep.1402 - Kanban, Feat. Hal Macomber

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Ep.1401 - Highlighting Drawings

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Ep.1400 - Quality before Sales

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Ep.1399 - Strategic Leadership, Feat. Mark Story

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Ep.1398 - Takt & Lean Principles, Feat. Hal Macomber

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Ep.1397 - Substantial, Final, & Financial Completion

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Ep.1396 - Situation Rooms

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Ep.1395 - Trades Won't Do It - BS

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Ep.1394 - Hustle Culture

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Ep.1393 - Framing & Concrete Crews Must Get in Rhythm

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Ep.1392 - Sequence like the Railroad & Bridge in The Ghost and the Darkness

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Ep.1391 - Mandatory Buffer Usage

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Ep.1390 - Changing Mental Paradigms

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Ep.1389 - Everyone Can Improve, with Jake & Jason

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Ep.1388 - People Won't Work Anymore, Feat. Scott Beebe

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Ep.1387 - Empowering Women, Feat. Gretchen Gagel, PhD

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Ep.1386 - If You Trained Someone, It Was Worth It

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Ep.1385 - Comfortable in Detail, & Less so with the Art Form

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Ep.1384 - How to Disagree Effectively

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Ep.1383 - Mentoring Executives, Feat. Mark, Jake, & Jason

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Ep.1382 - Mental Health, Feat. Jake & Jason

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Ep.1381 - Questions for a Newcomer to Construction, Feat. Charles McKenna

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Ep.1380 - "Play Ball" Orders

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Ep.1379 - PMs & Nauseating Perfection

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Ep.1378 - Don't Cut the Passion in your Pixar Planning & Reviews

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Ep.1377 - Ego-driven Fools

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Ep.1376 - Toxic Cultures on both Sides

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Ep.1375 - The Power of "Thank You", Feat. Mark Story

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Ep.1374 - Cutting Resources

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Ep.1373 - Training Resources for Field Engineers

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Ep.1372 - Dismemberment Engineering

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Ep.1371 - The Big Difference between a Path of Critical Flow and a Critical Path

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Ep.1370 - What Makes a Great Builder? - Jake & Jason

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Ep.1369 - Training for Foremen

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Ep.1368 - Dealing with People IS YOUR JOB!

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Ep.1367 - Things That Won't Change

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Ep.1366 - Thoughtless Requests

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Ep.1365 - We Will Make It up on The Road

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Ep.1364 - We aren't as Unique as You Think

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Ep.1363 - Relationships, Feat. Mark Story

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Ep.1362 - Toxic Seagulls

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Ep.1361 - Improvement from Anger or Positivity?

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Ep.1360 - Roadblocks & PPC

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Ep.1359 - Excess Inventory Is A Response to Variation

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Ep.1358 - Temporary Cooling

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Ep.1357 - Being an Influencer Gives no one the Right to be Mean to Me

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Ep.1356 - Baseline Strategy, yes. Baselines, no.

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Ep.1355 - Innovation Has A Start

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Ep.1354 - How to Deal with Scopes that Cross Zones

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Ep.1353 - Communicate Like You're Diffusing a Bomb

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Ep.1352 - "The Trades Agreed To It," May Not Be What You Think

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Ep.1351 - How to Innovate w/ Standards

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Ep.1350 - How to Approach Studying Your Drawings

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Ep.1349 - Advanced Rules for Your Huddles

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Ep.1348 - First Planner System®️ - 26 - Prepare to Start Strong & Conclusion

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Ep.1347 - First Planner System®️ - 25 - Plan w/ the Builders

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Ep.1346 - First Planner System®️ - 24 - Supporting the Design Team

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Ep.1345 - First Planner System®️ - 23 - Last Planner®️ & Scrum in Design

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Ep.1344 - First Planner System®️ - 22 - Building the Design Team & Setting Targets

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Ep.1343 - First Planner System®️ - 21 - The Proposal & Interview

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Ep.1342 - First Planner System®️ - 20 - Implement These As A System

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Ep.1341 - First Planner System®️ - 19 - First Planner System®️ Weekly Meetings

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Ep.1340 - First Planner System®️ - 18 - The Trade Partner Preparation Process

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Ep.1339 - First Planner System®️ - 17 - How The Systems Work Together

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Ep.1338 - First Planner System®️ - 16 - Training

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Ep.1337 - First Planner System®️ - 15 - Clean, Safe, & Organized Project

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Ep.1336 - First Planner System®️ - 14 - Onboarding & Orientation

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Ep.1335 - First Planner System®️ - 13 - Win over the Workforce

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Ep.1334 - First Planner System®️ - 12 - Logistics

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Ep.1333 - First Planner System™️-11 - Prefabrication

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Ep.1332 - First Planner System™️-10 - Procurement

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Ep.1331 - First Planner System™️- 9 - Risk Management

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Ep.1330 - First Planner System™️- 8 - Lean in Contracts

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Ep.1329 - First Planner System™️- 7 - The Production Plan

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Ep.1328 - First Planner System™️- 6 - Individual Balance

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Ep.1327 - First Planner System™️- 5 - Balancing the Team

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Ep.1326 - First Planner System™️ - Introduction - 4 - Building the Team

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Ep.1325 - First Planner System™️ - Introduction - 3

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Ep.1324 - First Planner System™️ - Introduction - 2

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Ep.1323 - First Planner System™️ - Introduction

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Ep.1322 - Red Flashing Lights

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Ep.1321 - They Clean up When We Show up

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Ep.1320 - Best Intentions—Wrong Inputs

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Ep.1319 - How to Treat Interns

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Ep.1318 - The "It's Not That" People

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Ep.1317 - The Last 5%

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Ep.1316 - How To Show-up Like an A-hole PM

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Ep.1315 - Pre-kit, Not Same-kit

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Ep.1314 - Don't Be Afraid of the 2-day Takt Time

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Ep.1313 - We All Have Problems - The Question Is If We Address Them Early or Late

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Ep.1312 - Treated Like A Subcontractor

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Ep.1311 - AIA Contract Documents, Feat. Luke Diorio

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Ep.1310 - The Hating Period

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Ep.1309 - The Worry & Overcome Cycle

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Ep.1308 - We Read Drawings to Trigger Action

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Ep.1307 - How Morning Worker Huddles Create Fast Change

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Ep.1306 - Waiting

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Ep.1305 - Failure to Start, Check-in, and Win!

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Ep.1304 - We Will NOT Save You, But We Will Help You Save Yourself

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Ep.1303 - Responses to Joel Hamilton

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Ep.1302 - The Inspired Thoughts

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Ep.1301 - The Remaining Buffer Ratio

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Ep.1300 - I Love Taylor Swift. Why Don't You?

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Ep.1299 - Don't Give Hammers to Serial Killers

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Ep.1298 - Answers to Questions about Takt—again…

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Ep.1297 - If We Stay Ahead, We Have Fun

390

Ep.1296 - The Six Month Ramp and Disobedience

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Ep.1295 - Answers to Questions about Takt - Explicit

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Ep.1294 - Choice or Addiction?

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Ep.1293 - Having vs. Performing

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Ep.1292 - Advancing vs. Pushing

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Ep.1291 - The Process of Achievement

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Ep.1290 - Morning Foreman Huddles are just Team Huddles

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Ep.1289 - Fake Quality Checks

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Ep.1288 - Focus on your Good Jobs more than your Bad Jobs

399

Ep.1287 - Why Do I Have to Ask for Coordinates? It Is Insane!

400

Ep.1286 - The Real Reasons for Variance

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Ep.1285 - Getting Critical Tasks Done Faster

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Ep.1284 - The "Fearful"

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Ep.1283 - 2 Needed Corrections

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Ep.1282 - Examples of Pushing

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Ep.1281 - Lean Lies

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Ep.1280 - Principles of Preparation

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Ep.1279 - Visibility with all LPS Deliverables

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Ep.1278 - Stop Signs & Opportunities - The Truth

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Ep.1277 - Misalignment between Reality & Plan

410

Ep.1276 - Professional Concrete

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Ep.1275 - Anticipation Is the Ultimate Superpower!

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Ep.1274 - Implement Systems Fully—Make Improvements bit-by-bit

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Ep.1273 - The List Makers

414

Ep.1272 - The CM and Super Relationship

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Ep.1271 - Problem Problems and Problem Opportunities

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Ep.1270 - Answers to Questions about Residential

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Ep.1269 - A Critique of Advanced Work Packaging

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Ep.1268 - How to Communicate Effectively

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Ep.1267 - Prevent vs. React

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Ep.1266 - When You Mandate CPM, You Relieve the Contractor From Duty

421

Ep.1265 - Who Needs to Know, and Where Does It Go?

422

Ep.1264 - Using the IPCS like a doctor

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Ep.1263 - The Right Order of the 8 Wastes, Feat. Adam Bean

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Ep.1262 - People Focused Productivity, Feat. Oskar Smeds

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Ep.1261 - Developing People, Feat. Donny Metcalf

426

Ep.1260 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Conclusion

427

Ep.1259 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Accountability & KPIs

428

Ep.1258 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Delays

429

Ep.1257 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Team Daily Huddle

430

Ep.1256 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Zone Control

431

Ep.1255 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Finishing the Meeting System.

432

Ep.1254 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Finishing the Meeting System.

433

Ep.1253 - Takt Steering & Control Book - The Meeting System

434

Ep.1252 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Beginning the Meeting System.

435

Ep.1251 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Beginning the Meeting System.

436

Ep.1250 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Beginning the Meeting System.

437

Ep.1249 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Beginning the Meeting System.

438

Ep.1248 - Takt Steering & Control Book - CPM as a roadblock

439

Ep.1247 - Takt Steering & Control Book - CPM as a roadblock

440

Ep.1246 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Roadblocks

441

Ep.1245 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Roadblocks

442

Ep.1244 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Remaining Constraints

443

Ep.1243 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Rules to Follow

444

Ep.1242 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Variation Constraints

445

Ep.1241 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Variation Constraints

446

Ep.1240 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Variation Constraints

447

Ep.1239 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Zone Constraints

448

Ep.1238 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Resource Constraints

449

Ep.1237 - Takt Steering & Control Book - Introduction

450

Ep.1236 - Takt Planning Book - Conclusion

451

Ep.1235 - Takt Planning Book - Chapter 12

452

Ep.1234 - Takt Planning Book - Fresh Eyes Meetings

453

Ep.1233 - Takt Planning Book - Chapter 11

454

Ep.1232 - Takt Planning Book - Chapter 10

455

Ep.1231 - Takt Planning Book - Chapter 9

456

Ep.1230 - Takt Planning Book - Chapter 8

457

Ep.1229 - Takt Planning Book - Chapter 7

458

Ep.1228 - Takt Planning Book - Chapter 6

459

Ep.1227 - Takt Planning Book - Chapter 5

460

Ep.1226 - Takt Planning Book - Chapter 4

461

Ep.1225 - Takt Planning Book - Chapter 3

462

Ep.1224 - Takt Planning Book - Chapter 2

463

Ep.1223 - Takt Planning Book - Chapter 1

464

Ep.1222 - Making Projects Legally Successful, Feat. Andy Wyman

465

Ep.1221 - Tools vs. People

466

Ep.1220 - Why I Focus on People First

467

Ep.1219 - The Metrics you Need to Know Early on in the Project

468

Ep.1218 - Unfamiliar Job Site Problems, A Question from a Professional

469

Ep.1217 - Humans Are Mirrors

470

Ep.1216 - Conditions of Respect

471

Ep.1215 - A Caution to Lean Influencers

472

Ep.1214 - The River of Waste, Feat. Hal Macomber

473

Ep.1213 - Contracts to Blame Others Instead of Continuous Improvement

474

Ep.1212 - How to Help your Bottlenecks

475

Ep.1211 - Desire, Capability, and Respect

476

Ep.1210 - Communication with Radios

477

Ep.1209 - Watch Their Set Points

478

Ep.1208 - Answers about Takt

479

Ep.1207 - The Time Cost Problem, Feat. Steve Richards

480

Ep.1206 - Owners Trying to Control Their Contractors

481

Ep.1205 - You Will Never Be Lean Until You Constrain Your Time

482

Ep.1204 - Downtime Is Not the Goal

483

Ep.1203 - Standard Habits versus Bureaucracy

484

Ep.1202 - What It Means to Be an Expert

485

Ep.1201 - Auto-Regulating Bottlenecks

486

Ep.1200 - Intentional Versus Accidental Failing

487

Ep.1199 - The Phases of IDS

488

Ep.1198 - Never Go on Site Without Caring for Foremen

489

Ep.1197 - Utilize Our Strengths

490

Ep.1196 - How Fast We Fix Problems

491

Ep.1195 - PDCA Percentages

492

Ep.1194 - The Wrong Sequence

493

Ep.1193 - Never Make a Decision Based on Feelings

494

Ep.1192 - Airport Thinking—When Do We Leave?

495

Ep.1191 - I'm Asking You to Speak up

496

Ep.1190 - A Crucial Mistake in the Flow of Your Deliverables

497

Ep.1189 - Construction Apologetics

498

Ep.1188 - Don't Just Design What People Want

499

Ep.1187 - We Don't Blame People

500

Ep.1186 - CPM Is Not Great! And More….

501

Ep.1185 - People Should Think You Are Dangerous

502

Ep.1184 - A Bad Plan is the Makings of a Good Plan

503

Ep.1183 - You Are Not Urgent Enough

504

Ep.1182 - Hiding in Bathrooms

505

Ep.1181 - Sandbagging

506

Ep.1180 - Mentors & Companions

507

Ep.1179 - Can You Implement Halfway through?

508

Ep.1178 - Be Like an Octopus, not a Parrot

509

Ep.1177 - What If My Guys Aren't Working?

510

Ep.1176 - Communication & Stereotypes, Feat. Megan Shapiro

511

Ep.1175 - Did Lean Management Fail?

512

Ep.1174 - Advanced Pull Planning

513

Ep.1173 - Suggestions after a Lean Field Walk

514

Ep.1172 - What If They Don't Have Labor?

515

Ep.1171 - At This Point, You Are Enabling the Abuse

516

Ep.1170 - What Ready Means

517

Ep.1169 - Scaling & The Diff between Buffers and Contingency

518

Ep.1168 - CPM as a Cult

519

Ep.1167 - Weaponized Incompetence

520

Ep.1166 - It was Always on the Trades

521

Ep.1165 - Keys to Construction Coverage, Feat. Rocio Luna

522

Ep.1164 - Managing Your Day as a Super

523

Ep.1163 - Implement Fast — Don't Sub-optimize

524

Ep.1162 - What "I Can't Show You Yet" Really Means

525

Ep.1161 - How to Schedule Civil Projects in Takt

526

Ep.1160 - Everyone Wants to be Seen, Feat. Jennifer Lacy

527

Ep.1159 - Unreasonable Hospitality, Feat. Josh Young and Jennifer Lacy

528

Ep.1158 - Human Connection, Feat. Josh Young and Jennifer Lacy

529

Ep.1157 - Working Together, Feat. Professor Thais Alves

530

Ep.1156 - Setting up Project Controls

531

Ep.1155 - How to Get Leaders to Plan

532

Ep.1154 - Last Planner without First Planner Results in Disrepsect

533

Ep.1153 - When You Get Behind

534

Ep.1152 - Multiple Topics

535

Ep.1151 - Response to a Question about Pre-staging

536

Ep.1150 - It's Hard is an Excuse

537

Ep.1149 - Advice to Newer Generations

538

Ep.1148 - Buffers Create Flow

539

Ep.1147 - Designing Your Field Boards, Feat. Jeffrey Lepore

540

Ep.1146 - Answers to Questions - Last Planner Alignment

541

Ep.1145 - Trade Specific / Diagonal Pull Plans

542

Ep.1144 - Developing Company Standards, Feat. Jesse Powell

543

Ep.1143 - You Are The Host

544

Ep.1142 - Signs of Significance

545

Ep.1141 - How to Prevent Sub-optimized Trades—A Question

546

Ep.1140 - True Connection, Feat. Coralee Beatty

547

Ep.1139 - Patterns That Help

548

Ep.1138 - If You Love the Flower, You Love the Pot

549

Ep.1137 - Random Insights

550

Ep.1136 - A Response to Negative Feedback

551

Ep.1135 - Manage Your Timelines

552

Ep.1134 - What Happens When a Trade Drives the Schedule?

553

Ep.1133 - We Are All Needed, Feat. Jason Sturgeon

554

Ep.1132 - Lean Principles from the Rules of Flow, Feat. Dr. Efrat Goldratt-Ashlag

555

Ep.1131 - More Great Topics

556

Ep.1130 - Answers to Questions

557

Ep.1129 - Getting Past Ego

558

Ep.1128 - Short, But Good Thoughts

559

Ep.1127 – Leading the Orchestra, Feat. Jared Davis

560

Ep.1126 - Batch, Balance, & Pull, Feat. Jim Johnston

561

Ep.1125 - All Instructions Are Written and Verbal

562

Ep.1124 - What to Expect from the Meeting System

563

Ep.1123 - Random Topics

564

Ep.1122 - CPM is a Poison That Ruins Everything

565

Ep.1121 - Goldratt's Rules of Flow

566

Ep.1120 - The 8 Wastes of Starting Lean

567

Ep.1119 - Prepare Your Kit

568

Ep.1118 - Manliness in Construction, Feat. Brandon Montero

569

Ep.1117 - If They Can't Wear Safety Glasses, They Can't Do Anything

570

Ep.1116 - What, When, What For, and What about Crystal Balls

571

Ep.1115 - Reference Class Forecasting

572

Ep.1114 - Differences in Our Bodies, Feat. Kate Schroeder

573

Ep.1113 - Last Planner® Has the Concept of PULL wrong!

574

Ep.1112 - Roadblocks & Constraints in Detail

575

Ep.1111 - The Phases of Lean Implementation

576

Ep.1110 - Keeping Workers Cool

577

Ep.1109 - Lean Requirements for a Mega Project

578

Ep.1108 - Organizing Your Meetings

579

Ep.1107 - Doing the Impossible

580

Ep.1106 - You Are NOT Too Busy

581

Ep.1105 - Seeing & Learning

582

Ep.1104 - Be Careful What You Teach

583

Ep.1103 - Obeya Rooms

584

Ep.1102 - Own the Outcome with the Foremen

585

Ep.1101 - You Are Not Authorized To Overburden Resources

586

Ep.1100 - Technology as a Recruiting Tool

587

Ep.1099 - Your Own Individual or Family CFO

588

Ep.1098 - Circle in the Huddles

589

Ep.1097 - Meetings Are NOT Sacred Cows

590

Ep.1096 - There Is No Substitute for Fundamentals

591

Ep.1095 - The Virtual PM Boot Camp

592

Ep.1094 - Your Project Is NOT Unique

593

Ep.1093 - The Diagonal Line - People

594

Ep.1092 - You Are the Hero

595

Ep.1091 - Professional Babies

596

Ep.1090 - All Things on One Page

597

Ep.1089 - How Do You Schedule Renovations?

598

Ep.1088 - Should you Spend Time as a Super to be a PM?

599

Ep.1087 - Answering Questions about Takt

600

Ep.1086 - Finishing up the Book Built to Fail

601

Ep.1085 - Solving Issues with Changing Design

602

Ep.1084 - Focus on Supply and Demand

603

Ep.1083 - Clarifications about Lean

604

Ep.1082 - Respect in a New Light

605

Ep.1081 - 2 Tips for PMs

606

Ep.1080 - Its Just How It Is Here

607

Ep. 1079 - No Such Thing as a Win/Lose

608

Ep.1078 - It's Not Without Stress

609

Ep.1077 - Tracking Implementation

610

Ep.1076 - Production, not Administration!

611

Ep.1075 - Providing Feedback

612

Ep.1074 - Two Kinds of Supers

613

Ep.1073 - Your victory, your accomplishment.

614

Ep.1072 - Built to Fail - Fourth Podcast

615

Ep.1071 - Built to Fail - Third Podcast

616

Ep.1070 - Built to Fail - Second Podcast

617

Ep.1069 - Built to Fail - First Podcast

618

Ep.1068 - Ways to get Roadblocks from Trades

619

Ep.1067 - Sketching Instructions

620

Ep.1066 - A Message to Modular Companies

621

Ep.1065 - A Mix of Topics

622

Ep.1064 - We'll Go To hell Together

623

Ep.1063 - Remote Review Offices

624

Ep.1062 - Repeating Your Order

625

Ep.1061 - Work | Life Balance, Feat. Brent Bowen

626

Ep.1060 - The Power of "Who"s and Delegation

627

Ep.1059 - Listen to Those w/ Solutions

628

Ep.1058 - Its Hard to See Stability

629

Ep.1057 - Heaven, Hell, Progress, and Stopping

630

Ep.1056 - The Power of Now

631

Ep.1055 - Last Field Engineering Steps - Field Engineering Series

632

Ep.1054 - More Field Engineering Steps - Field Engineering Series

633

Ep.1053 - Attack, attack, and attack some more-personally

634

Ep.1052 - Diggers & Dirt

635

Ep.1051 - Tools Don't Cost Money!

636

Ep.1050 - Leadership & Personal Development, Feat. Leandris Weeden, CM-Lean, LCI-CPC

637

Ep.1049 - 7 Types of Leadership

638

Ep.1048 - Death Ground vs. Hobbling

639

Ep.1047 - Don't Ask Ignorance

640

Ep.1046 - My A$$, My Decision

641

Ep.1045 - In Flow, not on Schedule

642

Ep.1044 - Company Trucks

643

Ep.1043 - We Are All Victims to CPM

644

Ep.1042 - Hire Us!

645

Ep.1041 - Pull

646

Ep.1040 - The Holy Trinity of Construction Exposed

647

Ep.1039 - What Takt Planning Software is the Best?

648

Ep.1038 - Stay 10 Steps Ahead

649

Ep.1037 - Do Not Shorten Durations

650

Ep.1036 - Over the Moon with Problems

651

Ep.1035 - Chasing Paper

652

Ep.1034 - Setting a Good Base

653

Ep.1033 - CPM Reporting Tools Exposed

654

Ep.1032 - Next Steps Planning

655

Ep.1031 - Just Trust Me

656

Ep.1030 - How to Spot Incompetence with Cleanliness [SUPER EXPLICIT]. Lots of cussing in this one…

657

Ep.1029 - Letting People Make Mistakes - AT THE RIGHT TIME!

658

Ep.1028 - How Safety Really Works

659

Ep. 1027 - 10x-ing Your Leadership

660

Ep.1026 - Have The Supplies You Need to be Lean

661

Ep.1025 - Treat Your People Right, or You Will End up Doing Their Work

662

Ep.1024 - Setting up Your Space. Steps 11-15 - Field Engineering Series

663

Ep.1023 - Steps 6-10 for a Field Engineer - Field Engineering Series

664

Ep.1022 - Asking Stupid Questions to See

665

Ep.1021 - inTakt, the Sponsored Application of LeanTakt & Elevate, Feat. Steve Moore

666

Ep.1020 - Drafts & Iterations

667

Ep.1019 - Finding Your Field (Quality) Checks as a Supervisor

668

Ep.1018 - Steps 1-5 for a Field Engineer - Field Engineering Series

669

Ep.1017 - Layout & Control - Field Engineering Series

670

Ep.1016 - Lift Drawings - Field Engineering Series

671

Ep.1015 - The Ninth Waste

672

Ep.1014 - The Three Long-term Habits of a Builder

673

Ep.1013 - Reading Drawings - Field Engineering Series

674

Ep.1012 - To Do Lists & Field Books - Field Engineering Series

675

Ep.1011 - Respect for the Craft - Field Engineering Series

676

Ep.1010 - A Model for Change

677

Ep.1009 - How Leaders Influence Culture

678

Ep.1008 - What Staging Could Be

679

Ep.1007 - Manipulation Tactics

680

Ep.1006 - Being Prepared in the Field with the Proper Tools - Field Engineering Series

681

Ep.1005 - Learning Consistently through Asking Questions - Field Engineering Series

682

Ep.1004 - Learning Lean in 16 Minutes using Driving as an Analogy

683

Ep.1003 - Builders are Honey Badgers - Field Engineering Series

684

Ep.1002 - Brokers vs. Builders

685

Ep.1001 - Respect vs. Comfort

686

Ep.1000 - A Reflection on 1000 Episodes, Feat. Kate & Kevin

687

Ep.999 - Early Adopters

688

Ep.998 - How to Interview Well

689

Ep.997 - The Human Side of Takt, Feat. Hal Macomber

690

Ep.996 - Keep Your Expectations High, W/ Jason & Kate

691

Ep.995 - Compassion for Stress & Overstimulation, w/ Jason & Kate

692

Ep.994 - These 5 Systems Levers Determine Everything Else

693

Ep.993 - The Focus of a Project Superintendent

694

Ep.992 - Supers, Pawns, Parrots, and Security Guards

695

Ep.991 - Why Do Most Lean Transformations Fail?, Feat. Bob Emiliani

696

Ep.990 - Remote Project Management

697

Ep.989 - Sources of Variation

698

Ep.988 - Levels of Return for Takt

699

Ep.987 - Always Find the Goal of the System

700

Ep.986 - The First Planner System™

701

Ep.985 - Estimating Process Best Practices

702

Ep.984 - Lean Concepts, Feat. Felipe Engineer

703

Ep.983 - Fractional CFOs, Feat. Shelby Ashley

704

Ep.982 - Connection, Communication, & People, Feat. Jen Lacy

705

Ep.981 - Learning to Lead, Feat. Shelley Helton

706

Ep.980 - Go out of Your Way to Be Kind, Feat. Hal Macomber

707

Ep.979 - Using Different Styles of Leadership, Feat. Joel Hamilton

708

Ep.978 - Kindness, Feat. Adam Hoots

709

Ep.977 - Mentoring, Feat. LG Willden

710

Ep.976 - Identify the Small Wins Early, Feat. Jim Johnston

711

Ep.975 - Random Vulnerable Thoughts from Jason

712

Ep.974 - Tools Enable Human Development - We Focus on People with Tools!

713

Ep.973 - How Critical Your Office Space Is

714

Ep.972 - Cost, Quality, & Speed - You Can Have All Three

715

Ep.971 - What If We Are Turning People away?

716

Ep.970 - It Is Easy to be a Dictator

717

Ep.969 - Constancy of Purpose

718

Ep.968 - How to Start Your Lean Journey, Feat. Daniel LaSage & DJ Haydel

719

Ep.967 - How to Evaluate Your Project Leaders

720

Ep.966 - Elon's Commandments

721

Ep.965 - Building Multi-family Well

722

Ep.964 - The Problem w/ Yearly Performance Evaluations

723

Ep.963 - Hiring My Son Reno

724

Ep.962 - Providing Support to Struggling Employees, Feat. Krista Fanning

725

Ep.961 - Expecting Multiple Miracles in a Row + More...

726

Ep.960 - America in Crisis!

727

Ep.959 - A Third Answer about Takt Planning

728

Ep.958 - ADHD and Construction - What We Need to Know

729

Ep.957 - Attracting the Newer Generation

730

Ep.956 - Knaves, Knights, and Divas

731

Ep.955 - Explaining the LCI Lean Posters

732

Ep.954 - Rules of Flow

733

Ep.953 - Taylor Swift, yes! Andrew Tate, HELL NO!

734

Ep.952 - Increasing Communication

735

Ep.951 - Another Answer about Takt Planning

736

Ep.950 - An Answer about Takt Planning

737

Ep.949 - Living My Core Values

738

Ep.948 - Find Your 5 Toughest Areas, Feat. Tony Eisenhut

739

Ep.947 - Using Rentals to Help Your Schedule, Feat. Scott Dobkins

740

Ep.946 - Planning without Certainty

741

Ep.945 - Plans are Worthless, but Planning is Everything! Feat. Hal Macomber

742

Ep.944 - Focus on the Right Problem, Feat. Charlie Dunn

743

Ep.943 - We Are in Trouble -- What Can We Do about It?

744

Ep.942 - Why Paul Akers is the Greatest!

745

Ep.941 - Elevating Construction Superintendents

746

Ep.940 - The Things That Held Me Back

747

Ep.939 - How to Run a Civil Construction Company

748

Ep.938 - Salt, Serial Killers, and Prophylactics

749

Ep.937 - Work Like a Family

750

Ep.936 - Asking for Help!

751

Ep.935 - Target Your Fastest Pace

752

Ep.934 - The Bungee Effect

753

Ep.933 - Do NOT Attempt to Tether Truth

754

Ep.932 - People that Complain & Blame are Incompetent

755

Ep.931 - Raising Families in Construction

756

Ep.930 - Limiting Beliefs about Workers

757

Ep.929 - How We Feel about Designers

758

Ep.928 - How to be a Killer Scheduler, Feat. David Andreotti

759

Ep.927 - When Last Planner® Becomes Un-Lean

760

Ep.926 - Herd Panic

761

Ep.925 - How Do We Feel about Mexicans?

762

Ep.924 - How Should Projects Start--How Can We Fix Construction? - How Big Things Get Done Series

763

Ep.923 - Spirituality, Feat. Brian Winningham

764

Ep.922 - Experience - How Big Things Get Done Series

765

Ep.921 - Iterative Planning - How Big Things Get Done Series

766

Ep.920 - The Pushing Fallacies - How Big Things Get Done Series

767

Ep.919 - Introduction - How Big Things Get Done Series

768

Ep.918 - The True Meaning of Partnering

769

Ep.917 - What Leadership Really Is

770

Ep.916 - The Five Leadership Practices Questions

771

Ep.915 - Leadership Development, Feat. Laura Cooley

772

Ep.914 - Story from Impact 2 Second Lean

773

Ep.913 - Practice Quitting Something

774

Ep.912 - Schedulers, Supers, and Preparing Work

775

Ep.911 - Scaling Beyond Your Capacity

776

Ep.910 - Finishing Well is an Symptom of Maintaining Flow

777

Ep.909 - Project Management by Reduction

778

Ep.908 - Cults Masquerading as Businesses - Business Series

779

Ep.907 - The Lean Way - Business Series

780

Ep.906 - Metrics - Business Series

781

Ep.905 - Map out Your Processes & Systems - Business Series

782

Ep.904 - Protect the Culture - Business Series

783

Ep.903 - Be Prepared to Fail along the Way - Business Series

784

Ep.902 - What Business are you Really in? - Business Series

785

Ep.901 - Expanding your Influence - Business Series

786

Ep.900 - The Vibe will Hire the Vibe - Business Series

787

Ep.899 - The Energy Units Analysis - Business Series

788

Ep.898 - Your Visual Conference Room - Business Series

789

Ep.897 - Why the System Works - Business Series

790

Ep.896 - The Culture Deck - Business Series

791

Ep.895 - Quarterly Planning & Rocks - Business Series

792

Ep.894 - The Meeting System - Business Series

793

Ep.893 - The Key Roles - Business Series

794

Ep.892 - Thinking Time - Business Series

795

Ep.891 - Begin Firing People - Business Series

796

Ep.890 - Create Organizational Clarity - Business Series

797

Ep.889 - Stay Connected - Business Series

798

Ep.888 - Find Your Why - Business Series

799

Ep.887 - First Who - Business Series

800

Ep.886 - KPIs & Standards - Takt Steering & Control Series

801

Ep.885 - Steering & Control - Takt Steering & Control Series

802

Ep.884 - Resources - Takt Steering & Control Series

803

Ep.883 - Roadblocks & Constraints - Takt Steering & Control Series

804

Ep.882 - Wanting to Be Famous

805

Ep.881 - The Disengaged Project Manager

806

Ep.880 - Beware of the Irresponsible Scrappy Startup

807

Ep.879 - First & Last Planner® Collaboration - Takt Production System® Series

808

Ep.878 - Independent Activities - Takt Production System® Series

809

Ep.877 - The Path of Critical Flow - Takt Production System® Series

810

Ep.876 - Interconnections - Takt Production System® Series

811

Ep.875 - Buffers - Takt Production System® Series

812

Ep.874 - Production Laws - Takt Production System® Series

813

Ep.873 - Trades & Trade Flow - Takt Production System® Series

814

Ep.872 - Takt Time - Takt Production System® Series

815

Ep.871 - Zones - Takt Production System® Series

816

Ep.870 - Phases - Takt Production System® Series

817

Ep.869 - Milestones - Takt Production System® Series

818

Ep.868 - Program & Projects - Takt Production System® Series

819

Ep.867 - The Positions of Superintendent

820

Ep.866 - The Positions of Field Engineering

821

Ep.865 - Things to Consider about Counteroffers

822

Ep.864 - How to Spot a Fake Lean | Last Planner® Consultant

823

Ep.863 - Manage Delays - Last Planner® Implementation Series

824

Ep.862 - Get all Trades Going the Same or Right Speed - Last Planner® Implementation Series

825

Ep.861 - The 6 Takt Steering & Control Strategies - Last Planner® Implementation Series

826

Ep.860 - Zone Control - Last Planner® Implementation Series

827

Ep.859 - Format Your Schedules & Visuals - Last Planner® Implementation Series

828

Ep.858 - The Daily Team Huddle - Last Planner® Implementation Series

829

Ep.857 - Daily Crew Preparation Huddle - Last Planner® Implementation Series

830

Ep.856 - The Daily Morning Worker Huddle - The Last Planner® Implementation Series

831

Ep.855 - The Daily Afternoon Foreman Huddle - Last Planner® Implementation Series

832

Ep.854 - The Trade Partner Weekly Tactical - Last Planner® Implementation Series

833

Ep.853 - The Strategic Planning & Procurement Meeting - Last Planner® Implementation Series

834

Ep.852 - Design Your Interaction Spaces - Last Planner® Implementation Series

835

Ep.851 - Your Rolling Meeting Schedule - Last Planner® Implementation Series

836

Ep.850 - The Right Phases, Functional Areas, & Foremen - Last Planner® Implementation Series

837

Ep.849 - The Best Places to Work + Best to Work For....

838

Ep.848 - Going Paperless - A Warning!

839

Ep.847 - Get the Right Foremen on the Bus - Last Planner® Implementation Series

840

Ep.846 - Trades, Please Stop Charging Extra for Lean Projects!

841

Ep.845 - Assortment Podcast no. 2

842

Ep.844 - Assortment Podcast no. 1

843

Ep.843 - The Critical Flow Path & Critical Chain

844

Ep.842 - Your Boss Doesn't Know

845

Ep.841 - Early Adopters

846

Ep.840 - Like a Dog to His Vomit

847

Ep.839 - Every 6 Minutes!

848

Ep.838 - De-centralized Control & Poka-Yoke

849

Ep.837 - We Buy Speed, not Deadlines!

850

Ep.836 - Discipline - Patton's Standing Orders Series

851

Ep.835 - Supply & Replacements - Patton's Standing Orders Series

852

Ep.834 - Orders, Fragmentary Orders, and Orders to Soldiers - Patton's Standing Orders Series

853

Ep.833 - Visuals, Plans, and Recon - Patton's Standing Orders Series

854

Ep.832 - Iterations, Yes! Batched Perfection, No!

855

Ep.831 - How To Increase Capacity before Hiring more People

856

Ep.830 - Where Elevate Is Headed Next...

857

Ep.829 - Show Me!

858

Ep.828 - You Don't Need Self-perform Work to Have Field Engineers!

859

Ep. 827 - A Mindset That Leads to Appreciation

860

Ep.826 - The Effects of Buy-in and Consent

861

Ep.825 - A Message to Lean Manufacturing!

862

Ep.824 - Dig Deeper - Think about Why We Do Things!

863

Ep.823 - How to Connect Your Owner with Your Schedule

864

Ep.822 - No Such Thing as Fake Lean

865

Ep.821 - Watch out for these Three

866

Ep.820 - The Execution of Meetings, Rest, & Command Posts - Patton's Standing Orders Series

867

Ep.819 - Field Command & Visits to the Front - Patton's Standing Orders Series

868

Ep.818 - Patton's Orders to His Men - Patton's Standing Orders Series

869

Ep.817 - A Discussion on Lean Terminology

870

Ep.816 - Transparency Means Success

871

Ep.815 - Directors that Destroy

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Ep.814 - The Construction Industry Just Doesn't Care about People!!!

873

Ep.813 - How to Quickly Build your Team!

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Ep.812 - How People View Training in Construction Today...

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Ep.811 - How To Stop Playing Savior with the Team!

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Ep.810 - You Neutralize Dissent, Miscommunication, & No Communication

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Ep.809 - My Response to a Classical Management Company RFP

878

Ep.808 - Feedback Sessions in the Field

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Ep.807 - Language Matters-BIG TIME!

880

Ep.806 - How to SEE on Field Walks

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Ep.805 - Where Do You Place a Buffer?

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Ep.804 - Fixed vs. Nimble Scheduling Methods

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Ep.803 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 27

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Ep.802 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 26

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Ep.801 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 25

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Ep.800 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 24

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Ep.799 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 23

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Ep.798 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 22

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Ep.797 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 21

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Ep.796 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 20

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Ep.795 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 19

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Ep.794 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 18

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Ep.793 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 17

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Ep.792 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 16

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Ep.791 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 15

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Ep.790 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 14

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Ep.789 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 13

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Ep.788 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 12

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Ep.787 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 11

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Ep.786 - How to use Elevate's Personal Organization Planners

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Ep.785 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 10

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Ep.784 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 9

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Ep.783 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 8

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Ep.782 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 7

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Ep.781 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 6

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Ep.780 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 5

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Ep.779 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 4

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Ep.778 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 3

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Ep.777 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 2

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Ep.776 - Elevating Construction Foremen - Recording Part 1

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Ep.775 - Women in Construction! 2023

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Ep.774 - The Auto-Filter

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Ep.773 - Why Training & Implementation is NOT optional!

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Ep.772 - Unnecessary Pushing

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Ep.771 - Training is NOT Optional!

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Ep.770 - Decisions by Consensus or Council

917

Ep.769 - They Talk about what They See!

918

Ep.768 - Roadblock Tracking Maps

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Ep.767 - Monthly Field Walks

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Ep.766 - Project Closeout with the NCCER, Feat. Adam Hoots, Kevin Rice, and Patty Stephan

921

Ep.765 - Don't Get a False Sense of Security

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Ep.764 - Conversations & Consequences

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Ep.763 - Correcting Bad Information - Part 3

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Ep.762 - Correcting Bad Information - Part 2

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Ep.761 - Correcting Bad Information - Part 1

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Ep.760 - Don't Show Weekends on Your Schedule!

927

Ep.759 - Build the System -- Support the People!

928

Ep.758 - Seeing Roadblocks Trick

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Ep.757 - Stop Optimizing Yourself - Optimize the Whole

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Ep.756 - There Is No Such Thing as Firing Someone

931

Ep.755 - Ways to Encourage a Growth Mindset

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Ep.754 - We Must Fix the Systems First!!!

933

Ep.753 - Its NOT Their Fault!

934

Ep.752 - Speed Comes from Stability

935

Ep.751 - Authenticity for Leaders

936

Ep.750 - The Difference Between Roadblocks & Constraints

937

Ep.749 - The Three Ms

938

Ep.748 - Zone Control!

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Ep.747 - CPM is Just a List!!! Takt is a Recipe!

940

Ep.746 - The Praising & Shaming of Behaviors

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Ep.745 - The Insanity of Punch List Processes

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Ep.744 - When You Mess up, Fess up!

943

Ep.743 - The Superintendent's Crystal Ball

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Ep.742 - Larry & Earl

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Ep.741 - Lean Onboarding Series - Customers

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Ep.740 - Lean Onboarding Series - Stop, Call, & Wait

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Ep.739 - Lean Onboarding Series - One Process Flow

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Ep.738 - Lean Onboarding Series - The Four Things

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Ep.737 - Lean Onboarding Series - Communicate for Understanding

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Ep.736 - Lean Onboarding Series - Orientations

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Ep.735 - Lean Onboarding Series - The Crew Preparation Huddle

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Ep.734 - Lean Onboarding Series - The Day Plan

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Ep.733 - Lean Onboarding Series - The Weekly Work Plan

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Ep.732 - Lean Onboarding Series - Look-aheads

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Ep.731 - Lean Onboarding Series - The Master Schedule

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Ep.730 - Lean Onboarding Series - Visual Management Systems

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Ep.729 - Lean Onboarding Series - Going to the Place of Work

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Ep.728 - Lean Onboarding Series - Just-In-Time Deliveries

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Ep.727 - Lean Onboarding Series - Leader Standard Work

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Ep.726 - Lean Onboarding Series - Problems are not a Problem

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Ep.725 - Lean Onboarding Series - Finding & Removing Roadblocks

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Ep.724 - Lean Onboarding Series - 3S & 5S

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Ep.723 - Lean Onboarding Series - Waste, Unevenness, & Overburden

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Ep.722 - Lean Onboarding Series - The 8 Wastes

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Ep.721 - Lean Onboarding Series - Buffers

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Ep.720 - Lean Onboarding Series - Cycle Times

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Ep.719 - Lean Onboarding Series - Bottlenecks

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Ep.718 - Lean Onboarding Series - Variation

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Ep.717 - Lean Onboarding Series - Finishing as You Go!

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Ep.716 - Lean Onboarding Series - Leveling Work

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Ep.715 - Lean Onboarding Series - Smaller Batch Areas

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Ep.714 - Lean Onboarding Series - The Last Planner System

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Ep.713 - Lean Onboarding Series - Holding Start Dates

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Ep.712 - Lean Onboarding Series - Zones, Takt Time, & Work Packages

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Ep.711 - Lean Onboarding Series - Takt, Last Planner, Scrum, & CPM

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Ep.710 - Lean Onboarding Series - Flow and Pull

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Ep.709 - Lean Onboarding Series - Respect for Resources

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Ep.708 - Lean Onboarding Series - Mentoring & Training by Foremen

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Ep.707 - Lean Onboarding Series - Respect for Safety

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Ep.706 - Lean Onboarding Series - Respect for Cleanliness & Organization

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Ep.705 - Lean Onboarding Series - Worker Huddles

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Ep.704 - Lean Onboarding Series - Lunch Areas

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Ep.703 - Lean Onboarding Series - Bathrooms & Hand Wash Stations

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Ep.702 - Lean Onboarding Series - Optimize the Workers

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Ep.701 - Lean Onboarding Series - Plan, Build, Finish

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Ep.700 - How to Create a Look-ahead Schedule

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Ep.699 - The Path to Finish

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Ep.698 - Recovering the Supply Chain

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Ep.697 - How to Prepare for Your Performance Review

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Ep.696 - A Mirror of You!

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Ep.695 - Takt & The 14 Principles of Lean Management

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Ep.694 - You Have Never Met a Mere Mortal

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Ep.693 - The Art of War Reflections - Chapter 8 - Variation of Tactics

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Ep.692 - The Art of War Reflections - Chapter 6 & 7 - Weakness & Maneuvering

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Ep.691 - The Apology!

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Ep.690 - The Art of War Reflections - Chapter 5 - Use of Energy

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Ep.689 - How to Run a Trade Partner Meeting

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Ep.688 - The Art of War Reflections - Chapter 4 - Tactical Dispositions

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Ep.687 - The Art of War Reflections - Chapter 3 - Attack by Strategy

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Ep.686 - The Art of War Reflections - Chapter 2 - Waging War