Sep 30, 2021
Jason makes the case that the real fix for the construction industry doesn't come from new tools, new philosophies, or even Lean alone. It comes from getting back to the fundamentals through a strong field engineer program. He shares his own story of nearly being fired before reading Wes Crawford's Field Engineering...
Sep 28, 2021
Jason brings Katie back on the podcast to wrestle with one of the harder leadership questions: how do you handle people who have been trained, supported, and given every opportunity, but still don't respond? They walk through agency, the scarcity mindset that traps owners into tolerating cultural misfits, the Paul...
Sep 28, 2021
Jason brings Katie Schroeder onto the podcast to balance him out on the topic of receiving feedback. After an honest admission that he sometimes gets emotional about feedback that feels stupid or hurtful, Katie reframes the entire concept: feedback is just data, not positive or negative until you assign emotion to it....
Sep 23, 2021
Jason coins the term "wacky tacti" to describe what happens when teams adopt the structure of a tacted system but keep operating with a push mindset. He opens with Goodhart's law and why a measure stops being useful the moment it becomes a target, then walks through the real reason Takt projects finish on time: buffers,...
Sep 23, 2021
Jason and Katie Schroeder record a fun, off the cuff episode on the way to Home Depot to grab Halloween decorations. They make the case for going all in on the holidays, why fall, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas are worth celebrating with full intention, and how decorating the project trailer, the office, and the...