Feb 28, 2022
Running a project is about driving not pushing. In this episode, Jason explains why superintendents and foremen must lead with urgency, clear direction, and capacity building instead of throwing manpower and money at problems. Driving means bringing the team along, maintaining safety, proper sequence, and rhythm, and...
Feb 28, 2022
Episode 500. Jason marks the milestone with a topic that's been on his mind from recent project walks: the morning hours wasted on workers walking around mobilizing materials instead of installing them. He shares the recent capstone event with Petticoid Smith, his first major speaking event in front of 200 to 250 people...
Feb 21, 2022
Jason continues the logistics series with the second installment, covering concepts 9 through 20 of his 28 logistics rules. He walks through breaking the project down into bite size areas, managing supply lines like bottlenecks (with the unforgettable Schroeder family bathroom analogy), why workers should arrive at...
Feb 21, 2022
Jason opens what will be a multi episode logistics series with the quote that frames it all: amateurs study tactics, armchair generals study strategy, real experts study logistics. He walks through the first cluster of his 28 logistics concepts using real project examples (a multi hundred million dollar...
Feb 18, 2022
Jason continues the total participation series with the fourth installment: showing the team what winning looks like, daily. He pulls in the principles from Own the Gap on closing the distance between a company's vision and the work happening in the field, the phrase he and Weston Woolsey repeated on projects ("see what...