Aug 30, 2021
Jason makes the case for the aggregation of marginal gains, the discipline most leaders ignore in favor of one big move that will fix everything. Drawing from a story shared by his church leader Terry Beagley, he walks through the heartbreak of an Olympic swimmer losing a medal by one hundredth of a second, and...
Aug 26, 2021
Jason shares a burst of inspired thought from a recent boot camp at Petty Coach Schmidt: where is your huddle board? After years of watching superintendents drown in phone calls, interruptions, and savior fixes, he draws the line clean. The reason teams hammer the super with questions all day is because the project's...
Aug 25, 2021
Jason goes a foot wide and a mile deep on respect for people, the foundation underneath every Lean concept, every Takt plan, and every leadership decision. Drawing from a moment with his son at church, a line from Pacific Rim, and examples from Japanese culture, he challenges the United States default of...
Aug 23, 2021
Jason makes the case that construction is not a job. It is a war, and treating it like anything less is exactly why teams stay stuck. He breaks down the six reasons construction mirrors war: an enemy to fight, an innocent to protect, sacrifice that must be honored, the discipline of a regiment, the strategy and tactics...
Aug 20, 2021
Jason and Brandon Montero close out their road trip series with a candid conversation about quality and what it really takes to install work right the first time. Brandon walks through how a quality mindset starts with one simple thought: my name is on it. Jason shares the story of a major general contractor that turned...