Mar 31, 2022
In this episode, Jason sits down with Bert Sarkinen, a timber framer with nearly fifty years in the trade, to talk about staying loose and finding your voice. Bert shares how the Great Recession forced him to trust something bigger than hard work alone, and how that shift changed the way he handles fear, mistakes, and...
Mar 24, 2022
In this episode, Jason reflects on a rude email from a young project coordinator and uses it to speak directly to early career professionals about respect and authority. He is candid about how he treated trade partners and vendors when he was younger, and how a little bit of position can quietly go to someone's head. He...
Mar 23, 2022
In this episode, Jason calls out a pattern he sees constantly during schedule updates: superintendents sitting back while a scheduler does all the work. He walks through five levels of engagement, from pointing at the screen to fully driving the schedule software yourself, and explains why anything less wastes time and...
Mar 23, 2022
In this episode, Jason takes on a question he thinks we ask far too often, both at work and at home: did you like it? Using a story about his daughter's reaction to a leadership training, and a comparison to heart surgery and personal training, he makes the case that liking something was never the point. He...
Mar 21, 2022
In this episode, Jason breaks down the ladder of accountability, a simple poster he came across on a jobsite that separates victim behavior from accountable behavior. He walks through the four stages of victim mentality, unaware, blame others, I cannot, and wait and hope, and shows how each one strips a person of...