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, the discipline to pause the entire system when a real problem hits, and the courage to use that pause to prepare for the next round of work instead of pushing through. Drawing from a Toyota production system reading and a recent factory walk in Germany, he explains why flow first, pull when you can't, and never push, is the only path to absorbing variation.
What you'll learn in this episode:
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Goodhart's law and why production KPIs collapse the moment they become targets
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Why the only schedule worth having is one with buffers built in
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What automation with a human touch from Toyota actually means in construction
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The difference between flow, pull, and push and why pushing inside a tacted system creates wacky tacti
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How the seven conditions for a sound activity fill the pause and prepare the next round of work
The reason Takt projects finish on time is not magic. It's buffers, pauses, and the refusal to push trades out of rhythm.
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