The appeal of Superman is clear. We can play the role of Superman or Superwoman, swooping in to save people from their mistakes. On the other side of this dynamic we can safely play the role of victim, knowing that a Super Person will come in and make things right without us needing to take […]
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Niklas woke up the Congress to the idea that we can at times get stuck arguing for trivial decisions. For example, arguing that we should reduce waste, when there cannot be a serious argument for maintaining or increasing waste. On the other hand determining which approach toward efficiency an enterprise should take is a decision
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Plus: Continuity Lean process consistent across of projects going forward; Attendance; Good presentation. Delta: Late start, Technology problems.
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John’s presentation last month to the Lean Construction Institute Congress was an opportunity to see Lean from the perspective of someone who has been working from a Lean perspective for a long time. While much of the Lean literature provides a wealth of information about the more visible aspects of a Lean enterprise John made
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If you can’t accept the idea that aggressive learning will help you be a very smart person, what can you learn from John Shook’s example in the photo above? John, Chairman and CEO of the Lean Enterprise Institute (www.lean.org), is taking notes as Niklas Modig (www.thisislean.com) makes his presentation to the recent Lean Construction Institute Congress.
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Now that a couple weeks have passed since the Lean Construction Institute Congress finished it’s worthwhile reflecting on what was learned. One valuable session, because the content resulted from well crafted reflection and ideas, was the presentation by Chauncey Bell and Anne Miller Wednesday afternoon entitled Looking for Waste in All the Wrong Places. Here’s what
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Mitch Miorelli from Disney is wearing his Disney name badge while presenting to the LCI Congress. My guess this is more than a nice touch as it represents Paul O’Neill’s point earlier today that there are no unimportant priorities.
No Detail Too Small? Read More »
A common understanding of the building design process is iterative, and therefore difficult to plan as a linear process. It may be time to challenge that understanding. When work is performed out of sequence the process of completing that work becomes iterative. It’s time to begin asking if design processes are iterative because we are
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A record number of building design and construction professionals participated in a full slate of training sessions. Above is a group participating in the Villego Last Planner Experience session on Tuesday. Other sessions included Target Value Design, AGC Lean training modules, Choosing by Advantages, Root Cause Analysis, Factory Physics for Delivering Projects, and Shingo –
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I don’t understand how Lean would apply to marketing when you cannot predict results the same way as if you are constructing a building. Can you comment? If the US Nuclear Submarine program has a perfect safety record where do they look to do things better?
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