Yearly Archives: 2019

Why LeanProject Offers the Courageous Leadership Experience

2019-12-16T09:44:55-06:00

by Tom Richert with Joanna McGuffey “Courage is the main quality of leadership.” – Walt Disney This past year LeanProject has been providing people with an experience designed to help ...

Why LeanProject Offers the Courageous Leadership Experience2019-12-16T09:44:55-06:00

Pulled in Many Directions

2019-10-22T08:44:42-05:00

This year’s opening keynote speaker at the LCI Congress in Fort Worth was Greg McKeown, author of Essentialism. He displayed the image on the left to illustrate the distinction between ...

Pulled in Many Directions2019-10-22T08:44:42-05:00

Overcoming Design and Planning Challenges Begins with Culture

2019-09-12T13:58:55-05:00

  Bryan Wahl of Bostwick Design Partnership, Rocco Gallo of Karpinski Engineering, and I will be discussing the importance of culture in a presentation at the Lean Construction Institute Congress ...

Overcoming Design and Planning Challenges Begins with Culture2019-09-12T13:58:55-05:00

Are You Really on a Lean Journey?

2019-08-23T12:42:51-05:00

In 1872 Reno-based tailor Jacob Davis developed a method for reinforcing stress-points on pants, such as at pocket corners. He partnered with San Franciscan Levi Strauss to patent an “Improvement ...

Are You Really on a Lean Journey?2019-08-23T12:42:51-05:00

Courageous Leadership

2019-08-23T12:42:30-05:00

Along with the strategic and tactical elements of implementing lean practices such as the Last Planner® System, Choosing-by-Advantages, and A3 Problem Solving, LeanProject also focuses on helping people strengthening the ...

Courageous Leadership2019-08-23T12:42:30-05:00

At First Sign of Discomfort, Discontinue Use

2019-07-29T09:00:28-05:00

The last line of this sign is good advice for a hotel fitness center, which may have guests who do not exercise on a regular basis. If they are unfamiliar ...

At First Sign of Discomfort, Discontinue Use2019-07-29T09:00:28-05:00

Knowledge is Not Capability

2019-07-19T13:01:38-05:00

The feline in the photo is my daughter’s cat. The cat is reaching for the door knob because she has learned through observation that humans in house can open doors ...

Knowledge is Not Capability2019-07-19T13:01:38-05:00

A Network of Commitments is Not Enough

2019-05-28T12:45:53-05:00

What is the difference between a promise and a commitment? According to the Oxford dictionary, the definition of a promise is a declaration or assurance that one will, or not, ...

A Network of Commitments is Not Enough2019-05-28T12:45:53-05:00