Introduction

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Brad resists the Takt plan because it feels like scrapping everything they built together for seven years just to cater to a few bad foremen. Olivia counters that the foremen are not bad. The team keeps putting them into impossible situations. The stakes are clear. Evergreen will not be shortlisted for future work until they fix the problems permanently. Brad's real fear is that David will be a seagull, a leader who flies in when there is a problem, makes quick decisions about stuff he does not understand, then leaves the crappy mess for someone else to clean up. Olivia promises she is all in and will not leave Brad alone with the mess. The team commits.

What you'll learn in this episode:

• Why Brad feels like changing to Takt means throwing away seven years of work and catering to bad foremen
• The seagull leader definition: flies in during problems, makes quick decisions without understanding, leaves the mess for others to clean up
• David's core message: flow where you can, pull when you can't, and stop pushing (right now we're pushing all the time)
• Why recognizing you are losing a battle and changing your defense is what winning looks like
• How the team commits to the Takt plan before the meeting even starts because they know it's the right thing

Construction is full of impossible situations, but we need to give foremen a fighting chance at success instead of pushing all the time.

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