Do you want a secret to scaling excellence? In this episode, Jason unpacks the concept of anchor projects, putting your best people on your best projects with the best circumstances to create a visible standard of excellence that scales throughout your company. You'll learn the difference between craft production and production control systems, the getting started syndrome (waste from starting projects too early), why continuous learning beats the "tenure" mentality, and how anchor projects allow people to actually see what excellence looks like instead of just hearing about it in concept.
What you'll learn in this episode:
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Continuous learning: The last day on earth you should still be learning, no such thing as "tenure" superintendent, you earn your paycheck every day
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Craft production vs production control system: With fewer skilled craftsmen, we need systems, prefabrication, and consistent results like car manufacturers
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Getting started syndrome: Starting projects before materials arrive creates waste, erosion control, supervision, security costs $5K-$30K/month for nothing
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Anchor projects: Take your best people, best owner, best contract, best trade partners, best budget, put them together and take it to the next level
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Challenge: Create visible examples people can tour weekly/monthly so they see what lean/IPD/Takt looks like, not just hear concepts
The current condition is we're attempting to scale in environments where people can't see what we're talking about. "Let me go see what you're talking about." "Well, we don't have it up and running yet." That's very difficult to scale.
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