Elevate Construction Ep.99 - The Capacity to Sustain
Every project team has a limit and if you don't know your capacity to sustain change, you'll break the team and the project will suffer. In this episode, Jason explains the Lean concept of muri (overburden) and why it's absurd to keep stacking change orders, RFIs, and chaos on people without adjusting resources or priorities. You'll hear a real project story about stopping design by a hard deadline to regain capacity, plus practical signs your team is overburdened and what to do about it. This is about protecting flow, protecting families, and running a remarkable project by focusing on team balance first.
What you'll learn in this episode:
- What "capacity to sustain" means and how overburden (muri) quietly kills projects
- Why you must watch muri, mura, and muda together not just waste
- How design churn, RFIs, change orders, and babysitting failing contractors consume capacity
- Why 5S/3S helps you see problems so you can fix root causes not just "clean more"
- How to do first things first, set priorities, and adjust the right "dials" instead of overburdening people
What would change if you treated overburden like an emergency and protected your team's capacity before anything else?
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