The Construction Leading Edge Podcast

#042: Origins of Lean Construction with Greg Howell

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Listen as Greg Howell tells the origin story of Lean Construction

Welcome to episode #42 of The Construction Leading Edge Podcast from www.constructionleadingedge.com, which is a great interview with Greg Howell, a founding father of Lean Construction.

In this interview Greg shares some amazing insights and stories on the following topics:

  • How the Lean Construction movement got started.
  • Greg's experience as a Navy SeaBee, and how that influenced Lean.
  • The impact of one commanding officer's leadership style, and how it changed Greg's approach to leadership.
  • The books he recommends that you read
  • A few paradigm shifts that construction leaders need to make.
  • The difference between an order and a promise.
  • One unexpected benefit of Lean principles that he can't quite explain yet.
  • Why he only gave a few orders as a commanding officer in Vietnam...and one of them involved a monkey.

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    Resources mentioned in this episode:

    Power To The Edge - Command and Control In The Information Age

    Team of Teams - McChrystal, Collins, Silverman and Chris Fussell. (Click here to listen to my interview with Chris Fussell)

    Turn The Ship Around - David Marquet

    Normal Accidents: Living With High Risk Technologies - Charles Perrow

    41 Mistakes To Avoid When Dealing With Conflict At Work

    Archisnapper - An app for creating good looking project reports and punchlists

    ...more
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