Keyan Zandy, Chief Operating Officer, and Joe Donarumo, Senior Superintendent, authors of The Lean Builder joined guest host, Jesus (Jesse) D Hernandez Jr, The Learnings and Missteps Podcast, and Felipe Engineer-Manriquez to build out a dialogue about why they wrote the book, why the industry needs more collaboration, and what we can all do to make construction easier and better today. 

The Lean Builder is a story and playbook for builders by builders. It features a fictional tale about a newer general contractor superintendent tasked with running the most complicated project of his career. The story includes the all too common challenges in modern construction — lack of communication, coordination, and waste. The story comes to life with dialogue among the characters including a mentor that shares Lean Construction experiences, tools, and processes to help. The book’s second part includes a playbook for Daily Huddles, Visual Communication, The “Eight Wastes,” Managing Constraints, Pull Planning, The Last Planner System™ and Percent Plan Complete.

Books Noted:

The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer 

By Jeffrey Liker

The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement 

By Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox 

All I Need to Know About Manufacturing I Learned in Joe's Garage: World Class Manufacturing Made Simple

By William B. Miller and Vicki L. Schenk

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Connect with Joe and Keyan at The Lean Builder 

Website at https://theleanbuilder.com/

Connect with Jesus (Jesse) D Hernandez Jr via The Learnings and Missteps

Website at https://www.learningsandmissteps.com/ 

Connect with Felipe via

Social media at https://thefelipe.bio.link 

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