Welcome back and if youre new here this entry is on the last of the 3 values I practice in business and in life. I want to be extra clear that embracing these 3 values have helped me establish a business that is performing a thousand times better than I expected and these values enable me to...
So we talked about "Being on Time" on the last Blog Post. Based on the feedback, it came across like a curve ball. Which I think is super cool and wish I did that on purpose. Maybe its a sign that my mind is a little twisted. Either way I want to flesh out my thoughts on my 2nd value: Be Generous...
I gotta be honest with you, the 30 year old Jesse rolls his eyes every time I speak about Values and the current me rolls his eyes every time I read about a companies values. Mostly because Ive met their people and they do not demonstrate the bullet points that are on the website.
But Im just...
"Its an actionable way to improve the work for the people DOING the work, RIGHT. NOW."
This was shared by one of the Micro SQI Learning Experience super awesome attendees. Which was exactly what I hoping to hear because I dont like wasting peoples time. I wanted to provide folks with a...
Have you noticed that Ive been talking about this Virtual SQI thing I should probably let you know why and maybe a little about where it came from.
WHY:
Well what had happened was..... I launched my business about 20 months ago and Sweat Equity Improvement was what I wanted to be...
Several people have asked, "who should learn this stuff"? of course I say everyone But I recognize Im seeing that question through rose colored glasses. So in this blog Im gonna try my hand at answering the question.
First I want to start with what I see as the ideal state. Having served in...
Do you remember a time when management pointed out that your project was behind and the budget was busted?
I do, I remember a ton of monthly meetings where all I had to look forward to was a bunch of grey hairs letting me know how much I sucked. That was the core motivation behind my...
What does Virtual SQI Look like? Well maybe a more appropriate question is what are the less than sexy parts of making work better?
Its alot like having a big ole party. You spend a bunch of time organizing the thing, anticipate the fun and the memories youre gonna share, but you still...
On last weeks blog we talked about the improvement strategy in Sweat Equity Improvement and leveraging our influence to serve others. You got a heavy dose of the social benefits in approaching continuous improvement in this way and how relationships on the jobsite are effected. And yes...
What is the point of Lean Construction? Ask any number of continuous improvement freak in the construction industry and you will get as many answers. If you ask me, my answer has changed several times since I was introduced to Lean Construction back in 2000. Today it is 100% about making work...
I was introduced to Lean Construction back in 2000. I had no idea what this "Lean" thing was and I believed the company I was working for invented it. The tool I was learning was The Last Planner System® and just like I believed the company had invented Lean, I also believed The Last Planner...
Personal Branding is a new idea in Jesse-land. Before I started my business I had zero awareness and even less appreciation for this idea of "branding" Which doesnt really make sense since the Learnings and Missteps Podcast is nearly 4 years old.
Branding and marketing used to fit into a...
