#153: How the Vietnam War Influenced Lean Construction with Greg Howell
The Construction Leading Edge Podcast · Todd Dawalt
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Show Notes
The Vietnam war, and one commanding officer in particular, had a great influence on Greg Howell, one of the founding fathers of Lean Construction.
What you'll get out of this construction podcast episode:
- 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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