Laura Cooley is a renowned expert in leadership and performance excellence in the construction industry. Laura explores the crucial role of systems thinking, effective communication, and continuous improvement across design and construction projects. With her deep understanding of organizational dynamics and her passion for developing construction leaders, Laura shares invaluable insights on fostering a culture of collaboration, embracing a customer-centric approach, and leveraging the power of ...
Jun 21, 2023•48 min•Season 4Ep. 79
Kevin Dobson, Founder and Executive Director of Capital College & Career Academy (CCCA) shares his passion for genuine education for kids that have been traditionally said you can get education for either college or trade school, not both. That was a real problem for countless youth at the crossroads to their future careers. CCCA is an innovative charter high school dedicated to bridging the gap between industry and education, with a strong focus on empowering youth. Kevin Dobson brings a we...
Jun 07, 2023•43 min•Season 4Ep. 78
James Gable, General Superintendent at Adolfson and Peterson Construction and host of The Uncommon Communicator Podcast, highlights construction superintendents’ challenges and shares valuable tips and tools for improving communication and leadership skills, including the art of effective communication using project management methodologies such as the Last Planner System and Scrum. James is passionate about effective communication, especially in construction, where communication has to be tailo...
May 24, 2023•56 min•Season 4Ep. 77
Paulette Dallas, ACE Mentor Program Regional Director, explores the life-changing potential of mentorship and networking for aspiring students in the construction industry. Paulette reveals a world of diverse opportunities within the ACE Mentor Program, from scholarships and internships to externships, ensuring students from all backgrounds can thrive, regardless of their educational path. Discover the game-changing Transformative Partners Program, where Paulette shares invaluable insights on on...
May 10, 2023•43 min•Season 4Ep. 76
Join host Felipe Engineer-Manriquez in this episode of The EBFC Show as he interviews Steve Martin, a seasoned lean/continuous improvement leader with over three decades of experience. Steve shares proven approaches to making things better, drawing inspiration from his experience with moonshine-making change management practices. In this insightful conversation, Steve emphasizes the critical role of respect for people in successful continuous improvement and shares anecdotes about his experience...
Apr 26, 2023•49 min•Season 4Ep. 75
Are you ready to learn about process improvement, communication, and personal growth while laughing along the way? Jake Harrell discusses his experiences in the food processing industry and his humorous insights about the implementation of lean principles. Discover counterintuitive strategies, such as producing large amounts of inventory during low prices, and the importance of respecting people and effective communication for continuous improvement. But that's not all! Jake and Felipe also touc...
Apr 12, 2023•42 min•Season 4Ep. 74
Tatsuya “Tats” Nakagawa shares insights on his journey as an entrepreneur and inventor in the construction industry. His passion for helping others through podcasting, TikTok, and his book "Overcoming Inventoritis, the silent killer of innovation” put the focus on overcoming the fear of failure to achieve success. Tats co-founded and leads Castagra Products, a sustainable roof coating manufacturer that has received recognition for its Ecodur Roof Coating. With over 20 years of experience launchi...
Mar 29, 2023•47 min•Season 4Ep. 73
Aura Robinson, Manager of Enhanced Project Delivery at ISL Engineering (Canada) shares her experience with integrated project delivery (IPD) and emphasizes the importance of collaboration and valuing people in an IPD setting. She also provides tips for those considering implementing IPD, such as starting with a smaller project and finding the language of IPD and Lean Construction strategies that work for one's project and client. The conversation highlights the benefits of IPD, including decreas...
Mar 15, 2023•42 min•Season 4Ep. 72
Sindre Gundersen knows firsthand the frustration of traditional design and construction methods. He realized that there had to be a better way. With its adaptable approach, Scrum is helping Sindre revolutionize the industry in Norway and beyond. Sindre is passionate about implementing more fun project delivery. With his training from Felipe Engineer-Manriquez, Sindre introduces Scrum to even the most skeptical teams with a successful adoption. He firmly believes that work should be enjoyable and...
Mar 01, 2023•44 min•Season 4Ep. 71
Kaitlin Frank is a former superintendent, multi-generation builder, and now CEO at eMOD Safety Inc. She loves construction and leads her company like a well-managed building project using Sprints (#Scrum). eMOD’s team of experienced commercial construction superintendents, project managers, and safety officers made a dedicated safety solution to efficiently manage, track, and comply with environmental, health, and safety regulations right from their fingertips. Construction workers and managemen...
Feb 15, 2023•42 min•Season 4Ep. 70
Renee Wolf is The Boldt Company’s onsite Health Coach. She drives Lean Construction by supporting everyone with their health and well-being. Renee also leads the Suicide Prevention and Awareness program, Gatekeepers. This suicide prevention program aims to make a difference and save lives, which is very impactful within the construction industry, especially now. She has a passion for helping others and making a positive well-being impact. Reach out and get to know Renee. Episode Links: Leave a r...
Feb 01, 2023•36 min•Season 4Ep. 69
Omri Sorek grew up in construction. He knows the responsibility of construction leadership and its influence on project results. Influential construction leaders know and support their teams. Good construction leaders understand the importance of collaboration and communication. Building today involves a combination of people and systems. Great leaders enable their teams to align on the same goal and enable the collision of technology and construction to be positive, impactful, supportive, and t...
Jan 18, 2023•40 min•Season 4Ep. 68
Angela Gardner and Christi Powell are the Women Talk Construction Podcast hosts. They are on a mission to celebrate diversity in construction and other industries through genuine stories and experiences. They are working to make work easier and better by encouraging and promoting positive change that reshapes the current perception of women and minorities in non-traditional roles. We are all connected by what we do and how we show up. Listen/watch to learn the steps to build a culture of value a...
Jan 04, 2023•44 min•Season 4Ep. 67
The goal of “Lean & Love” is to help alleviate stress and pressure from your personal and professional relationships. The conversations came from a series of livestreams discussing the 5S Method of Lean Manufacturing and how it was used to communicate through love letters at the end of a failed romantic relationship. People shared vulnerable and transparent conversations to help mend the ailing construction industry. Jesse is a San Antonio native whose career ranges from grading ditches to a...
Dec 20, 2022•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 66
In addition to running an Agile Strategy Tech company, Calvin L. Williams is the host of Documenting the Journey Podcast, a father, an active member of his community, an entrepreneur, an Industrial Engineer, an MBA, and “impruver.” He is on a moonshot mission to find you where you are and help you get where you’re trying to go to solve big problems in business up to world poverty. With almost 20 years of experience driving $3B in savings across some of the world’s leading CPG manufacturers, incl...
Dec 07, 2022•54 min•Season 3Ep. 65
You learn quickly what works and what doesn’t as an Agile Transformation Coach and Scrum Trainer. Lucien is a passionate change management agent, longtime coach, teacher, mentor, respectful disruptor, lifelong learner, and my friend. He is passionate about helping people and organizations discover better working methods for large and small clients across industries, including industrial manufacturing, medical devices, energy, finance, and more. His recent work includes teaming with the largest g...
Nov 23, 2022•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 64
⚠️ Warning ⚠️ This episode is not for the easily offended Lean practitioner. Dr. Shahrukh Irani is an experienced industrial engineer specializing in high-mix, low-volume Lean implementations. Shahrukh has studied Lean and is a practicing industrial engineer, author, and teacher. In his own words about his book, “WARNING! This book [Job Shop Lean] is written by an Industrial Engineer who never worked at Toyota. But that did not deter me! I figured out that whatever the general public knows about...
Nov 09, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 63
Be cautious of what you choose to learn. Some ideas take deep roots. Rebecca (Martin) Snelling and Dan Fauchier learned about Lean Construction, and it transformed their lives, work, and friendship on a billion-dollar project. Today they each coach people, organizations, and leaders to transform design and construction. When making a change, be aware that people may actively work against it. Beyond just Lean Construction tools, these two know how to influence projects and company culture. People...
Oct 26, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Season 3Ep. 62
If you are putting in more hours at work than with your family, why not make it remarkable, and find ways to make it faster. Jason Schroeder is a former Field Operations and Project Director with over 20 years in leadership positions. His experiences include working as a field engineer, project superintendent, general superintendent, and field operations director. He is the Owner and Lead Consultant at Elevate Construction IST, a company focused on elevating construction from coast to coast by p...
Oct 12, 2022•54 min•Season 3Ep. 61
A new generation of blue-collar and white-collar design and construction professionals are using flow systems like Takt and Scrum to make work easier, better, and faster. Spencer Easton passionately teaches others how to increase efficiency by eliminating waste and variation. He actively pushes the limits of Scrum and Takt to enable systematic schedule improvements. He helps teams improve Takt adoption resulting in massive time savings! Referenced Show Links: Lean Takt via YouTube at https://www...
Sep 28, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 60
"Adapt or die." That isn't a trite phrase. Consider your company. Is it adapting or trying to remain unchanged? Let's solve the big problems. Bob Armbrister knows firsthand how hundreds of construction companies can use technology to adapt and transform. Bob is the President and CEO of Spark Business Works, a Michigan-based company specializing in building custom digital tools for businesses in the construction industry. Watch/listen to discover why digital transformation tools matter, how busin...
Sep 14, 2022•46 min•Season 3Ep. 59
Eugene Colberg is a Brooklyn-based architect with over 25 years of experience producing award-winning architecture and interiors in the United States and internationally. Eugene Colberg has been recognized for his contributions to architecture and design by major news media including Crain’s New York Business' 2021 Notable Hispanic Leaders & Executives. As Principal of Colberg Architecture, he has designed imaginative and environmentally sensitive projects. He earned his BArch from Cornell U...
Aug 31, 2022•53 min•Season 3Ep. 58
Equipping teams with skills in large and small organizations is a nearly universal challenge. Jeff Zigman, The Business Engineer, knows the power of asking the right questions coupled with technology to increase skill acquisition with on-site, remote, or hybrid teams. Connect with Jeff via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffzigman/ Email jeffz@skillbuilder.academy Website https://skillbuilder.academy/ Website http://remoteactiveshooterpreparation.com/ Connect with Felipe via Social medi...
Aug 17, 2022•56 min•Season 3Ep. 57
An incredibly talented construction projects production leader with equal hands-on Lean Construction implementation and expertise, Melanie Gilbertson knows how to engage teams across her organization with practical skill building for easier and better project delivery. She leads an amazing team of scheduling and Lean subject matter experts to support integrated production teams in their efforts to meet project-wide Conditions of Satisfaction. This episode is full of inspiration and actions to su...
Aug 03, 2022•57 min•Season 3Ep. 56
Web3 (also known as Web 3.0) is a new growth area in construction technology solutions. It is a new iteration of the World Wide Web built on blockchain tech. Rob Salvador and April Moss are working at DigiBuild, a new type of construction management software utilizing blockchain for construction companies. Imagine being able to capture transactions from all of the different systems being utilized on your project and put them into a filterable, searchable, and comparable project timeline to remov...
Jul 20, 2022•47 min•Season 3Ep. 55
Networking professionals know that making genuine connections yield several positive side effects. Reena Friedman Watts has made networking with change-makers a full-time job. She is sharing her experiences from reality TV, radio, and podcast interviewing (Better Call Daddy) the top influencers and industry moguls of today. Reena says networking is about saying yes, sharing, and not taking. Do you need some fresh ideas? Would raising your professional profile help you connect with the right peop...
Jul 06, 2022•53 min•Season 3Ep. 54
Hal Macomber says, “Lean is NOT a cost-cutting approach. Lean is a people development approach.” The current state of construction is changing. More and more people are changing how we build. In this continued interview, Hal shares what actions you can take to build higher team performance while building new capabilities including his standard approach for improving project delivery. When we focus on people and improving construction flow, we will be engaged in better strategies to minimize the ...
Jun 22, 2022•51 min•Season 3Ep. 53
The current state of construction is changing. More and more people are changing how we build. Hal Macomber is a strategic advisor to the AEC Industry for growth, high performance, and helps teams rapidly build new capabilities. He has directly helped teams across the whole industry implement change including Lean Construction tools like Last Planner System, Takt Planning, and more for decades. Today he is concerned and hopeful that companies are paying attention to people and environment, socia...
Jun 08, 2022•49 min•Season 3Ep. 52
Howard Goldberg is an educator in his 23rd year teaching with 18 of those in Loudoun County Virginia. Currently, he teaches United States History in 7th grade and enjoys every moment of it. His search for trying to find a way to make planning easier and better led to Felipe and usage of Scrum in education. Howard said that using Scrum in his classroom has been an eye opener for what is possible. Show Links: What Every Team Should Know About Scrum https://www.theebfcshow.com/blog/what-every-lean-...
May 25, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Season 3Ep. 51
George is someone who has direct experience implementing Lean Construction on large or small projects alike. He's sharing insights about how we can make work easier, better, and faster from within our own. He directly implements Lean Construction on large and small projects alike. From his early days of implementing the Last Planner System as a project manager to teaching at Boston Architectural College to now serving as Corporate Lean Director at IPS, George lives for making construction work b...
May 11, 2022•58 min•Season 3Ep. 50
