Team - I wanted to share the video of the #olddawgs presentation at Yale University for The International Society for Emotional Intelligence! Feedback is always welcome. While the entire world is focused on AI, Old Dawgs know that EI will be the difference moving forward!! This presentation is on the Leadership Via Transparency exercise that we are going to be offering to all members beginning in September! I look forward to learning with y'all... Huge thank you to @Jeff Reilly and @Brent Darnell for joining me on this crazy journey!!! I realized on this trip that if we are ONLY hanging around with the LEAN construction crowd, then we are playing small ball!! We have work to do Old Dawgs. Let's goooooo! Built by those who do, and shared for those who will!

Dawgs! Would love for you all to try out this app for your jobsite(s). It gives you live feedback on the health of your job based on a 10 question, bilingual survey designed to take less than 90 seconds. We then have 2 optional, open ended questions at the end asking what your biggest slowdown is and what the leadership should change. Click this link: https://jobsite-pulse.vercel.app/login -Create a Login -Create a project -click the QR Code button top right -Print and share the QR code -Collect your feedback! -Once you have a good amount of feedback, the bottom right of the dashboard has an AI Voice that will analyze your feedback and give you suggested actions. Would love to hear some feedback. Shout out to Marcus for teaching this Old Dawg new tricks!

What if the best thing you've ever done on a jobsite can't be taught? That's a question I've been wrestling with. I've spent more than 40 years in construction, and like a lot of us, I've been fortunate enough to turn around difficult jobs, mentor younger superintendents, and solve problems that didn't seem to have a solution. For a long time, I thought experience was the answer. Now I think experience is only part of it. The real question is: Can you explain why you made the decision you made? Or does it just live in your instincts? Too much of our industry depends on personality. "He's just a natural leader." "She's got great instincts." "He just knows how to run work." But what happens when they retire? If we can't explain what we're doing in a way someone else can learn, practice, and repeat, then we've passed on stories instead of standards. The next generation doesn't just need our experience. They need a framework they can stand on while they're building their own. That's what I've been trying to put into words over the last few years. Not a better personality. A better standard. I'm curious... What's one thing you've done for years that came naturally to you—but only later realized you had to learn how to teach? I'd enjoy hearing from some folks who've spent a lifetime building this industry.

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I wanted to give a shoutout to @Boone White on this fine Thursday morning. He gave me an hour of his time over a teams call to help me get a takt plan put together. I've been struggling with getting over the hump of creating a visually appealing/properly mapped out schedule and takt seems like the most effective solution. The Old Dawgs are awesome not only because of the learning sessions, field talks, and faith huddles; but also because we have the ability to communicate directly with anyone in this group if we need help. I have no problem asking for help when I need it, and I am thankful for guys like Boone willing to take time out of their busy schedules to lend a hand. Let's keep pushing each other to get better! Hope everyone has a great day and I am extremely grateful to be a part of this group! I'll attach what we worked on today if anyone is interested in what I have going on. Still have to get it completely filled out through the end of the job, but without Boone's help it would have taken me forever to get to this point.