I’m glad to be here. For those who don’t know me, I’m Jody Fitzgerald. I’ve spent 40+ years in construction as a superintendent, general superintendent, and project fixer on everything from residential to commercial, healthcare, multifamily, and military work. At this stage, I’m most interested in helping pass on what took a lifetime to learn the hard way. I believe construction does not have a knowledge problem. It has a knowledge transfer problem. There are a lot of us who learned through pressure, mistakes, long days, hard lessons, and people who took the time to show us the way. Now it’s our turn to do the same. Some of you may have seen my posts around Built, Not Forced.™ — The Field Leadership Standard for Construction. That work is really built around one idea: We need to develop field leaders on purpose, not just hope they survive long enough to figure it out. I’m here to listen, learn, share what I can, and be a resource wherever it helps. Looking forward to being part of the conversation.

I would love to hear how the Lean coffee went this morning. Unfortunately, I have a reoccurring Toastmasters meeting that conflicts. Also, what do you think about my new profile picture?

Hello, This group was recommended by a friend of mine. Looking forward to learning from all of you. Ben Root

Hello everyone, excited to be the 53rd member of this community. I love that the focus is on making the construction industry a better place for the people in it. Looking forward to getting to know all of you and finding where I can contribute. Jason

ANOTHER AMAZING LEAN COFFEE WITH THE OLD DAWGS!! If you have interest in what you missed, here are some notes from the get together: https://web.plaud.ai/s/pub_7e1b75fc-c567-487a-b48a-8c3dfcd4f43e::0mqCk5QIl5HV-BiA8E-wI0GOEnLhfuDmjbmkpRhNt_-lLc0f8Rds7XZMmU1zMcyYhLXEUBmmJZNxC94C There are also speaker scores on these notes, determined by Plaud not by me!! Enjoy the reading here y'all!!