Missing tomorrow and sorry for that was looking forward to another great Thursday.

Dawgs! Over the past few jobs we have run the Pull Plan both analog (Sticky Notes and Boards on the wall) and online (we used Touch Plan). Analog is great because of the natural conversations that happen when the foremen are up at the boards, updating their commitments and bumping shoulders with each other - the "hum" of conversation in a room during our sessions was organic and the lifeblood of the job. Then we needed 2 assistant level guys spending 3-4 hours on a Friday collecting data, entering it on a spreadsheet, chasing foremen down for variance reasons or "Hey you haven't updated your plan yet". Ultimately it was a chaotic way to get the "Learning" part of our LPS done. When we utilized Touch Plan, all of that worry went away because the program tracks all that for you, forces people to put variance reasons on any commitment that changes its finish date, tracks PPC in any way you could want and pumps out pretty reports. The problem is that "hum" in the room during foreman's meetings was gone. We tried to replicate it throughout the job and while we still had an effective pull plan, it wasn't nearly as effective as analog. I am wondering if others have had this same experience and if anyone would be interested in a program that can pump out statistics based on a picture of your analog boards? Would like to discuss this a bit further with you all tomorrow but please give me some feedback!

Pay-It-Forward Opportunity: Respect for People I’ve been given the opportunity to extend a discounted pay-it-forward rate for the Respect for People Roadmap class, and I wanted to see if any Old Dogs might be interested. 📅 Start Date: April 16 ⏱ Duration: 45-hour program delivered over a customized timeline 📚 Format: Blended learning (online microlearning + group sessions) Overview: This program focuses on improving how teams work together—strengthening communication, conflict resolution, teamwork, leadership, and overall jobsite culture. It’s about creating better outcomes by improving how we interact, not just how we work. Topics include: - Clear communication and active listening - Understanding different perspectives - Giving and receiving feedback - Constructive conflict resolution - Adaptability and teamwork - Leadership and collaboration If you’re interested, give me a call and I will put you in contact.

This was great! I have also added some slides directly from a Hoots training session that gives clear step-by-step instructions on how to build a Takt Plan. Let's do a follow-up in 60 days so we can do a bit of a show and tell with our progress. Shout out to Tom, Jason and Boone who, to nobody's surprise, had great input and wisdom to impart on the rest of us. Thanks to Denver for initiating this and bringing a real, concrete challenge to the Old Dawgs.

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!!