by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 26, 2023 | General IT Tips & Advice, Management, Productivity, Project Management
The daily scrum: It’s not a status meeting, it’s a synchronization meeting Hat tip to Mike Cohn of Mountain Goat Software
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 24, 2019 | Leadership, Lean Thinking, Management, Productivity
1. Tell your company “Hey we are going to explore Lean Thinking as a way to improve or customer client experiences working with our company and how we get work done around here. And we are all going on this learning experience together. 2. To get your company going...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 17, 2018 | Management, Productivity
MULTITASKING?…So the other month I was wondering: —“How many business owners, bosses, managers, etc keep a “timecard” or “timesheet” to track HOW THEY REALLY SPEND THEIR TIME even though they don’t have too?”— When the thought came to mind I was...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 31, 2016 | Marketing, Markup & Pricing, Productivity
A good look at how think about and approaching delegation of work from Kyle Hunt a Michigan-based marketing expert. Work for $1,000 an Hour I work as a consultant, and here’s something I’ve consistently heard from my remodeling clients over the last...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 13, 2014 | Leadership, Lean Thinking, Productivity, Systems & Systems Thinking, The Little Lessons
A great Deming-ism I just stumbled across in my old notes from a Scott Sedam article How To Get Smart from the 7/11/2000 issue of Professional Builder: Deming lamented that our companies and our country were becoming so obsessed with job skills that we were turning...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 5, 2014 | Contracting 101, Management, Productivity
I’m wondering if you all you contractors are following Craig Durosko’s excellent series in Profession Remodeler 25 Ways You Can Lose Money in Remodeling. Craig Durosko: Part I: 25 Ways You Can Lose Money in Remodeling Craig Durosko: Part II: 25 Ways You...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jan 7, 2011 | Critical Chain Project Management, Lean Thinking, Management, Productivity
I’ve been thinking about the issue of “productivity” and the debate over one-person (lead carpenter concept) vs. two (or more) person crews. When I open up my estimating application or crack open a copy of R.S. Means’ Repair and Remodeling Cost...
