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National Housing Quality Award
Lean Building Blog: Should the National Housing Quality Award survive?
The NAHB in conjunction with Professional Builder Magazine launched the National Housing Quality Award (NHQA) in 1993 to encourage and recognize…
Flat empowered organizational structures
Flat, team based and empowered organizations have the potential to out-perform tall hierarchical organizations in most every competitive industry…
Lean Design Blog: Elevations – what's in a name?
Why bother…
Like changing a wheel while the car is still moving
Process improvement can often be received with impatience and inflated expectations of its impact. One of the regular problems is that a…
Net Promoting Index = No Pertinent Information!
Let me be straight - I am anti-Net Promoting Index (NPI) in the home building industry and this is why...
When I was a manager/leader/owner…
Don’t paint yourself into a corner and create a negative work environment
Often managers set goals for employees such as a minimum number of units to be produced each week and once this is achieved on a regular basis,…
Lean Design Blog: A skinny plan based on outdoor living
For the second…
Lean and Green Builder: Stick vs. panels - a greener way to frame
Looking at this topic, I am reminded of my days as a security system salesperson. The sales pitch for a door-to-door salesperson is safety and…
Back to Basics: Checklists and clearly documenting errors to reduce costs
Checklists and audits may be one of the most basic approaches to quality but they frequently lead to problems of accurate data collection. A…
