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Bruce Cousins
Bruce C. Cousins is a registered Architect with over forty years’ experience both designing and building great projects. He has established and directed BIM - Virtual Design and Lean Construction for Architects, Engineers and several top 100 general contractors. His specialty is Lean Design Management, coaching and mentoring high performance project teams using a collaborative project approach from project validation through design development and construction.
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Building the “A” Team: Creating a Personal Connection with Onboarding in LPD
Two central tenets of Lean are “Respect for People” and “Removal of Waste“ wherever [1]. By not investing in learning about how each individual works on a project, we give up the opportunity for the project to go from ordinary to extraordinary.
Building the “A” Team: Steps for an Effective Onboarding Process in LPD
“How teams work matters more than who is on them. There’s a myth we all carry inside our heads, we think we need superstars. Our research showed you can take a team of average performers and if you teach them to interact the right way they'll do things no superstar could ever accomplish.” Laszlo Boch.
The Business of Design – Lean for Design Service Providers
Why do Clients expectations fall short of design services providers fees and prescribed timeframes? That is, they feel they are not getting the value for services that they contracted for. Clients ask when will I be able to benefit from the work I asked for? How much will it cost me to get there?