- What is the connection between being a true trade PARTNER and Lean?
- Hi, Perry Thompson here, Parsons Electric Lean Executive Director. What is the connection between true trade partnering and Lean? A true trade partner is someone that believes in lean as a way of doing construction better, as a way of doing our work better. So a trade partner comes to a project as a partner, realizing that it's all-for-one, one-for-all, and that we're not going to try to live in silos. We’re gonna trust that we can work together, collaborate together, to try to figure out what's most efficient for us and for everyone. So that requires an open mind, a willingness to try to do things differently. And that's what we're asked to do as trade partner, not subcontractor. I work for you. You command and control me. No, I'm showing up as a partner that has interest in trying to do it better than we've ever done it before. That’s what lean is all about. Lean is about eliminating waste and creating flow, working together collaboratively the idea that we could slow down to go faster. So many of these ideas and concepts we're going to put into practice on lean project. So the connection between the two is we're driving to do things better in a way that allows us to improve together , learn together and, achieve extraordinary results. Together, trade partners, true trade partners and lean go hand-in-hand. They're intimately connected!
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