Elevate Construction
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Elevate Construction
Elevating construction with interviews, training, and techniques that will make the build environment better for workers, our customers, companies, and the industry as a whole.
Recent Episodes
1502 episodes
Ep.1502 - Controlling Variation
In this episode, Jason unpacks one of the most overlooked forces quietly destroying schedules, safety, and morale on construction projects: variation....
Ep.1501 - The Stable Environment We Owe
This episode is a heartfelt reminder of what the general contractor truly owes the people on site: a safe, clean, stable, and human environment where...
Ep.1500 - 8 Japanese Habits
In this short but powerful episode, Jason Schroeder shares eight Japanese philosophies that can quietly reshape how you live, lead, and show up each d...
Ep.1499 - Incoming saviors
When someone new walks onto a job site acting like the hero, it can derail trust, momentum, and real progress fast. In this episode, Jason Schroeder b...
Ep.1498 - Money Masks Waste
In this episode, Jason Schroeder breaks down a counterintuitive but powerful idea that explains why so many projects never truly improve: money hides...
Ep.1497 - Get Used to Not Knowing It All
In this short but powerful episode, Jason Schroeder challenges a deeply ingrained leadership myth in construction: the idea that great leaders must kn...
Ep.1496 - How To Not Get Caught With Your Pants down in a Pull Plan
In this episode, Jason Schroeder tackles a common and uncomfortable problem in pull planning: losing confidence when trade durations suddenly explode...
Ep.1495 - Honey I Shrunk the Kids
This episode uses a simple but powerful analogy to explain why so many construction teams struggle to solve the right problems. Jason Schroeder walks...
Ep.1494 - How We Take Care Of Ourselves At Home ft. Mark Story
This episode brings a heartfelt and deeply practical conversation with Jason and guest Mark Story as they unpack what it really means for construction...
Ep.1493 - Respect Your Partners & Suppliers
This episode explores a powerful but often overlooked truth in construction: your performance is only as strong as the partners and suppliers who supp...
Ep.1492 - How To Mark Logistics & Zone Maps
This episode dives into one of the most powerful but underused habits in the Last Planner System: properly marking up visual maps. Jason explains why...
Ep.1491 - The In-N-Out Burger Call
This episode explores the powerful lesson behind what Jason calls the In-N-Out Burger Callout, a simple but transformative tactic for managing flow, c...
Ep. 1490 - Logistics Support Person
This episode breaks down one of the most overlooked but high-impact roles on a construction project: the logistics support person. Jason explains why...
Ep.1489 - Sneaking Past Gates
This episode tackles one of the most damaging yet common behaviors in construction: sneaking past critical gates meant to ensure safety, flow, and qua...
Ep.1488 - Respecting The Nature of Humans
In this episode of the Elevate Construction Podcast, Jason Schroeder explores the concept of "respecting the nature of people" and how it applies to l...
Ep.1487 - Multiple Important Topics
Are you waiting for your company to "notice" you, fix your crew, and make your job easier?
Spoiler: no one is coming but that's actually the be...
Ep.1486 - Fingerprint On The Process
If you keep handing work to software, templates, or other people and still feel out of control on your projects, this episode will show you why. Jason...
Ep.1485 - Open Door Policy With Trades
If your projects suffer from late deliveries, mystery defects, and surprise trade performance issues, this episode will show you why. Jason Schroeder...
Ep.1484 - Syncing The Project and Personal Plans
If your schedules keep slipping, handoffs fall apart, and crews always seem to be waiting on someone, this episode will show you why. Jason Schroeder...
Ep.1483 - The Myth of Micro-managing
"Stop micromanaging" has become the go-to excuse to avoid structure, standards, and accountability. In this episode, Jason flips that script and makes...
Ep.1482 - Logistics Staging 2.0
What if your job stopped drowning in pallets, trash, and late trucks, and your logistics yard quietly saved you six figures in waste. In this episode,...
Ep.1481 - Morning Worker Huddle 2.0
What if your jobsite logistics were so dialed in that workers wanted to show up early for the morning huddle? In this episode, Jason shares his latest...
Ep.1480 - Popcorn & Variation
A simple night at the movies turned into chaos for Jason when one well meaning suggestion about popcorn blew up his entire system. In this episode, he...
Ep.1479 - Japan Series - Keeping Commitments
Most projects are not falling apart because of bad schedules or bad luck. They are falling apart because people say yes lightly, show up late, or disa...
Ep.1478 - We Don't Blame People
Most project teams struggle not because they lack skill or effort, but because they lack one core principle that drives every great construction proje...
Ep.1477 - PMs, Shield Them from Toxic Variation, Not Growth
Most PMs think their job is to protect the team from change. That mindset is quietly killing projects.
In this episode, Jason flips the script,...
Ep.1476 - POND, Not POD Meeting
What separates noisy, reactive job sites from clean, flowing, elite ones, A single shift, plan the next day, not the same day, In this fast, high ener...
Ep. 1475 - Elevate & LeanTakt Principles
What if the secret to a remarkable company wasn't systems or strategy - but soul?
In this episode, Jason opens the doors to Elevate Construction...
1474 - Not Having the Right PM, Feat. Adam (Beanie) Bean
What if your project failed before the first delivery arrived, In this hard hitting conversation, Jason and Adam Beanie Bean unpack cause number two i...
1473 - Failing To Plan, Feat. Adam (Beanie) Bean
What if your project was doomed before the first shovel hit the ground?
In this hard-hitting episode, Jason and Adam "Beanie" Bean team up acros...
Ep.1472 - Take It Back!
What if everything you've been waiting for, peace, freedom, focus, joy - was already yours, just buried under noise and obligation?
In this epis...
Ep.1471 - Who is King?
What if the real "king" of every project isn't the one in the trailer, but the one holding the tools?
In this episode, Jason breaks down a timel...
Ep.1470 - Shoulder to Shoulder
What if real leadership isn't about telling people to "figure it out," but about standing beside them until they can?
In this episode, Jason sha...
Ep.1469 - Japan Series - "Too Good to Waste" - Mottainai (もったいない)
What if lean wasn't just about reducing waste on paper but about learning to feel waste in your gut?
In Japan, there's a word for that: Mottaina...
Ep.1468 - 約束 (Yakusoku): The Power of Keeping Your Word
Forget calendar invites and polite excuses, the real culture killer in construction is breaking your word. In Japan, it's called yakusoku, a promise y...
Ep.1467 - コスパ (Cospa): The Art of Getting More for Less
Forget overpriced tech and shiny new apps, the real inefficiency in construction isn't a lack of innovation, it's a lack of value.
In Japan, Jas...
Ep.1466 - The 9th Waste is Killing Us
Forget waiting on slow crews or excess materials, the real waste in construction isn't on the site. It's in our culture. The 9th Waste, toxic conflict...
Ep.1465 - Additional Questions, Feat. Charles McKenna
What's really holding construction back, the lack of tech, or the lack of truth?
In this raw and unfiltered conversation, Jason sits down again...
Ep.1464 - Japan series - Stop, Call, Wait
What if the smartest move on your project wasn't pushing harder but stopping?
In this episode, Jason dives deep into one of the most powerful an...
Ep.1463 - Japan Series - Point & Call
The Power of Point and Call: Mastering the Last 5%
Most of us start strong but fall short in the final stretch. What if the secret to excellence...