Jason kicks off a series on total participation, recording on the way to the airport for a project assessment trip to St. Louis. He credits Paul Akers for distilling this concept and walks through how Paul implemented total participation in his own facility, where everyone, from leadership to the floor, cleans bathrooms, runs morning huddles, takes before and after lean improvement videos, and participates as a single culture. Jason then shares how he applied this on the Bioscience Research Laboratory project with worker morning huddles, visual systems, 5S cards, eight wastes cards, awards, and culture building. He closes with the central image of the episode: a percentage graph asking what percent of the plan and culture each level of the team actually knows.
What you'll learn in this episode:
Paul Akers' philosophy of total participation in his factory: everyone cleans, huddles, and participates
Why morning worker huddles (not foreman huddles) are one of the highest leverage practices Jason ever implemented
The visual systems on the Bioscience Research Lab project: signage, lean boards, hoist visuals, gates, walkways, huddle areas
The pattern: respect for people, stability, eight wastes and 5S training, huddles, rewards, awards
The percentage graph: what percent of the plan and culture do the PM, super, FE, foreman, lead persons, and laborers actually understand
The goal: not 100 percent for one person, but high percent across every person on site
Total participation isn't a memo. It's not a core value on a wall. It's everyone, every day, knowing the plan and acting the culture.
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