Ep.1351 - How to Innovate w/ Standards

When Standardization Goes Too Far

Is your company’s push for standardization stopping you from innovating? In this episode, I respond to a superintendent whose new tool could improve project meetings but might not fit management’s “everything the same” policy.

We’ll talk about the difference between a standard as a baseline versus a cap, how to frame your case to leadership, and why the best companies keep raising their standards instead of locking them in place. I also share my own experience pushing back when corporate tried to dictate my job site processes and how I still got the results my projects needed.

If you’re stuck between following the rules and improving your work, this episode will show you how to find the win-win and what to do if leadership won’t even consider it.

 

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