In this enlightening episode, Adrian La Porta, Technical Director at Bryden Wood, dives deep into the evolving landscape of pharmaceutical manufacturing, focusing on the critical role of Small Molecule Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) in modern medicine. As the backbone of the world's most essential medications, the development and producti…

In this enlightening episode of the Built Environment Matters podcast, host Jaimie Johnston MBE engages with Iris Tommelein, a distinguished Professor of Engineering and Project Management at UC Berkeley. Iris, renowned for her contributions to lean construction and as a founder of the Lean Construction Institute, delves into her journey from civil…

Welcome to another episode of Bryden Wood's 'Built Environment Matters' podcast, where we delve into the transformative world of Platform II. In this episode, Jaimie Johnston MBE explores how Platform II is setting new benchmarks in the construction industry. Discover the innovative strategies behind the design and implementation of The Forge, the …

What happens when an organization decides not to change and keeps the status quo? It is easy to look back on the history of organizations or products that have come and gone. The main trend we see is….if you don’t improve or change, you most likely will be forgotten. There are many complicated reasons why some organization's fail and so there is on…

In this special 'In Short' edition of Built Environment Matters, Head of Global Systems, Jaimie Johnston MBE gives us a sub-ten-minute lowdown on the benefits of 'Reference Design.' By creating a centralised and highly optimised core design, we are able to streamline the process of designing and building structures for our clients. Through thoughtf…

When you look back on some of history's most influential and effective leaders, what made them so great? They were selfless, loved the people they were leading, and had a strong desire to empower those around them to become better people. When you look back on some of the worst leaders from history, what made them so horrible? They are exact opposi…

In the short term, layoffs seem logical and look great on paper, however, in the long term, these organizations will be trading short-term safety over long-term profitability. There are all kinds of reasons why companies should and should not do layoffs, including strategies to avoid layoffs. We will talk about some strategies to avoid layoffs, but…

Amy Marks joins Jaimie Johnston MBE to talk about Advancing Prefab, which is taking place in Phoenix from 14th-17th March. Now in its seventh year, it's fast becoming the world's biggest conference on industrialized construction. Listen in to learn more about why everyone in this space, particularly architects and designers, should attend. To learn…

Motivational interviewing helps tap into our intrinsic motivation to create the desire within ourselves to change. Typically when people are told or forced to do something, most likely, we will be met with resistance. So, instead of telling someone what to do, giving them information, providing a road map, directing, warning, instructing, or laying…

Resistance to change can be one of the most significant barriers that lean, six sigma, and continuous improvement come up against. The law of resistance to change could very well be the most challenging part of our path as we navigate along our continuous improvement journey. A statement that we all have heard or have said ourselves is, “people don…

This week we will be discussing what standard work is, what it is not and how standard work will automatically help us increase the quality of our products and services. We will also have an arm wrestle about Taiichi Ohno’s quote when he said, “without standards, there can be no kaizen.” But what came first, the chicken or the egg? Does standardizi…

Will Lichtig, Chief of Staff at The Boldt Company joins Technical Director Adrian La Porta on this episode of the Built Environment Matters podcast. We learn how Will's twenty-five years of experience as a construction lawyer allowed him to see the failings of the design and construction industry firsthand. Will now uses this knowledge to reshape t…

In manufacturing, we live or die on tolerances. The tradition in American and other Western countries is we are so focused on the specification limits, while Japanese companies focus on uniformity and reducing variation around the target value. In other words, Western countries make a part and say, is it within specification? Or it is right on the …

For this week’s episode of the Continuous Improvement Journey podcast, we will be talking about how the methodology of Training Within Industry was created during the 1940s as part of the World War II production effectiveness effort. One of the great outcomes of Training Within Industry was it drastically cut down the time required for new workers …

Have you ever had something that was made out of cheap plastic and broke easily or the design of something was so complicated that it was easier to throw it away and buy a whole new assembly to save you the time and headaches from trying to fix it? We will be discussing 6 ways to help reduce these headaches to help us when designing parts to make t…

Of all the improvements or focus we may have in our organization or supply chain, the most important keystone in everything that we do is what our internal and external customer loyalty is and the relationship we have between the leaders of the organization and those two categories of customers. Our internal and external customers are not lifeless …

Are our suppliers or vendors considered our friends or enemy? And do we select vendors on price alone? The answers to these questions will determine the fate of our organization for how effective we are in providing our goods or services to our customers. We need to unceasingly expand the scope of our continuous improvement initiatives outside of j…

Who do you think would win if we had an arm wrestle between lean manufacturing based Just in time Inventory and Inventory Optimization using statistical principles? Whoever wins, the main challenge for those who work with or are impacted by the effectiveness of our supply chains is figuring out how in the world we can match our inventory supply to …

Many of us are familiar with the concept of work in process, and some feel that any work in process lying around is of the devil. This thinking is partly true. We need a certain amount of work in process to overcome the natural variation in the system with standard work in process or critical work in process levels. For episode 7 this week on the C…

For episode 6 of Continuous Improvement Journey’s podcast, we will discuss the law of operational and process wastes, which is a continuation of exploring each of the 13 Laws of System Optimization we have discussed so far in the previous 3 episodes. In the lean community, you hear all kinds of talk about removing waste, eliminating waste, lowering…

What is the current state of MMC adoption in Australia and what can be done to accelerate it? How can we best apply the lessons from overseas, particularly looking at the experience in the UK? Adam Jordan, Asia-Pacific Lead at Bryden Wood, talks to Martin Fenn, Director of Integration at PT Blink and MMC Lead for the CIOB Oceania. They are joined b…

For episode 5, we will dive deeper into the Law of Variation, which is the most important and maybe the least understood law when running an organization. Not only can the law of variation help us understand and resolve our past. It can significantly help guide our organization along our continuous improvement journey and help solidify our future b…

On this month's Built Environment Matters podcast, Brett Rogers, CEO of KatalystDI, talks to Head of Global Systems Jaimie Johnston MBE about integrating supply chain data into the design and construction process and how new digital platforms are enabling a new world of data-led collaboration. Brett Rogers is CEO of KatalystDI, a tech company that …

Listen to our latest podcast with Zig Rubel, president and CEO of Forsight Digital. He talks to podcast host Jaimie Johnston MBE about using data to create better healthcare facilities, the role of standardization and componentization how we can meet the healthcare needs of the future with new technology, and the evolution of Integrated Project Del…

This episode Bryden Wood Head of Global Systems Jaimie Johnston MBE is joined by Tim Coldwell, President of Canada's Chandos Construction. Tim talks about being purpose-driven, 100% employee-owned, and the first and largest B Corp certified commercial general contractor in North America. In addition to recycling construction waste on 100% of projec…

Bryden Wood Asia-Pacific Lead, Adam Jordan, talks with Professor Jennifer Whyte, Director of John Grill Institute for Project Leadership and Head of School and Project Management at University of Sydney. She will be discussing innovation in construction, how digital is transforming the delivery of major projects, and how Modern Methods of Construct…

Join us on this month’s episode of Built Environment Matters as Lucy Homer, European Head of Integrated Solutions at Lendlease, discusses centralisation, the importance of teamwork, overcoming industry inefficiency, and how architects in our digital future could find themselves acting as artisan curators of standardised systems. ‘Developing technol…

For episode 4 of Continuous Improvement Journey’s podcast, we will pick up where we left off in part one of episode 3 where we explored a high-level view of the Laws of System Optimization. We will continue part 2 in covering laws 4 through 13. I hope that these 13 laws will become additional tools to refine and take us to the next level from our t…

For episode 3 of Continuous Improvement Journey’s podcast, we will explore a high-level view of the Laws of System Optimization. I hope that these 13 laws will become additional tools to refine and take us to the next level from our traditional lean manufacturing training. Episode 3 will act as Part 1 of an introduction of the Laws of System Optimi…

In this very thought-provoking episode, renowned criminologist Professor Yvonne Jewkes discusses prison architecture and how we could - and should - change the conversation around social and political attitudes to prisons and rehabilitation. To learn more about Bryden Wood's Design to Value philosophy, visit www.brydenwood.com. You can also follow …

Satwinder Samra, architect, educator, TV presenter... talks to Bryden Wood Architecture Board Director Paul O'Neill about opening doors and increasing diversity in Architecture, the importance of listening, and how his students make him optimistic for the sector To learn more about Bryden Wood's Design to Value philosophy, visit www.brydenwood.com.…

In this inspiring episode, we discuss how to achieve a practical, global-scale solution to the very biggest issue facing humanity – climate change – with Kirsty Gogan of TerraPraxis. To learn more about Bryden Wood's Design to Value philosophy, visit www.brydenwood.com. You can also follow Bryden Wood on LinkedIn and Twitter.…

In this episode Bryden Wood co-founder Martin Wood joins Jaimie Johnston MBE to talk about design to value and addressing global needs, from decarbonising energy production to designing efficient data centres. To learn more about Bryden Wood's Design to Value philosophy, visit www.brydenwood.com. You can also follow Bryden Wood on LinkedIn and Twit…

Learn about the key ways we’ll achieve net zero building using sustainable design and modern methods of construction. Check out this month’s episode of our podcast, Built Environment Matters. Bryden Wood’s Head of Sustainability, Pablo Gugel, joins Jaimie Johnston MBE. To learn more about Bryden Wood's Design to Value philosophy, visit www.brydenwo…

The UK's Infrastructure and Projects Authority has just published its Roadmap to 2030 – a clear and bold plan to drive a step change in infrastructure performance. Central to this plan is the adoption of a platforms approach to construction. Bryden Wood first described platform construction back in 2017, and has been developing it ever since. It wi…

This month Board Director Jaimie Johnston MBE talks with architect, playwright, AI researcher and educator Professor Randy Deutsch about language, critical thinking, and the golden generation. Themes: Life as an architect: adapt to any economic situation The importance of narrative in architecture Narrow AI in architecture Architecture nomenclature…

Join us for Part 2 of our Digitising Planning podcast where Jaimie Johnston MBE is joined by Miranda Sharp from the National Digital Twin Programme at the Centre for Digital Built Britain and Jack Ricketts, Principal Planning Officer, at Southwark Council. They discuss digitising planning and where that sits within wider digitisation and the Nation…

Is there a limit to when 5S is taken too far? Is 5S the first required step for every lean transformation? How does 5S increase the effectiveness of the entire organization and not just the shop floor? For episode number 2 of Continuous Improvement Journey’s podcast, we will be exploring the topic...“When 5S Goes Too Far.” The lean tool of 5S is a …

Jaimie Johnston MBE is joined by Miranda Sharp from the National Digital Twin Programme at the Centre for Digital Built Britain and Jack Ricketts, Principal Planning Officer at Southwark Council. They discuss digitising planning and where that sits within wider digitisation and the National Digital Twin Programme. To learn more about Bryden Wood's …

Why do so many companies struggle to find long-term success when implementing lean and six sigma? Let's explore the results from a casual research study performed by Continuous Improvement Journey that found the top 5 reasons or side effects to avoid when implementing lean or six sigma into an organization. Free workbook guide to identify the #1 pl…

In this episode, Board Director Jaimie Johnston MBE talks to Craig Lamont, Chief Commercial Officer, at asBuilt Digital in Sydney about 3D spatial technology, IoT connected construction sites and how we should use the tech to return the time back to human. To learn more about Bryden Wood's Design to Value philosophy, visit www.brydenwood.com. You c…

Part 2: This episode, Jaimie Johnston and Professor Jacqui Glass get into the semantics around construction nomenclature before turning to the foundational importance of industry standards. Finally, Jacqui talks about why we should be attracting graduates and master's students into the industry as they can bring about significant shifts in how thin…

Part 1: This month, Board Director Jaimie Johnston talks to Professor Jacqui Glass from The Bartlett, UCL’s Faculty of the Built Environment. They explore the relationship between academia, industry and research, as well as Jacqui’s role as Lead of The Transforming Construction Network Plus (N+). To learn more about Bryden Wood's Design to Value ph…

Part 2 of Board Director, Jaimie Johnston in conversation with Josh Johnson from McKinsey, talking about the digital empowerment of the construction industry, cleaning up processes to maximise technology-led benefits, overcoming fragmentation, and the pursuit of value as we create a better future... To learn more about Bryden Wood's Design to Value…

Josh Johnson brings his perspective - and McKinsey insights - on the construction industry, including the current market, trends and developments. To learn more about Bryden Wood's Design to Value philosophy, visit www.brydenwood.com. You can also follow Bryden Wood on LinkedIn and Twitter.By Bryden Wood

Amy talks about the importance of productization in construction, why data is the new oil and why change is happening now. She also tells us why CEOs are listening up, why we need to re-use what we learn on construction projects, and, finally, why people should stop talking nonsense. To learn more about Bryden Wood's Design to Value philosophy, vis…

Amy Marks, Autodesk's Head of Industrialized Construction Strategy and Evangelism, talks about how clients have the power to shape the future of construction, what value means in the design process, why we don’t need to have everything and how to let architects be… architects. To learn more about Bryden Wood's Design to Value philosophy, visit www.…

Bryden Wood's Head of Sustainability and Building Physics, Helen Hough, joins Jaimie Johnston to talk about all things sustainable design: From how Platform construction (P-DfMA) helps to lower embodied carbon, to designing buildings to the WELL Building Standard, with COVID-19 in mind. Helen Hough also gives an overview of the various built enviro…

In addition to Jaimie Johnston's role as Board Director at Bryden Wood, he is also the Design Lead at the Construction Innovation Hub. In this episode, he talks to his CIH colleague, Keith Waller, who is the Program Director at The Hub. They will talk about the future of the construction industry, the role of Government and how UK construction coul…

This month, Bryden Wood Creative Technologies Director Jami Cresser-Brown talks about how digital technologies and automating design can turbocharge housing and modern methods of construction, the ground-breaking PRiSM app, and why some architects should think more like primary school children. Artwork: Megan Chown, Bryden Wood Podcast Music: Tamar…