October 27th from 1:00–2:30 pm we will have our next virtual event with Greg Howell
Location: Your computer

We will have the ability to host about 10 “stations” or offices— possibly more. Our agenda will be a 10-15 minute overview on new developments with lean construction in the world, and then we will get right into how to use the various stages of the planning system, from the pull phase event through to weekly work planning. We will connect via the Internet for the visual, and conference call for the audio. It would be very helpful for attendees to have read everything available on my site http://www.gregoryneilassociates.com/Articles.html prior to the call.
We will have only 90 minutes, so this will move fast with the intention of going as deeply as we can into the planning system itself.

There is no charge for this event.

RSVP by emailing Greg@GregoryNeilAssociates.com and you will then receive more details on how to participate.

New Design Group for
Project Management Community

I am inviting you to participate in a focused conversation to improve on the way projects are managed. We will explore current practice with the commitment to invent and design better practices for the industry. We will do this through both live and virtual events held 4 times a year. I will provide us with a variety of speakers giving us a view to other levels of construction, allowing us to learn from the similarities and differences. We will develop a Bay Area community, and link our community to the larger international community that has been studying this problem for over 10 years. This is a very great opportunity for us to discover what’s happening in the world outside our Bay Area world. This is also an opportunity to see into the world of the people around us, and learn from the wisdom of the group. I am inspired to do this because of already existing groups here in the Bay Area that have been meeting for many years. I’m told they are companies that would otherwise be competing with each because of their close proximity to each other, and the fact that they are doing the same kind of work in the same market. Confidentiality and trust may be one of the first things we will have the opportunity to learn about.

The intention is for this to be a serious inquiry into project management, and that the more people thinking together about it, the more likely we will be able to achieve something useful to improve current practice. My purpose in doing this is motivated from traveling from one company to another for the last 10 years and hearing the same problems. I recognize that the answers are not with any one of us, that it will take many of us thinking together to come up with a new set of practices that actually work for many or most.

I have launched a blog site to host the conversations and invite you to take a look, and offer your comments http://accountability.wordpress.com