Podcast
The NEXT Academy
Hosted by Chad Jones and Cody Phillips · EN
Dedicated to Construction Leadership, Brand Growth, and Staying on Offense. Chad Jones and Cody Phillips discuss these topics as well as the emerging role of The NEXT Leadership Academy, an intimate industry focused program, created for YOU, the highly motivated construction professional. We deliver episodes of The Goods, HardHat Headspace, Hot Wire, Insights and The Search for Fulfillment to bring you strategies and tactics that can help you become your greatest self. #BeNEXT
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The Builder's Bookshelf: The Checklist Manifesto (EP.26)
3w ago00:07:09Tap to summarizeIn this episode of The Builder's Bookshelf, we break down The Checklist Manifesto and translate Atul Gawande’s lessons into the construction world, where complexity, pressure, and handoffs can cause even great teams to miss critical steps. You’ll learn how simple, well-designed checklists can reduce rework, improve safety, strengthen communication, and help skilled professionals consistently get the most important things right.Enjoy Episode 26 and #BeNEXT
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The Builder's Bookshelf: Multipliers (EP.25)
4w ago00:08:31Tap to summarizeIn this episode of The Builder's Bookshelf, we break down Liz Wiseman’s Multipliers and explore why some construction leaders unlock the intelligence, ownership, and capability of everyone around them while others unintentionally cause good people to stop thinking. You’ll learn how to become a Talent Magnet, Liberator, Challenger, Debate Maker, and Investor—and build a team that solves more problems without waiting for you to provide every answer.Enjoy Episode 25 and #BeNEXT
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The Builder's Bookshelf: The Motive (EP.24)
Jun 1400:08:19Tap to summarizeIn this episode of The Builder's Bookshelf, we break down Patrick Lencioni’s The Motive and confront the uncomfortable difference between leaders who pursue the rewards of authority and those willing to accept its responsibilities. You’ll learn why great construction leaders build cohesive teams, manage their people, have hard conversations, run meaningful meetings, and communicate relentlessly—even when none of it is glamorous.Enjoy Episode 24 and #BeNEXT
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The Builder's Bookshelf: Turn The Ship Around! (EP.23)
Jun 700:06:57Tap to summarizeIn this episode of The Builder's Bookshelf, we break down Turn the Ship Around! and translate Captain David Marquet’s leader-leader model into the construction world, where too many projects slow down because every decision has to climb the chain of command. You’ll learn how to move authority closer to the work, use “I intend to” leadership, and build the competence and clarity your team needs to stop waiting for orders and start owning the outcome.Enjoy Episode 23 and #BeNEXT
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The Builder's Bookshelf: Thinking in Bets (EP.22)
May 3100:06:41Tap to summarizeIn this episode of The Builder's Bookshelf, we break down Annie Duke’s Thinking in Bets and translate decision-making under uncertainty into the real world of construction, where every schedule, estimate, and recovery plan is a bet made without all the facts. You’ll learn how to separate good decisions from lucky outcomes, think in probabilities, invite dissent, and become the kind of leader who makes sharper calls when the project gets messy.Enjoy Episode 22 and #BeNEXT
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The Builder's Bookshelf: Dare to Lead (EP.21)
May 2400:07:08Tap to summarizeIn this episode of The Builder's Bookshelf, we break down Brené Brown’s Dare to Lead and translate courageous leadership into the real world of construction, where avoided conversations, weak trust, and vague values can quietly create major project risk. You’ll learn how to rumble with vulnerability, live values visibly, build trust through specific behaviors, and lead teams that can tell the truth, recover from mistakes, and do hard things together.Enjoy Episode 21 and #BeNEXT
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The Builder's Bookshelf: The Fifth Discipline (EP.20)
May 1700:06:50Tap to summarizeIn this episode of The Builder's Bookshelf, we break down The Fifth Discipline and translate Peter Senge’s idea of the learning organization into the real world of construction, where recurring rework, poor handoffs, and “same old problems” are usually signs of a broken system, not bad luck. You’ll learn how systems thinking, shared vision, and better team learning can help you stop treating symptoms, start seeing patterns, and build a company that actually gets smarter over time.Enjoy Episode 20 and #BeNEXT
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The Builder's Bookshelf: Essentialism (EP.19)
May 1100:06:56Tap to summarizeIn this episode of The Builder's Bookshelf, we break down Essentialism and translate Greg McKeown’s “disciplined pursuit of less” into the real world of construction, where leaders are constantly pulled by urgent demands, shifting priorities, and the pressure to say yes to everything. You’ll learn how to protect the critical few, stop confusing activity with contribution, and build a week, a project, and a career around what actually matters most.Enjoy Episode 19 and #BeNEXT
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The Builder's Bookshelf: Atomic Habits (EP.18)
May 300:07:12Tap to summarizeIn this episode of The Builder's Bookshelf, we break down Atomic Habits and translate James Clear’s ideas into the real world of construction, where small daily behaviors quietly shape schedule, safety, communication, and culture. You’ll learn how better systems beat bigger goals, why every action is a vote for the kind of leader you’re becoming, and how tiny improvements can compound into remarkable results on the jobsite.Enjoy Episode 18 and #BeNEXT
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The Builder's Bookshelf: The Goal (EP.17)
Apr 2600:06:21Tap to summarizeIn this episode of The Builder's Bookshelf. we break down The Goal and translate Goldratt’s Theory of Constraints into the real world of construction, where one bottleneck can quietly dictate the pace of an entire project. You’ll learn how to find your job’s “Herbie,” stop mistaking busyness for progress, and lead work in a way that improves flow, protects margin, and gets the whole system moving faster.Enjoy Episode 17 and #BeNEXT
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