Weekly Update #50: Lessons from Peter Lemon, a Tour of Cal Poly, and Why Consistency Wins
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On this Weekly Update of Trades Talk, Justin White celebrates 50 episodes from the shoreline of Lake Nacimiento with a debrief from this week’s Cal Poly tour and the biggest lessons from the Peter Lemon episode.
From applied research labs solving real industry problems to feeding your people and protecting your culture, this one is part field report, part leadership playbook, part rallying cry for the next 50 episodes.
In this episode, we cover:
Peter Lemon’s ”feed your people” rule — and the 48 percent turnover year that proved it the hard way at K&D Inside Cal Poly’s applied research engine, $1.5 billion in new housing, and why this is the future of the trades Why Justin does not read resumes — consistency, hunger, and grit beat experience every single time What’s coming next: Sean’s weekly AI update launching at episode 52, Disruptor Day June 11, Water Summit June 12
The takeaway is simple. Consistency beats intensity. Hunger beats experience. Respect for the people doing the work beats every leadership book ever written.
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