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Bill O'Brien

Bill O'Brien

CT Wells Professor of Project Management at University of Texas at Austin; Associate Director for Technology at Construction Industry Institute; expert in construction supply chain management and advanced work packaging.

Jun 4, 2026

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Productivity in the Construction Industry with Dr. Bill O'Brien

Jun 4 · 33m

Jerry Eyink
Jerry EyinkHOST
5:24
What would you say are some of the leading reasons for low productivity?
Bill O'Brien
Bill O'BrienGUEST
5:28
Oh, gosh, you know, there's lots of people have their own theories about that and why things are.
Bill O'Brien
Bill O'BrienGUEST
5:33
And so I put together a list of them and some of them are more useful than others.
Bill O'Brien
Bill O'BrienGUEST
5:37
Let's start with the one that I actually find really not useful, which is complexity.
Bill O'Brien
Bill O'BrienGUEST
5:42
People talk about projects are complex.
Bill O'Brien
Bill O'BrienGUEST
5:44
Well, you know, they've always been complex relatively.
Bill O'Brien
Bill O'BrienGUEST
5:47
So nothing has changed in that sense.

10 MINS LATER

Jerry Eyink
Jerry EyinkHOST
15:54
Absolutely spot on there.

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