True Innovation: Small Changes Create A Significant Impact with Eric Whobrey - ARCO Construction

Eric Whobrey from ARCO Construction shares insights into his role and the company's approach to small incremental innovations. He addresses the challenges of naming conventions and change management in innovation. Eric discusses ARCO's business structure, venture capital insights, and entrepreneurial mindset for expansion. The conversation covers scaling challenges, standardizing processes, and measuring innovation ROI. Eric explains how Airtable streamlines project management and improves subcontractor rating processes. He highlights the role of technology in scaling, addresses automation and job security concerns, and emphasizes the importance of standards. Eric offers advice on embracing failure and leadership in innovation.

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(0:00) Introduction and guest Eric Whobrey's background (5:24) Eric Whobrey's role at ARCO Construction (6:59) Small incremental innovations at Arco (8:27) Tackling naming convention issues (14:04) Change management challenges in innovation (20:29) Arco's business structure and venture capital insights (23:38) Arco's entrepreneurial mindset and expansion strategy (26:31) Scaling challenges and standardizing processes (30:19) Measuring Innovation and ROI (31:15) Streamlining project management with Airtable (34:34) Improving subcontractor rating processes (39:41) Process improvement benefits and challenges (44:26) Role of technology in scaling businesses (45:41) Addressing automation and job security concerns (46:50) Achieving scale through innovation (49:02) Subcontractor ratings to prevent costly errors (51:28) Recognizing limitations when scaling (52:54) The significance of standards in scaling (54:27) Eric's advice on embracing failure (56:10) Leadership in innovation and learning from failure (57:09) Connecting with Eric Whobrey (58:02) Closing remarks and sponsor mention