TY  - CONF
TI  - Transition to a Lean Mindset Through the “Hero’s Journey”
C1  - Auckland, New Zealand
C3  - Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 32)
SP  - 1086
EP  - 1098
PY  - 2024
DO  - 10.24928/2024/0105
AU  - Malvik, Tobias O.
AU  - Engebø, Atle
AD  - PhD Candidate, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, tobias.o.malvik@ntnu.no, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7588-1899
AD  - Researcher, PhD, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, +47 905 71 902, atle.engebo@ntnu.no, orcid.org/0000-0002-5293-0176
AB  - Transitioning from a conventional, established, and familiar project mindset to a Lean mindset has proved challenging and is a barrier to implementing Lean Construction. It has been argued that shifting from traditional management thinking to a Lean mindset can be considered a paradigm shift. Such substantial changes will require overcoming innate resistance and adjusting ingrained habits to become progressive and open-minded to the potential benefits of new ideas. This conceptual paper investigates how the potentially demanding change from a traditional mindset to a Lean mindset can be dealt with by employing Joseph Campbell’s “Hero’s Journey” framework. The Hero’s Journey describes a generic journey about overcoming challenges met when facing unfamiliar territory. It is found in antique stories but is also applicable in life. A way to tackle the challenging task of adjusting to the ongoing change in the construction industry using the Hero’s Journey is proposed in this paper. The research shows that applying the Hero’s Journey framework in a construction context can be valuable for making the transition to a Lean mindset less daunting for practitioners.
KW  - Lean construction
KW  - Hero’s journey
KW  - Collaboration
KW  - Storytelling
KW  - Change
PB  - 
T2  - Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 32)
DA  - 2024/07/01
CY  - Auckland, New Zealand
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/2261/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/2261
N1  - Export Date: 21 May 2025
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -