TY  - CONF
TI  - Learning From the Best: Lessons to Construction From High-performing Teams Across Sectors
C1  - Osaka and Kyoto, Japan
C3  - Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 33)
SP  - 1219
EP  - 1230
PY  - 2025
DO  - 10.24928/2025/0119
AU  - Lehtovaara, Joonas
AU  - Peltokorpi, Antti
AU  - Seppänen, Olli
AD  - Postdoctoral  Researcher,  Department  of  Civil  Engineering,  Aalto  University,  Finland,  joonas.lehtovaara@aalto.fi, orcid.org/0000-0002-4761-3811
AD  - Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Aalto University, Finland, antti.peltokorpi@aalto.fi,  orcid.org/0000-0002-7939-6612
AD  - Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Aalto University, Finland, olli.seppanen@aalto.fi,  orcid.org/0000-0002-2008-5924 
ED  - Seppänen, Olli 
ED  - Koskela, Lauri 
ED  - Murata , Koichi 
AB  - As high-performing teams (HPTs) are critical for the success of construction projects, more attention could be given to improving team formulation and performance. This study explores best practices from globally recognized HPTs outside the construction management domain, aiming to identify learnings and improvement opportunities for lean construction teams. Based on existing literature, we summarize traits of HPTs and provide seven examples – spanning from symphony orchestras to electronic sports teams – to demonstrate how HPTs operate in various domains.
The following learnings were identified: HPTs (i) are determined to provide outstanding results and rigorously adopt emerging best practices, (ii) mirror the larger paradigm shift towards shared leadership and decentralized decision-making, and (iii) understand and effectively utilize both explicit and tacit knowledge transfer in their physical and virtual environments. Moreover, (iv) looking from outside, LC practices have strengths but also possible blind spots. Respectively, these learnings could be put into action by (1) allocating more resources for learning, (2) increasingly advocating the use of collaborative delivery models in all types of projects, (3) fostering communities of practice and mentoring practices while advocating group flow, and (4) slightly steering the development focus from project and process structures towards the development of teams.
KW  - High-performing teams
KW  - Knowledge transfer
KW  - Cross-industry
KW  - Organizational learning
PB  - 
T2  - Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 33)
DA  - 2025/06/02
CY  - Osaka and Kyoto, Japan
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/2317/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/2317
N1  - Export Date: 02 June 2025
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -