The Collaborative Consultants Podcast

- The Collaborative Consultants Podcast is a direct insight to the minds of Aerospace Engineers, Program Managers, and Retired Executives that have come together with the goal of helping other companies pinpoint the holes in their business process. Whether it's developing an organizational structure and an integrated schedule or analyzing the affordability of a program, we have worked at each step of the business process, developing tools and strategies along the way that can be tailored to companies in any field. The business process is extremely similar regardless of the product you are developing, a missile and a calculator both require a plethora of steps to take before production begins like analyzing the risks that come with a supplier dropping out at the last minute or finding out that one of your largest clients is going under. - Our Online Web Portal will feature our entire portfolio of management tools from schedule tools to earned value spreadsheets and much more. Follow us on the social media platform of your preference to keep up to date with our releases and updates. - LinkdIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coll... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collaborati... Web Portal and Blog: https://www.CollaborativeConsultants.net - Featuring Klayton Carpenter and Dave Buis Producer: Aimee Conaway Directed and Produced by: GF Innovative (The Grassfed Group) https://gfinnovative.com

As a young engineer, Dave discovered that his boss was simply assigning him to random projects that came across his desk...plugging holes in the program to assure the machine ran smoothly while disregarding the interest of the team. From that day forward he began developing strategies to plan his career, to understand what made him tick and to incorporate those into each and every day. 40 years later he has utilized these strategies throughout organizations like Boeing, Raytheon, and some of the most innovative start-ups around the country with incredible success, proving that people achieve much more when they are engaged in activities that they are passionate about. These are the activities that create energy within themselves and allow them to work late into the night without sleep or stimulants, the things that we are meant to be doing. Dave sat down with Klayton to discuss the importance of discovering these activities within each employee and the success that can come when engaged minds collaborate to bring bigger and better ideas. Work can be fun if you spend your time within these tasks and Dave can help you take these steps through his book, consulting, and even through this conversation. Discover Control Your Career on Amazon: https://amzn.to/35psqdo This episode was part of a previously-recorded series of podcasts that will be released  - The Collaborative Consultants Podcast is a direct insight to the minds of Aerospace Engineers, Program Managers, and Retired Executives that have come together with the goal of helping other companies pinpoint the holes in their business process. Whether it's developing an organizational structure and an integrated schedule or analyzing the affordability of a program, we have worked at each step of the business process, developing tools and strategies along the way that can be tailored to companies in any field. The business process is extremely similar regardless of the product you are developing, a missile and a calculator both require a plethora of steps to take before production begins like analyzing the risks that come with a supplier dropping out at the last minute or finding out that one of your largest clients is going under. - Our Online Web Portal will feature our entire portfolio of management tools from schedule tools to earned value spreadsheets and much more. Follow us on the social media platform of your preference to keep up to date with our releases and updates. - LinkdIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/collab-consultants/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collaborativeconsultants/ Web Portal and Blog: https://www.CollaborativeConsultants.net - Featuring Klayton Carpenter and Dave Buis Directed and Produced by: GF Innovative (The Grassfed Group) https://gfinnovative.com

- The Collaborative Consultants Podcast is a direct insight to the minds of Aerospace Engineers, Program Managers, and Retired Executives that have come together with the goal of helping other companies pinpoint the holes in their business process. Whether it's developing an organizational structure and an integrated schedule or analyzing the affordability of a program, we have worked at each step of the business process, developing tools and strategies along the way that can be tailored to companies in any field. The business process is extremely similar regardless of the product you are developing, a missile and a calculator both require a plethora of steps to take before production begins like analyzing the risks that come with a supplier dropping out at the last minute or finding out that one of your largest clients is going under. - Our Online Web Portal will feature our entire portfolio of management tools from schedule tools to earned value spreadsheets and much more. Follow us on the social media platform of your preference to keep up to date with our releases and updates. - LinkdIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/collab-consultants/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collaborativeconsultants/ Web Portal and Blog: https://www.CollaborativeConsultants.net - Directed and Produced by: GF Innovative (The Grassfed Group) https://gfinnovative.com

- The Collaborative Consultants Podcast is a direct insight to the minds of Aerospace Engineers, Program Managers, and Retired Executives that have come together with the goal of helping other companies pinpoint the holes in their business process. Whether it's developing an organizational structure and an integrated schedule or analyzing the affordability of a program, we have worked at each step of the business process, developing tools and strategies along the way that can be tailored to companies in any field. The business process is extremely similar regardless of the product you are developing, a missile and a calculator both require a plethora of steps to take before production begins like analyzing the risks that come with a supplier dropping out at the last minute or finding out that one of your largest clients is going under. - Our Online Web Portal will feature our entire portfolio of management tools from schedule tools to earned value spreadsheets and much more. Follow us on the social media platform of your preference to keep up to date with our releases and updates. - LinkdIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/collab-consultants/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collaborativeconsultants/ Web Portal and Blog: https://www.CollaborativeConsultants.net - Directed and Produced by: GF Innovative (The Grassfed Group) https://gfinnovative.com

At various points throughout the business process, it's always good practice to bring in a 3rd-party to independently review your programs to allow for a fresh set of eyes. Independent Reviews allow for analysis of a specific aspect of the business and breaks down each individual step along the way to assure that money and time are being spent in an efficient way. Dave has been on both side of the fence, being both reviewed and acting as the reviewer. Aimee dives in to the process, picking his brain on the timing, strategy, and overall goals of Independent Reviews. - The Collaborative Consultants Podcast is a direct insight to the minds of Aerospace Engineers, Program Managers, and Retired Executives that have come together with the goal of helping other companies pinpoint the holes in their business process. Whether it's developing an organizational structure and an integrated schedule or analyzing the affordability of a program, we have worked at each step of the business process, developing tools and strategies along the way that can be tailored to companies in any field. The business process is extremely similar regardless of the product you are developing, a missile and a calculator both require a plethora of steps to take before production begins like analyzing the risks that come with a supplier dropping out at the last minute or finding out that one of your largest clients is going under. - Our Online Web Portal will feature our entire portfolio of management tools from schedule tools to earned value spreadsheets and much more. Follow us on the social media platform of your preference to keep up to date with our releases and updates. - LinkdIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/collab-consultants/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collaborativeconsultants/ Web Portal and Blog: https://www.CollaborativeConsultants.net - Featuring Aimee Conaway and Dave Buis Producer: Klayton Carpenter Directed and Produced by: GF Innovative (The Grassfed Group) https://gfinnovative.com

What supplies does it take to construct your product? How do you manage your relationship with those suppliers? Listen as Dave describes the various strategies that are possible when arranging these crucial variables in the supply chain regardless of what product you are developing or where you are in the chain. Everybody has to acquire supplies for their product, the matter at hand may be drastically different but there are certain procedures that can assist the acquisition and organization of the materials for all businesses.  - The Collaborative Consultants Podcast is a direct insight to the minds of Aerospace Engineers, Program Managers, and Retired Executives that have come together with the goal of helping other companies pinpoint the holes in their business process. Whether it's developing an organizational structure and an integrated schedule or analyzing the affordability of a program, we have worked at each step of the business process, developing tools and strategies along the way that can be tailored to companies in any field. The business process is extremely similar regardless of the product you are developing, a missile and a calculator both require a plethora of steps to take before production begins like analyzing the risks that come with a supplier dropping out at the last minute or finding out that one of your largest clients is going under. - Our Online Web Portal will feature our entire portfolio of management tools from schedule tools to earned value spreadsheets and much more. Follow us on the social media platform of your preference to keep up to date with our releases and updates. - LinkdIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coll... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collaborati... Web Portal and Blog: https://www.CollaborativeConsultants.net - Featuring Klayton Carpenter and Dave Buis Producer: Aimee Conaway Directed and Produced by: GF Innovative (The Grassfed Group) https://gfinnovative.com

The organizational style varies with the size of your company, but whether you're a group of 5 that refuses to accept a hierarchy or you're in a Fortune 500 company you need to define the organization and how you will operate within it. It's crucial to lay out a diagram in a format that the entire team understands for as Dave always says "Nothing gets done except through the organization" - The Collaborative Consultants Podcast is a direct insight to the minds of Aerospace Engineers, Program Managers, and Retired Executives that have come together with the goal of helping other companies pinpoint the holes in their business process. Whether it's developing an organizational structure and an integrated schedule or analyzing the affordability of a program, we have worked at each step of the business process, developing tools and strategies along the way that can be tailored to companies in any field. The business process is extremely similar regardless of the product you are developing, a missile and a calculator both require a plethora of steps to take before production begins like analyzing the risks that come with a supplier dropping out at the last minute or finding out that one of your largest clients is going under. - Our Online Web Portal will feature our entire portfolio of management tools from schedule tools to earned value spreadsheets and much more. Follow us on the social media platform of your preference to keep up to date with our releases and updates. - LinkdIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coll... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collaborati... Web Portal and Blog: https://www.CollaborativeConsultants.net - Featuring Klayton Carpenter and Dave Buis Producer: Aimee Conaway Directed and Produced by: GF Innovative (The Grassfed Group) https://gfinnovative.com

Leadership is the most important factor in a successful program. The leader has the opportunity to set the stage for the team to perform at their full potential by empowering employees to pursue jobs that align with their passion. There are various types of leaders including servant, dictatorial, and more, Dave breaks down some of the examples he has seen in the field and deciphers the pros and cons of those strategies. - The Collaborative Consultants Podcast is a direct insight to the minds of Aerospace Engineers, Program Managers, and Retired Executives that have come together with the goal of helping other companies pinpoint the holes in their business process. Whether it's developing an organizational structure and an integrated schedule or analyzing the affordability of a program, we have worked at each step of the business process, developing tools and strategies along the way that can be tailored to companies in any field. The business process is extremely similar regardless of the product you are developing, a missile and a calculator both require a plethora of steps to take before production begins like analyzing the risks that come with a supplier dropping out at the last minute or finding out that one of your largest clients is going under. - Our Online Web Portal will feature our entire portfolio of management tools from schedule tools to earned value spreadsheets and much more. Follow us on the social media platform of your preference to keep up to date with our releases and updates. - LinkdIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/collab-consultants/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collaborativeconsultants/ Web Portal and Blog: https://www.CollaborativeConsultants.net - Featuring Klayton Carpenter and Dave Buis Producer: Aimee Conaway Directed and Produced by: GF Innovative (The Grassfed Group) https://gfinnovative.com

Retired Engineer and Program Manager David Buis sits down with Klayton Carpenter of Grassfed Media to discuss Collaborative Consultants, our philosophies on Program Management, and how we are bringing our 100+ years of experience to startup companies that are lacking the managerial overview that it takes to achieve their goals on time and budget. - The Collaborative Consultants Podcast is a direct insight to the minds of Aerospace Engineers, Program Managers, and Retired Executives that have come together with the goal of helping other companies pinpoint the holes in their business process. Whether it's developing an organizational structure and an integrated schedule or analyzing the affordability of a program, we have worked at each step of the business process, developing tools and strategies along the way that can be tailored to companies in any field. The business process is extremely similar regardless of the product you are developing, a missile and a calculator both require a plethora of steps to take before production begins like analyzing the risks that come with a supplier dropping out at the last minute or finding out that one of your largest clients is going under. - Our Online Web Portal will feature our entire portfolio of management tools from schedule tools to earned value spreadsheets and much more. Follow us on the social media platform of your preference to keep up to date with our releases and updates. - LinkdIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/collab-consultants/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collaborativeconsultants/ Web Portal and Blog: https://www.CollaborativeConsultants.net - Featuring Klayton Carpenter and Dave Buis Producer: Aimee Conaway Directed and Produced by: GF Innovative (The Grassfed Group) https://gfinnovative.com

Understanding how you are managing your budget is most effective by incorporating Earned Value calculations into your program management arsenal. By layering a budget on top of your integrated schedule you can analyze how efficient your work is compared to the plan you had laid out. Reporting your numbers to the team weekly is a great way to assure that you have accurate projections and if there are weak links you can pinpoint that issue and know where your time is going. This series on The Collaborative Consultants Podcast brings together the various aspects of program management through 1-on-1 conversations with Founder Dave Buis and host Klayton Carpenter. Listen in as they discuss the crucial elements of management that Collaborative uses in their day-to-day operations while consulting startups, aerospace companies, and other businesses. Learn more about Collaborative Consultants and access their online portal at CollaborativeConsultants.net Produced by: Grassfed Media and Developed by GF Innovative

"First you need to develop what your strategy is, how are you going to communicate with that customer and at what levels and as you do that? And also what’s the message you want to convey to your customer? And that depends what the customer values are, so think about their values and what it is that you provide that supports those values and then that’s the message you want to communicate up and down the chain within your customer organization." - Dave Buis The customer contact plan is critical to maintaining a solid connection with your customer from the owner of the company to the delivery drivers that will transport the product. Each and every interaction should be documented with the employee's roles and scope of action to assure there are no holes in the chain of communication.  "To build trust you really have to identify a contact person at every level of the organization; from the program manager, to the quality people, to sales to the operators, the maintainers, the technical people, and the people writing down technical specifications, to the gate keepers. You need to identify at every level who your counterpart is from your organization to your customer’s organization." -Dave Buis This series on The Collaborative Consultants Podcast brings together the various aspects of program management through 1-on-1 conversations with Founder Dave Buis and host Klayton Carpenter. Listen in as they discuss the crucial elements of management that Collaborative uses in their day-to-day operations while consulting startups, aerospace companies, and other businesses. Learn more about Collaborative Consultants and access their online portal at CollaborativeConsultants.net Produced by: Grassfed Media and Developed by GF Innovative

This episode introduces Control Your Career, a book that encompasses a career development plan that David has been creating throughout his career as a program manager. The transcript is available at CollaborativeConsultants.net and book available at Amazon.com Control Your Career by David Buis "And then they could create their own plan and create their own careers and many times it took them on paths that they were not on and have never even thought about before. I had one engineer who, after working through my career development process wound up becoming a lawyer because that was really what was the energy creating activity for him, if you could believe that." This series on The Collaborative Consultants Podcast brings together the various aspects of program management through 1-on-1 conversations with Founder Dave Buis and host Klayton Carpenter. Listen in as they discuss the crucial elements of management that Collaborative uses in their day-to-day operations while consulting startups, aerospace companies, and other businesses. Learn more about Collaborative Consultants and access their online portal at CollaborativeConsultants.net Produced by: Grassfed Media and Developed by GF Innovative

Before taking on a project, you must first understand what is required to complete the tasks at hand. The design of your product is dependent on a variety of handoffs that retire certain jobs to be done and ready at certain times, integrating these requirements into the schedule makes the flow of work continue at a much smoother rate by setting these necessary milestones in stone. "Every time you add a new requirement or a new feature to the product, you are adding time, you are adding cost and you are adding risk and those are three ways that a company can fail very easily. It’s usually because those companies don’t look at what the requirements are in a systematic way." This series on The Collaborative Consultants Podcast brings together the various aspects of program management through 1-on-1 conversations with Founder Dave Buis and host Klayton Carpenter. Listen in as they discuss the crucial elements of management that Collaborative uses in their day-to-day operations while consulting startups, aerospace companies, and other businesses. Learn more about Collaborative Consultants and access their online portal at CollaborativeConsultants.net Produced by: Grassfed Media and Developed by GF Innovative

"You know supplier management is so critical to executing out a business. No one company is going to manufacture all of their product, they have to buy something. Even if it’s just materials. You have to be able to go out and buy something for your product." Knowing where and how you will acquire your materials is critical to developing a product and bringing it to market. In this episode Dave breaks down the process of finding qualified suppliers, communicating with them, and maintaining a good relationship while navigating through contracts and deliveries. What does it take to certify a supplier and how do we create these partnerships while maintaining profits on each end of the deal?  This series on The Collaborative Consultants Podcast brings together the various aspects of program management through 1-on-1 conversations with Founder Dave Buis and host Klayton Carpenter. Listen in as they discuss the crucial elements of management that Collaborative uses in their day-to-day operations while consulting startups, aerospace companies, and other businesses. Learn more about Collaborative Consultants and access their online portal at CollaborativeConsultants.net Produced by: Grassfed Media and Developed by GF Innovative

Risks and Opportunities lurk around every corner for program managers, the important factor is to understand the difference between the two in order to capitalize on opportunities and mitigate risks. Dave breaks down his thought process on managing these risks while pointing out that sometimes risks are really just opportunities that need to be approached from a different angle, showing us that the perspective we take is the most important factor in the process. "It’s really critical to understand your risks in order to execute the program otherwise it’s going to come back to bite you and the opportunities are a great way of capturing new funds or achieving schedules or offsetting the risks that you have on the program. As we identify the opportunities we need to track them because they will change over time. The probabilities will change and the consequence will change." This series on The Collaborative Consultants Podcast brings together the various aspects of program management through 1-on-1 conversations with Founder Dave Buis and host Klayton Carpenter. Listen in as they discuss the crucial elements of management that Collaborative uses in their day-to-day operations while consulting startups, aerospace companies, and other businesses. Learn more about Collaborative Consultants and access their online portal at CollaborativeConsultants.net Produced by: Grassfed Media and Developed by GF Innovative

Developing an Integrated Schedule is the only way that a program can achieve their goals on time. Learn exactly what needs to be done to see the critical elements of your business come together in a way that saves time, effort, and budget.  This series on The Collaborative Consultants Podcast brings together the various aspects of program management through 1-on-1 conversations with Founder Dave Buis and host Klayton Carpenter. Listen in as they discuss the crucial elements of management that Collaborative uses in their day-to-day operations while consulting startups, aerospace companies, and other businesses. Learn more about Collaborative Consultants and access their online portal at CollaborativeConsultants.net Produced by: Grassfed Media and Developed by GF Innovative

Collaboration can benefit a program by combining resources, energy, and brainpower but at the same time it can exponentially drain the productivity of your team. Listen as Dave explains the elements of collaboration that must be addressed in order to directly drive the success of the subject at hand while avoiding the toxic downfalls that companies so often fall in to.  This series on The Collaborative Consultants Podcast brings together the various aspects of program management through 1-on-1 conversations with Founder Dave Buis and host Klayton Carpenter. Listen in as they discuss the crucial elements of management that Collaborative uses in their day-to-day operations while consulting startups, aerospace companies, and other businesses. Learn more about Collaborative Consultants and access their online portal at CollaborativeConsultants.net Produced by: Grassfed Media and Developed by GF Innovative

Businesses can operate with a variety of different organizational structures depending on the needs of the program, on Episode 3 Dave dives into the various types of organizations that you can utilize in order to most effectively streamline your business processes. This series on The Collaborative Consultants Podcast brings together the various aspects of program management through 1-on-1 conversations with Founder Dave Buis and host Klayton Carpenter. Listen in as they discuss the crucial elements of management that Collaborative uses in their day-to-day operations while consulting startups, aerospace companies, and other businesses. Learn more about Collaborative Consultants and access their online portal at CollaborativeConsultants.net Produced by: Grassfed Media and Developed by GF Innovative

"The most important thing a leader does is by creating a vision for the company. You’ve got to have a clear vision, it has to be simple, it’s got to be concise, it’s got to have a good message that everyone can believe in" What else does it take to be a solid leader? Listen as Dave explains how he came into the leadership roles that he has occupied throughout his career and how you can apply these practices to become a better leader for your team. This series on The Collaborative Consultants Podcast brings together the various aspects of program management through 1-on-1 conversations with Founder Dave Buis and host Klayton Carpenter. Listen in as they discuss the crucial elements of management that Collaborative uses in their day-to-day operations while consulting startups, aerospace companies, and other businesses. Learn more about Collaborative Consultants and access their online portal at CollaborativeConsultants.net Produced by: Grassfed Media and Developed by GF Innovative

Collaborative Consultants is a group of retired program managers and engineers brought together by David Buis to deliver over 100 years of managerial experience into a service-based consultancy focused on streamlining the business process for startups in the aerospace industry and beyond.  Episode 1 dives into the structure of Collaborative, introducing the team and giving a bit of insight to the knowledge that this team has to offer. From working at The Boeing Company to Raytheon and many other successful companies, their arsenal of expertise can help your business achieve it's goals while keeping costs down and cutting out the unnecessary procedures.  This series on The Collaborative Consultants Podcast brings together the various aspects of program management through 1-on-1 conversations with Founder Dave Buis and host Klayton Carpenter. Listen in as they discuss the crucial elements of management that Collaborative uses in their day-to-day operations while consulting startups, aerospace companies, and other businesses. Learn more about Collaborative Consultants and access their online portal at CollaborativeConsultants.net Produced by: Grassfed Media and Developed by GF Innovative