Episode #2 - Jerker Lessing
January 17, 2024
63
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Summary
In this episode, we had the pleasure of hosting Jerker Lessing, who earned a Ph.D. from Lund University in Sweden, is an adjunct professor at Stanford, and works as an independent advisor and consultant within the industrial construction industry. Our conversation delved into the transformative realm of industrialized construction, Jerker's thesis and dissertation, and his previous work as the Director of Research and Development at BoKlok.
Timestamps
In this episode, we had the pleasure of hosting Jerker Lessing, who earned a Ph.D. from Lund University in Sweden, is an adjunct professor at Stanford, and works as an independent advisor and consultant within the industrial construction industry. Our conversation delved into the transformative realm of industrialized construction, Jerker's thesis and dissertation, and his previous work as the Director of Research and Development at BoKlok.
Timestamps
- 0:00 - Jerker's academic background
- 11:50 - Jerker’s career path
- 17:36 - The BoKlok story
- 23:30 - What is industrialized construction?
- 25:31 - Industrialized construction vs. traditional construction
- 34:30 - The “8+1 Method” described in Jerker’s Thesis
- 41:00 - Assessing companies by using the 8+1 method
- 44:48 - The outside-in vs. the inside-out perspective
- 50:36 - The correlation between industrialized construction and car manufacturing Comment end
- 1:01:49 - Additional Information
- 1:02:31 - Outro
Episode Summary
In this episode, we had the pleasure of hosting Jerker Lessing, who earned a Ph.D. from Lund University in Sweden, is an adjunct professor at Stanford, and works as an independent advisor and consultant within the industrial construction industry.
Our conversation delved into the transformative realm of industrialized construction, Jerker's thesis and dissertation, and his previous work as the Director of Research and Development at BoKlok.
Resources
- Link to Stanford https://profiles.stanford.edu/jerker-lessing?releaseVersion=10.5.2
- Link to Thesis Industrialised House-Building Concept and Processes
- Link to Dissertation Industrialised House-Building - Conceptual orientation and strategic perspectives