I started by listening to the audiobook but I am very picky about audiobook authors so I chose to read the pdf version instead. P. and managing officer of Toyota, help executives and senior managers get employees to refocus their efforts - from simply performing their singular function to continuously improving in collaboration across the organization. There are no complex graphics, tables, nor calculations, nor are there are detailed tool descriptions, theories, and action plans.

I’m a believer, and have incorporated many of Paul’s strategies and principles into my own office’s CQI process, helping me empower and motivate more than one thousand legal professionals and support staff to save our clients and taxpayers millions of dollars. Len Green, an experienced investor, entrepreneur, and business professor, shares inside secrets and proven tactics for launching a business. I'm a LEAN/Six Sigma green belt and I had a pretty good understanding of the basics prior to this, but I cued this up on a four hour drive from Houston to Dallas and back and listened straight through to the end. And in 2014 was invited to be part of the Liker Leadership Institute, where he continues to teach Lean concepts to others.In factories around the world, Toyota consistently makes the highest-quality cars with the fewest defects of any competing manufacturer, while using fewer man-hours, less on-hand inventory, and half the floor space of its competitors. When people see how much your area has improved, how much easier your work is, how much more they can depend on you, how consistent you are and how the quality of your product improves, they will want to know how you are doing it. It also emphasised on giving back to the community though learning and sharing and fastcap is an best example. By growing his people every day in the daily meeting he creates a workforce that is fully engaged and alive.

The company utterly rejects the idea that employees are simply functions to be moved around, "managed" with carrots and sticks, or discarded at will. Despite his claim that 2 Second Lean is not for MBAs or those who love theory, I recommend improvement experts everywhere read it for a dash of simplicity. Paul has been married to his wife Leanne since 1983 and they have 2 grown children, Andréa and Kolbe, who all work with him at FastCap.FastCap is an international product development company founded in 1997 with over 2000 distributors worldwide.

Dozens of people who have attended seminars of mine have come up to remind me, sometimes 15 or 20 years later, of “the two-cent candy story,” and to tell me how it had a sizable impact on how they did business. Learn how to operate with the maximum efficiency while creating a productive and positive environment in all that you do. David Novak learned long ago that you can't lead a great organization of any size without getting your people aligned, enthusiastic, and focused relentlessly on the mission. Hayzlett empowers business leaders to tie their visions to actions, advancing themselves past competitors and closer to their business dreams.The author also started off by going off script (and acknowledging that he was doing so) and the audiobook content doesn’t directly line up with the printed/ pdf version. I bought all kinds of film gear and lighting and software, but I never made a video because I was waiting for everything to be perfect.

By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. The excellent examples and analysis in this book are a great primer for anyone seeking successful growth. When Paul Akers first published his book 2 Second Lean he began reminding the world to a side of lean manufacturing that is very often lost in the piles of books, commentaries, and reviews of the subject. It’s impossible not to sustain these basic lean principles because the entire organization meets every day in the daily meeting to review metrics, improvements, and everything else.Paul is passionate about health and completed 2 Ironman competitions (Lake Placid, NY, and Vichy, France). Over the course of these extraordinary interviews, they shared memorable stories and eye-opening insights.