Paul Akers discusses what you have to do to make Lean work for you…what he would do if he restarted Lean from the beginning.

Paul Akers invites you to attend the Northeast Lean Conference on September 19-20, 2017 in the Worcester, MA (outside of Boston).

For more information about this conference or to sign up, visit their website.

Paul Akers (and Yoshi) provides us with his favorite Text to Speech tricks on his iPhone.

Filipe Marques, of Torre, sent us this video showing their 3P “Question Mark” Box. Maybe you could use one, too?

Tired of winter? Paul Akers invites you to join him, Ritsuo Shingo and George Trachilis in Santorini Greece, July 31 – August 4, 2017 for the 2nd Annual Developing Lean Leaders’ Summit.

For more information or to register, go to this link.

Gary LeClerc, of Renew Furniture, sent us this video showing how he Leaned out his Chope Saw with the following FastCap Products. Cool!

Best Fence
ChopShop Saw Hoods
LED Saw Hood Light – replaced with Flex Light
10 Million Dollar Stick
CatEyes Glasses
Zero Clearance Tape
Fastpipe

Paul Akers recommends looking around at airports and airport lounges. Sometime the best stuff is a little harder to find.

Ken Allender, of Wildwood Cabinetry, sent us this video showing a super improvement Fitz made to their pocket hole station.

Paul Akers reviews 2016 and realizes that failure is the platform for innovation.