Paul Akers tries to encourage Matt to change the rock for a hammer.

Just make one very small change every day!!! We call the 2 Second Lean!

Paul Akers LOVES Toyota and Lexus! But there are a few things that bugs him. So he made a video about them.

Paul Akers, of The American Innovator, discusses what he learned on his first day of the Japan trip…a trip to study lean with Norman Bodek, who has published over 100 Japanese management books, and teaches the Best of Japanese management at Portland State University.

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Rituo Shinto gives a shout out to Klime Ezee. Rituo Shingo is the Former president of Toyota China & Hino Motors.

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Chris Gustafson, of Vintage Window Restoration, sent us this video showing a creative use of FastCap’s PowerMags. Never know when they will come in handy! For more information on this product, visit our website.

Quote from Chris, “I restore historic wood windows for a living and life is growing fast, I truly believe lean and kaizen has been a significant part of the rate of efficiency and growth. I’ve been following and learning lean for the past 2 years, did the book, seen the videos, shop is kaizened and 3-S’d. It’s been one hell of a ride.”

Graham Johnson, of Omniduct, sent us this video explaining why Omniduct does before/after videos of lean improvements

Great work, Graham!

Paul Akers shows us everything he puts into his super smoothie that he has every day. He also walks us through the My Fitness Pal App that he uses to track his food intake and exercise.

Thomas Riner, of Fancy Hill Farms, sent us this video showing how he applied lean to making breakfast. He nailed it 100%!!! Great insight, great clarity, great example!

Question: In practical application, what degree of control or oversight is in place governing the improvements employees may undertake on a daily basis, regardless of how large or small they may be? How to you prevent a runaway train? I understand that mistakes are ok and expected given that the greater good will prevail, just don’t quite grasp how you keep the rope tight on this issue.

Answer (from Paul Akers): We train of people like crazy. We have lean leads. We have expert lean implementers available for consultation.

Paul Akers demonstrates how FastCap uses QR Codes to help standardize their processes.