Paul Akers, of The American Innovator shares part 2 of the Lean Leadership Institute Webinar where he talks about how to determine whether an improvement is really an improvement. Paul will also share how teams should be working together when varied opinions often challenge the direction of the entire team.

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What an excellent example of visual controls from our engineer project board!

Thomas Riner, of Fancy Hill Farms, sent us this video showing how a mobile chicken coop is a lean chicken coop. Genious!!!

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Paul Akers, of The American Innovator shares part 1 of the Lean Leadership Institute Webinar where he talks about how to determine whether an improvement is really an improvement. Paul will also share how teams should be working together when varied opinions often challenge the direction of the entire team.

For more information on Lean Leadership Institute, visit their website.

Press here for Part 2.

For more information on The American Innovator, visit our website or Facebook.

For more information on lean, go to 2 Second Lean or Facebook.

For more information on FastCap, visit our website or Facebook.

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Paul Akers and Dana share a photo gallery of their climb up Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa. For a full hour video on this trip, go to this link. Paul used FastCap’s iPole to record this adventure. For more information on FastCap’s iPole, visit our website.

Paul Akers discusses how to make lean effective by using your sphere of influence. Don’t push lean on anyone. Get good at it yourself. Get your team good at it. I guarantee they will begin to notice.

Tune in to the January 8 Shifting Work Podcast where Van Shumake and Dwain Scott interview Paul Akers about FastCap, Lean, Lean at FastCap, & 2 Second Lean. One of Paul’s best podcasts!

We read this blog post by Dan Martell in our morning meeting…

The other day I was talking with my mom – who owns a delivery service – and she asked, “Dan, you know a bit about business, what can I do to grow?” (You may find this funny, but I’ve never talked business with my mom.)
That’s when I realized I had one chance to share with her something that, if it stuck, could help her improve her situation… so I thought about it for a few minutes, then asked, “How many business books have you read?” to which she replied, “None.”
That’s when I suggested to her,”Your business will grow the same percentage as you invest into learning about business. If you invest 1%, your business will grow 1%. If you invest 50%, then your business will grow 50%. It’s really that simple.”

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“This poster is a representation of the best lean company I know…Walters & Wolf in the Bay Area. It is hanging in my conference room out of deep respect for the amazing work that they’re doing.” Paul Akers

Artwork by Paula Hansen of Chart Magic.

Paul Akers interviews FastCap staff about their favorite lean improvement in 2014. Some are large. Some are small. All are fantastic!

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