Listening to 2 Second Lean on the drive to Charlotte! Kreg

Paul answers questions from a reader of his book, 2 Second Lean.

#1 What came first, the structure or the culture?
#2 Did you direct and educate at the beginning or did you let the teams lead?

BY FC EXPERT BLOGGER AARON LEVIE Wed Dec 7, 2011
Business schools and most jobs don’t teach you how important it is to sweat the small stuff.
In fact, we’re mostly told the opposite–don’t be a micromanager, don’t be penny wise and pound foolish, don’t miss the forest for the trees. The implied wisdom is that abstract and conceptual thinking always prevails over narrow determination and single-mindedness. And yet, when we look at the greatest inventions, greatest companies, and greatest teams of our time, their success always comes down to tireless concern over every last detail. To read more…

A user video on a simple fix to prevent a camera card from falling into the wrong card slot. Amazing!

One of my customers created this video. Wow, what a simple way to save money and time by printing on the backside of already used sheets of paper. If you have a video you would like us to share, contact us and let us know.

Paul Akers explains how all of us are waste tornados

This is a magical video on the power of Flow. Flow is one of the major tenants of understanding and becoming a lean thinker. When ever thing stop and start waste appears, conversely efficiency is gained when we work towards Flow. Enjoy and the next time you enter a round about cheer and thank a Lean thinker! Thanks Michelle. for sending me this video.
Part 1: Roads FiT for People

Part 2: Roads FiT for People

Sunriver, OR job site is thinking lean with strong visual controls

My friend Todd Peterson at Kaas Tailored met with Packsize recently. I wanted to share this video with you because it shows clear demonstrations of many lean principles such as one-piece-flow, eliminating batchwork, and just in time. Plus, I’m always looking for ways to share all the clear examples I can even if they don’t relate directly to government.

Every day we ask our people at FastCap to make at least one 2-second improvement every day. Today I changed the way our recycle bins open and close. I was tired of the struggle. It was an easy fix and now it easy and effortless to open the bins because there is not more catch on the lid.