Paul Akers will be speaking at Golden State Lumber Executive Team in Concord, CA on January 15, 2019.

For more information on Golden State Lumber, visit their website. http://www.goldenstatelumber.com/

Paul Akers send out an invitation to the AME Conference (Leading Through Excellence and Innovation) in Melbourne, Australia on May 7-9, 2019.

For more information on the AME Conference, visit their website.

Check out Brad Cairns article on Woodworking Network. Here is an excerpt regarding the Japan Study Mission.

“Then came the magical moment: Paul said, “Hold on,” to the person he’s talking to, looks at me and says, “You wanna go?” I couldn’t have said, “Yes” any faster or more emphatically. He returned to his conversation and said, “I don’t know how, but we have to get one more on the trip
This was unquestionably what is referred to in the sports world as the The Sports Network turning point of my life.

I went on the Japan study-mission. It was mind-blowing. The Japanese operate at a level that we can barely comprehend, yet the principles are unbelievably simple.

While we did see some amazing factories in operation, I would say equally as important was being trapped on a bus with 25 other lean maniacs. It’s analogous to being a golfer and running into a fellow golfer at a party. Instantly you have this bond and before long it seems like you have been friends for years. Well, the experience was like that, except on steroids.”

Paul takes us through the shopping process at Trial Grocery Store in Kyushu, Japan. This is one of the stops on the Japan Study Mission. If you are serious about Lean, join Paul in November 2018 for his next Japan Study Mission. To learn more, go to this link.

Paul Akers welcomes Magellan Health on their Lean journey.

For more information on Magellan Health, visit their website.

Just a few changes can make a big difference. Put your customers first!

Ryan Tierney, at Seating Matters, sent this video where he asked the staff, “Why do we do Lean”?

Are you leaving things better than you found them? The folks at Decorquip show us how!

Kevin at Joseph A. Interiors / DeLeers Construction plugs 2 Second Lean. Thanks, Kevin!