Thomas Riner, of Fancy Hill Farms, sent us this video and said. “I also wanted you to know that you have inspired me to start a YouTube channel called Farming Outside The Box. It is a channel for documenting farming innovation, lean on the farm, and old school farming. Its in the very early stages but I’m excited about it.”

Love that lean can be applied anywhere. Thanks Thomas! Keep up the great work. We’ll be checking your channel periodically for innovative videos!!!

Paul takes a quick tour of Just for Kicks, the lean gym where he is going to get his butt kicked at 5:15 every morning!

Paul Akers, of The American Innovator show, talks with Jon Cantin, from Perth Australia, who is a CNC (Computer Numeric Control) expert.

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Paul Akers gives a special greeting to a special lean team and the response is below.

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“The video was a huge hit and because of it more inmates in the blocks with my guys read your book. Some are even stopping by on their way to the other classes asking if they can borrow it to read so that’s cool. The Dept of Corr is doing a big lean event in February so I invited them to my classroom to see the progress we have made. We started in the bathroom like you said and marked the floor for the garbage barrels then marked for a table then on the table marked for the cleaner and paper towels. Now the guys know if there’s towels because it has a spot now. Lean is amazing, to me it’s about making things less stressful and these guys are dealing with stress especially around the holidays. So I marked their desks, chairs, safety glasses with a number so each person knows what’s theirs and not worrying about getting a good seat or a special seat. I incorporated a dictionary that the same number goes on and we even marked their desks with a rectangle for the dictionaries to go. We do a word of the day that they have to define making them one word smarter a day, then we discuss it. We also do stretching at the start of class but like you I started having the guys lead the stretching to become leaders.

Thank you very much again for all your help and know your book affected my life and in turn I’m trying to show the guys the benefits so it’s also affecting their lives all for the better. Thank you.” Jared

Paul Akers answers a question from Ben about FastCap’s Lean Workshop. Paul shows Ben how FastCap’s workshop is set up. For more information on lean, visit 2 Second Lean.

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Paul Akers demonstrates the eight waste using a recent shopping trip and resulting shaving story. You never know when lean will come in handy!!!

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No, lean isn’t just for manufacturing!!! Paul Akers walks us through some examples of what FastCap does to make their office lean. For more information on lean, visit 2 Second Lean.

Paul Akers discusses his 2 Second Lean Website and all the wealth of resources that can be found on this website.

Paul Akers, of The American Innovator shares the Lean Leadership Institute Webinar where he talks about flow. Do you fix bottlenecks in your processes? Do you fix what bugs you? You are creating flow!

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Paul Akers and the FastCap team has a discussion about “having everything you need” after watching a video by The Lean Workshop called The Tsukubai Teaches Us About Lean (http://youtu.be/fMFng3TgfxY).