Paul Akers discusses leaving public bathroom better then when he finds them. Show me what you do in the bathroom!

Are your employees making continuous improvement videos?

Do you delegate Lean? Then you’re bound to fail!

Hugh shares with us 10 Years of waste in China. Are you fixing what bugs you?

My buddy, Brad Cairns, shared this article on the Woodworking Network blog. Brings back such good memories!!!

“If you are anything like me and, dare I say, most business owners, you are up before the birds trying desperately to get some work done before everyone gets to the shop and the rest of the day goes sideways. We don’t usually head home until the sun is going down or the necessity to eat overcomes our ability to work.

This is the million-dollar question, “How many walls do you see?” Not physically, but metaphorically.

It’s likely that you only see your four walls. For about 20 years I was no different. But then something amazing happened. I’d like to share that story with you.”

To read the entire article, press here.

Greg and Tyler fixed what bugs them today by one simple and one less simple improvement to the woodshop vacuum.

Paul Akers tells the story of the Kaizen Hat and how it came to be! It is to honor the Japanese people for everything he has learned from them.

Lyle organizes the box pallet area and also adds a kanban. To learn more about kanbans, see this video.

Dan Markovitz posted this article on his blog. Very thought-provoking.

“It’s time to admit that one of my consulting approaches has failed.

I’m a huge fan of Paul Akers’ 2 Second Lean philosophy. It’s simple, easy to understand, and has an intrinsic appeal: “fix what bugs you.” “Figure out how to do your job two seconds faster each day.” Who wouldn’t sign on to a lean program that promotes that mindset?

So off I went to my clients, with Paul’s videos embedded in my PowerPoint presentation, ready to show them how 2 Second Lean is the answer to their productivity problems, their low employee engagement and morale scores, their mediocre customer service, and their too-high defect rates.

And I failed.”

To read the entire article, press here.

Do you want to meet to superstar kids from the UK that are doing Lean in big way? If you have young kids you should join Katie and William. They are changing the world in the best way possible! Here is a link to their website.