Paul Akers introduces Lean PD. The smart phone App for tracking your Lean Personal Development through a checklist system. A very simple, elegant, and effective way to develop habits that you can measure and to make sure you are reaching and achieving the goal you have for your time. It is gonna rock your world!!!

This App isn’t available yet, but check back and we will add links when it is available.

Paul Akers demonstrates how to make a lean video (called “Paul is a Pig”) using his iPhone 6 Plus and iMovie.

Not that you’re out mowing the lawn today! Happy Independence Day!!!

Paul Akers, of The American Innovator, on his 4th day in Myanmar, continues his travels to Bagan, an ancient city located in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar. He captured it all using FastCap’s iPole, FastCam (Action Camera), and DJI’s Phantom 3. Please Note: The FastCam has been discontinued.

For more information on Overseas Adventure Travel (OAT), visit their website.
 
For more information on DJI’s Phantom 3, visit their website.

For more information on FastCap’s iPole, visit our website.

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

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

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How much time we have in jellybeans. Can you imagine what this video would look like transposed into an effective lean person’s life? Imagine the difference between an average person and a lean person’s life in this jellybean scenario. We discussed this during our morning meeting.

Doug Walker shares with Paul Akers this song about waste!

Paul Akers, of The American Innovator, on his third day in Myanmar, travels to Bagan, an ancient city located in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar. He captured it all using FastCap’s iPole, FastCam (Action Camera), and DJI’s Phantom 3. Please Note: The FastCam has been discontinued.

For more information on Overseas Adventure Travel (OAT), visit their website.
 
For more information on DJI’s Phantom 3, visit their website.

For more information on FastCap’s iPole, visit our website.

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.

To sign up to receive news regarding The American Innovator show, go to this link.

Question: We have taken on the 2SL journey tailored around FastCap version. I am one of our companies green belts and was hoping for some insight on how to come across to my peers on how to start 2SL journey in their own branches.

Paul’s Response: This is actually one of the easiest questions to answer. It is called “first pants then shoes sequence”. When we get dressed every morning we first put on our pants and then we put on our shoes. If we do it out of order, we will fail and we will be miserable and struggle.

You start lean by first “you getting really good at continuous improvement”. You will then become a magnet and everyone will be attracted to you and what you were trying to teaching. Lean will be much easy to explain and implement and you will have many people that will quickly want to join your team. The world loves excellence…think Michael Jordan!

On the other hand if you tell them they need to do it and you haven’t done it, you might as will put on your shoes on first and then put your pants on.

Credit for the analogy of pants then shoes goes to Matt Stodola from Excel Pacific builders. Matt is a highly accomplished builder and runs some of the best jobs I’ve ever seen. Matt also did a 30 second video with me last night, explaining that some people would rather not change they would prefer to keep hammering with a rock!

Thomas Riner, of Fancy Hill Farms, sent us this video showing how lean farming practices produce lean pig meat.

Paul Akers, of The American Innovator, on his second day in Myanmar, travels across the river to a fishing village called Dala. Dala was nearly destroyed by a cyclone in in 2007. He captured it all using FastCap’s iPole, FastCam (Action Camera) and DJI’s Phantom 3. Please Note: The FastCam has been discontinued.

For more information on Overseas Adventure Travel (OAT), visit their website.
 
For more information on DJI’s Phantom 3, visit their website.

For more information on FastCap’s iPole, visit our website.

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.

To sign up to receive news regarding The American Innovator show, go to this link.