Paul Akers, of The American Innovator broadcast, Paul Akers, of The American Innovator broadcast, continues his journey to the Serengeti in Africa.

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The tiny transforming apartment that packs eight rooms into 350 square feet! So impressive!

Paul – GREAT meeting this morning, thank you for letting me be a part of your team for a bit. Most enjoyable items for me were:

• Cleaning!
• Openness in looking for problems, asking why 5 times and getting to the root problem, and how to improve.
• Going through the 8 wastes using real life scenarios.
• Being aware of your surroundings (zebras and crocs – what a brutal, but motivating video).

A fun saying that goes with survival:

“Each day, a gazelle wakes up knowing he must outrun the fastest lion to survive. Each day the lion wakes up and knows he must outrun the slowest gazelle to survive. For us, that means every day, when the sun comes up, we better be running!”

You have an awesome culture there, open, honest, hardworking, not afraid, humble, and ready to work. Simply, put, you have an AWESOME team there!

The best is yet to come!

Fred Kennedy
General Manager
Pioneer Post Frame Inc

Paul,

Just letting you know that I appreciate the email updates and links to the American Innovator. Also, I have no problem helping out people in our region that may reach out to you looking for some words of encouragement or knowledge / experience sharing.

Things are going well here. We just graduated our 3rd class of Viking Academy. These folks received some more targeted training in 2 second lean and cultural change to augment what is shared at our drumbeats. It’s a rewarding process. Lots of hard work, but rewarding. The group that recently graduated includes operators, material handlers, mold setup, customer service, program management, and our operations manager. It was a diverse group and allowed us to break down barriers between departments and through levels within the organization.

Have a great weekend. Travel safely.
Shawn
Viking Plastics

Paul Akers, of The American Innovator broadcast, Paul Akers, of The American Innovator broadcast, continues his journey in Africa to Lake Manyara Tree Lodge.

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Paul Akers takes us along on the Lean to See Tour for Omni Duct. For more information on FastCap, visit our website. For more information on Lean, visit 2 Second Lean.

Paul Akers talks with the FastCap staff about why they clean each morning. Reasons: work efficiently, better for customer, make the rest of the day easier, eliminates mistakes, addresses abnormalities, shows respect, to make improvements, messy breed messy, eliminate distractions, and so we can EAT PEANUT BUTTER. For more information on lean, visit 2 Second Lean.

Paul Akers, of The American Innovator broadcast, Paul Akers, of The American Innovator broadcast, continues his journey to Africa at the magical Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania.

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Ashley, of Klime-Ezee, submitted this video saying, “We always seem to end up with un-identified battery charges… here’s an easy solution!”

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Dave West, of Meadowview Construction, sent us this video showing off his newly organized measuring cups & spoons. For more information on lean, visit 2 Second Lean.