Paul Akers, of The American Innovator, travels to Minneapolis, MN for the 2015 Continuous Improvement Conference. While there, he met Professor John Compton, Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Professor Emeritus, Rochester Institute of Technology and founder of Compton & Associates. Professor Compton had the privilege of working with Dr. Deming and discussed with Paul some of the things he learned from Dr. Deming.

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Paul Akers, of The American Innovator, visits the Phoenix location of Walters & Wolf to learn more about their lean journey and their morning meeting.

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Paul Akers, of The American Innovator, discusses what he learned on his second day of the Japan trip…a trip to study lean with Norman Bodek, who has published over 100 Japanese management books, and teaches the Best of Japanese management at Portland State University.

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Paul Akers, of The American Innovator, discusses what he learned on his first day of the Japan trip…a trip to study lean with Norman Bodek, who has published over 100 Japanese management books, and teaches the Best of Japanese management at Portland State University.

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Paul Akers, of The American Innovator, moderates the third lean roundtable where this month’s discussion focuses on how engaged are your people? The panel is comprised of the following lean fanatics:

Michael Althoff of Yellotools
Ashley Bailey from Klime-Ezee
Bruce Ennis from Be Quality
Greg Glebe of Xylem Design
Loren Jones of Xylem Design
Nick Koceljl of Walters & Wolf
Ron Pereira of Gemba Academy
Joe Danko of SnapCab
Paul Akers of FastCap

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Paul Akers, of The American Innovator, travels to historic Randsburg, CA for an epic motorcycle adventure with Nick Kocelj of Walters & Wolf and some of his buddies. He captured the ride using FastCap’s iPole and FastCam (Action Camera). Please Note: The FastCam has been discontinued.

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Paul Akers, of The American Innovator, talks with Jacob Stoller, author of The Lean CEO (Leading the Way to World-Class Excellence). This book provides insights from 28 CEOs regarding Lean.

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Paul Akers, of The American Innovator, travels to Mal Pais Surf Camp in Costa Rica to see if old guys can learn how to surf. He captured many of the shots with FastCap’s FastCam (Action Camera) and DJI’s Phantom 2 Vision+. Please Note: The FastCam has been discontinued.

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Paul Akers, of The American Innovator, travels to Thailand and visits Tiger Kingdom. Nothing like cuddling up to a tiger to get your adrenaline pumping!

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Paul Akers, of The American Innovator, travels to the Similan Islands to go scuba diving. The Similans are a group of islands in the Andaman Sea off the coast of, and part of, Phang Nga Province, southern Thailand. They are a national park established in 1982.

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