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The Lean Effect

Feb 24, 2021

In this episode Kiran Kachela  takes us on a fascinating walk  through her Lean journey, from seeing Lean in action at Mcdonalds for the first time to taking on government waste. We discuss working with both formal and informal leadership in an effort to plant pockets of people pursuing the perfect Lean process in some...


Feb 18, 2021

In this episode Ria Joubert discusses people, processes and some  silly KPIs in everything from the mining sector to service businesses. We look at what behaviors matter? What do we want to achieve? and how do we get the team on board? 

Ria’s favorite book is “The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell” have you read...


Feb 11, 2021

In this episode Stieneke  Ijdema walks us through her evolution from kindergarten teacher to Lean farmer on her expanding dairy farm. She discussed transitioning her fellow farmers from the tried and tested into the untested waters of gemba walks, spaghetti diagrams, KPIs and regular white board meetings. 


Feb 4, 2021

In this episode Azan Sarwar talks with us about the give and take of continuous improvement in the garment sector as organizations transition from how things have always been done to implementing Lean and Six Sigma to compete in the current global landscape. We touch on line balancing, KPI, quality of data and balancing...