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The Lean Effect

Oct 27, 2021

In this episode, Eric Olsen, the director of Central Coast Lean, discusses his 20 years of engineering and industrial management expertise with Caterpillar, Litton, and Hewlett Packard. He highlighted the gap between academia and industry. We discussed how to make Lean techniques a habit.

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Oct 20, 2021

In this episode, Jamie Parker, the founder of Process + Results with 17 years of multi-unit operations management experience talks about how she integrates improvement into their culture and overcomes their most pressing challenges. She talked about four quadrants; purpose, participation, performance, and progression.


Oct 13, 2021

In this episode, Sean Fields and Michael Sanders, authors of "Quantum Lean," discuss their journeys in Lean and how they collaborated to develop Quantum Lean.  Fields and Sanders summarized the necessary irony of developing groundbreaking ideology by way of a standardized system of thinking.

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Oct 6, 2021

In this episode, David Meier, President of Lean Associate & owner of Glenns Creek Distillery with 30 plus years of experience in lean talks about the process of solving any problems. He explained why he believes the Lean journey is a metaphor for life's journey. David discussed how he balances long-term goals with...