This week we're joined by Andrew Hurford. Andrew is an operational strategy and business transformation leader with a proven track record in leading and facilitating operational strategy design, transformational change, organisational development, and continual improvement programs.With over 20 years’ experience working internationally at executive management level across a wide range of culturally diverse industrial sectors, both in line management and within a consulting environment. Andrew has experience of major strategic alignment, change, technology enabled transformation, organizational design, and lean improvement programs across: Transport, Utilities, Resources, Telecoms, Petrochemicals, FMCG, Government, Transportation, Manufacturing, Retail and Real Estate Development.

In this weeks podcast we're joined by Leading Edge Group board member, Joe Lane. Joe has considerable experience across geographies and cultures in manufacturing, outsourcing, engineering, supply chain management, new product introduction and end-to-end business processes. In addition, he has experience managing complex, high value capital and technology projects and an extensive track record in successfully restructuring organisations from a cost, performance and market access perspective.

This week on the podcast we're joined by Bella Engelbach who discusses Lean & creative problem solving. Bella trained as a scientist and worked at a major life sciences company as a process excellence and business improvement leader, bringing the worlds of lean and creativity together in research and development. She is experienced in Continuous Improvement, Lean Improvement, Lean Product and Process Development, Change Management and is a Creative Problem Solving (CPS) facilitator. She is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Lean Product and Process Development Exchange (LPPDE.) Bella is the author of “Creatively Lean: How to Get Out of Your Own Way and Drive Innovation throughout Your Organization”

Justin Swain joins us on this weeks podcast. Justin is a Lean practitioner with over 20  years experience across many different industries such as Automotive, Postal & Healthcare. Currently working for Eastern Health which largest integrated health organization in Newfoundland and Labrador they provide the full continuum of health services to a regional population of more than 300,000 and are responsible for a number of unique provincial programs.

This week we're joined our Lean consultant Barry O'Brien on the Future Proofing Your Organization With Lean podcast.With almost 20 years’ experience in both SME’s and large multinationals, Barry is an advocate for Continuous Improvement across multiple platforms, and has led projects across a variety of sectors leading to improvements in various companies business practices.

We are delighted to be joined by Wes Anderson from the city of Mississauga.

Wes is the Manager of Financial & Treasury Services at the City of Mississauga, where he oversees the banking, cash management, payroll, payables, investment portfolio and accounting needs for Canada’s 6th largest City.

In this podcast he will be discussing how Lean has allowed his municipality to continuously improve.

In these weeks podcast we are joined by David Murray, Head of Mails Operational Excellence at An Post. David explains how An Post adopted the Lean methodology which has enabled to plan for and deal with peak demand. As people turn more and more to online shopping this brings it's own challenges for the postal service as the traditional letter volumes are decreasing while parcel volumes are ever growing.

In this weeks podcast we are joined by our Senior Transformation Consultant Pat Cullinane.Pat has over 20 years’ experience of executing Lean change management and transformation programs in services, manufacturing and the public sector with a strong focus on delivering verifiable and sustainable financial returns to the client.Pat brings his wealth of knowledge to this weeks podcast as he discusses lean transformations with CEO Joe Aherne FCPA.

In this weeks podcast we're joined by ICAgile certified trainer Joanna Koprowicz.

Joanna Koprowicz is an Agile - Lean consultant, with expertise in Business Agility, Agile-Lean Transformation and Development of High Performing Agile Teams. With a background in technology and business, she developed her career in the area of leadership development, bringing positive change across a wide range of organizations, sectors and cultures. Joanna has worked in multiple sectors including gaming, aviation, e-learning, tourism and travel and the financial sector. Joanna holds a masters in Project Management, from UCD Michael Smurfit Business School, numerous Agile certifications and is an approved provider of Agile & Lean Training and Consulting with Enterprise Ireland, IDA and Local Enterprise Offices. She is also authorized by the International Consortium for Agile to run the certified ICP-LEA and ICP-AHR trainings. Joanna has helped coordinate Agile-Lean events internationally and is a board member of Agile-Lean Ireland. She is an active member of the Global Agile Community organizing and speaking at various Agile-Lean events. In 2018-2019 she was on the European Scrum Gathering Team with Scrum Alliance. Joanna is committed to helping organizations to create great workplaces where everybody thrives.