Lean Made Simple: Transform Your Business & Life One Step At A Time!

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Lean Made Simple: Transform Your Business & Life One Step At A Time! episodes

January 15, 2024Lean Legends | Paul Nolan & Paul Vallely | Adman Steel Sheds & Kukoon Rugs
Paul Nolan (Adman Steel Sheds) and Paul Vallely (Kukoon Rugs) are “Lean Maniacs” from the island of Ireland.
In this episode, we talk about:
Why lean was the answer they were looking for.

Making 30-years of progress in 5-years

How to convert your people to lean-thinking

Why doing tours of other businesses is so important

And the power of trusting your people (not to steal a pair of gloves!)
Check it out!
Links:
Kukoon Rugs: https://www.kukoonrugs.com/

Adman Steel Sheds: https://admansteelsheds.com/

Book a Lean Made Simple Tour: https://www.leanmadesimple.com/book-a-tour
16 min
January 01, 2024“Take TOTAL OWNERSHIP of your life!” — Ryan Tierney, Lean Made Simple
In this episode, Ryan Tierney discusses the principle of TOTAL OWNERSHIP and how it is the key to:
Addressing “the forgotten areas” in your business and life

Creating a blame-free culture

Transforming employees into leaders

Bringing total clarity to the role of every team member

Solving the chaos of project management

And unlocking your own health, success and happiness
Check it out!
https://www.leanmadesimple.com/podcast/total-ownership
Links:
Free Total Ownership Labels: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XaLI67DyOocHxNoqvdEPDNjQJIAVgoK3/view?usp=drive_link

Book a Lean Made Simple Tour: https://www.leanmadesimple.com/book-a-tour

Send a voice message/question to the show: https://www.speakpipe.com/LeanMadeSimple
23 min
December 11, 2023Toyota’s WARNING To Business LEADERS In 2024 | Alan Weir | Lean Made Simple
Alan Weir is the Director of Production Operations at Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK.
In this episode, Ryan Tierney and Matthew Thompson from Lean Made Simple ask him about:
Working his way up from the shop floor to the level of leadership he’s in today

What “Genchi Genbutsu” is and why it matters to your business

How he spends the first two hours of his day

The number one mistake leaders and managers make

His passion for built-in quality

And the greatest challenge of his career so far
Check it out!
https://www.leanmadesimple.com/podcast/alan-weir-toyota-lean-approach
Links:
Book a visit to Toyota here: https://tlmcshop.toyotauk.com/collections/our-courses

Sign up for a Lean Approach Course: https://www.toyotauk.com/lean-approach/#register-interest

Connect with Alan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-weir-591a24a8/?originalSubdomain=uk
13 min
December 04, 2023“EARN the right to AUTOMATE!” — Toyota UK’s Paul Blahyj | Lean Made Simple
Paul Blahyj is a coach at the Toyota Lean Management Centre.
In this episode, Ryan Tierney and Matthew Thompson from Lean Made Simple ask him about:
How he went from professional ice hockey to making doors at Toyota

Working his way up from the factory floor to a senior leadership position

Internally promoting vs externally hiring

Why Toyota relies so much on paper over digital systems

Earning the right to automated

Why the term “low-skilled labourer” makes no sense

And how Toyota can help take your lean journey to the next level.
Check it out!
https://www.leanmadesimple.com/podcast/paul-blayj-toyota-lean-management-centre
Links:
Book a visit to Toyota here: https://tlmcshop.toyotauk.com/collections/our-courses

Connect with Paul on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-blahyj-8a3381258/

Ryan’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-tierney-6237a8199/
22 min
November 27, 2023UNLOCKING the Secrets of TOYOTA: 3 Mind-Blowing Insights You Can Apply Today
Last week, Ryan and the team were invited to a behind-the-scenes tour of the Toyota Factory in Derby where a car comes off the line every 88 seconds.
In this episode, we share three mind-blowing takeaways from this trip, including:
What a “quality control tunnel” is and how you can build one for your business

Why stopping the line actually speeds up production

Developing a people-centric culture that turns members into leaders

The message picking up rubbish sends to your team

How Toyota UK has never made anyone take a compulsory redundancy

And what you can expect from Toyota UK’s official partnership with Lean Made Simple
Check it out!
Links:
Book a Toyota UK Tour: https://tlmc.toyotauk.com/

Send a voice message/question to the show: https://www.speakpipe.com/LeanMadeSimple

Eight Wastes Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-hTsSJdhHI
17 min
November 20, 2023Lean Legends | Kolbe Akers & Lukas Holland | Fastcap
In their roles at Fastcap, Kolbe Akers & Lukas Holland are on the front-line in the war against waste.
In today’s episode we talk about:
Kolbe having a front-row seat to his father’s lean journey

How Lukas went from “academic lean” to becoming a “lean maniac”

The power of asking people what bothers them

Removing places to hide

Focusing on people over profit

And their favourite lean improvements from over the years
Check it out!
Links:
FastCap website: https://www.fastcap.com/

Email address: [email protected].

Book a Lean Made Simple Tour: https://www.leanmadesimple.com/book-a-tour

Web link for this episode: https://www.leanmadesimple.com/podcast/kolbe-akers-lukas-holland
17 min
November 13, 2023Lean Legends | Norm O’Hara | Springfree Trampolines
Norm O’Hara is the General Manager of a sporting equipment factory based in Southern China. He’s also a lean manufacturing enthusiast who’s excited to share the improvements he and his team are making on their journey toward organizational excellence.
In this episode we talk about:
Treating improvement videos as a product

Cultural challenges of applying lean in China

(And how to overcome them)

The power of building a physical bridge between two factories

Reducing the number of people moving items around from 40 to 4

And his desire to run a “world-class business”
Check it out!
Links:
Playlist with 119 improvement videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzZiVpXQCLUmIUeg5Tx4P3BbBtfIfRsUt

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/normohara?originalSubdomain=cn

Book a Lean Made Simple Tour: https://www.leanmadesimple.com/book-a-tour
20 min
November 06, 2023The Eight Wastes | Lean Principles | Ryan Tierney
Welcome to Lean Made Simple, a podcast about transforming your business — and life — one step at a time.
In this episode, Ryan Tierney from Seating Matters discusses “The Eight Wastes of Lean.”
Along the way, he and Producer Matt talk about:
Why waste isn't just the stuff that goes in the bin

How overproduction is "the mother of all wastes"

Getting called out by the former president of Lexus for having "muda”

The trap of organising your waste to make it look lean

Examples and stories that will help you see waste in your own organisation

And the biggest waste of all that nobody ever thinks about
Check it out!
https://www.leanmadesimple.com/podcast/the-eight-wastes
Links:
Book a Lean Made Simple Tour: https://www.leanmadesimple.com/book-a-tour

Eight Wastes Print-Out from Seating Matters: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BYuPH-TYz2ghv8gwUNHahHDbZqszoTiY/view?usp=sharing

Send a voice message/question to the show: https://www.speakpipe.com/LeanMadeSimple
21 min
October 30, 2023Lean Legends | Brendan McGurgan & Claire Colvin | Simple Scaling
Brendan McGurgan and Claire Colvin are the co-founders of Simple Scaling, a company that empowers leaders to 10x their business through books, podcasts, live events and accelerator programs.
In this episode we talk about:
The role lean plays in scaling

Why systems will set you free

How we’re all in the business of building people

Modeling the behaviour we want to see in others

And the biggest barrier that stops people from scaling
Check it out!
Links:
Simple Scaling Website: https://simplescaling.com/

ScaleX Insider Podcast: https://simplescaling.com/our-podcasts

Upcoming ScaleX Summit: https://scalexsummit.com/book-now

Book a Lean Made Simple Tour: https://www.leanmadesimple.com/book-a-tour
19 min
October 23, 20233S: Sort, Sweep, Standardize | Lean Principles | Ryan Tierney
Welcome to Lean Made Simple, a podcast about transforming your business — and life — one step at a time.
In this episode, Ryan Tierney from Seating Matters discusses the 3S's: Sweep, Sort & Standardize.
Along the way, he and Producer Matt talk about:
Why clean and lean are NOT the same thing

The power of starting the day with an improvement mindset

What a digital 3S looks like

How to stop going around in circles and solve problems forever

Making standardising an easy and fun process

And how to start 3Sing in your organisation (heads-up: don't roll it all out at once!)
Check it out.
Links:
Book a Lean Made Simple Tour: https://www.leanmadesimple.com/book-a-tour

Send a voice message/question to the show: https://www.speakpipe.com/LeanMadeSimple
24 min

About Lean Made Simple: Transform Your Business & Life One Step At A Time!

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Welcome to Lean Made Simple: a podcast for people who want to change their business and their lives one step at a time. I’m Ryan Tierney from Seating Matters, a manufacturing company from Limavady,…