Ep.261 - Creating Lean, not Implementing It, Feat. Dean Reed

Jason interviews Dean Reed, DPR's former lean and IPD leader for 24 years and LCI 2020 Pioneer Award recipient. Dean introduced Jason to Takt planning and advanced last planner techniques. Main focus is creating lean culture rather than implementing lean systems, with emphasis on problem solving and understanding that lean is not about efficiency or working faster but about respect for people and making workers' lives better.

What you'll learn in this episode:

• Create lean don't implement it: Don't go implement quality, go train and select people who create quality culture
• Spend 9/10 time understanding problem: Most people solve wrong problem by jumping to solutions too quickly
• Lean is not about efficiency or speed: Toyota doesn't focus on working faster, that is big misunderstanding
• Listen to frontline workers: They are closest to problem, most education makes you think you have solution
• Start with real meaningful problems: Pick problems carefully that make lives of people doing work better
• Respect for people comes naturally: Eastern thinkers have holistic view, Toyota doesn't even question it

Executives want lean thinking it's about efficiency doing things faster, that is wrong, lean is about solving right problems.

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Also, here are links to our YouTube Channels:

· Jason Schroeder YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4xpRYvrW5Op5Ckxs4vDGDg

· LeanTakt YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/leanTakt

· LeanSuper YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzQDevqQP19L4LePuqma3Fg/featured

· LeanSurvey YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Ztn3okFhyB_3p5nmMKnsw