Paul Akers has built a business and a life on making small improvements every single day. In this episode, we explore the concept of lean: lean thinking, lean relationships, and lean business. Using this lean methodology, Paul shows us how to eliminate waste and make continuous improvements in your life and business.
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Cheat Sheet
- What lean thinking is and how the lean manufacturing model is used at successful companies
- How to identify the different kinds of waste present in your systems and systematically eliminate them
- How and why Paul got started with using the lean system in his own life
- Why people can become paralyzed to not make change and how to overcome this feeling
- What the work “kaizen” means and how the system actually works
- How Toyota has used kaizen to revolutionize their business
- How sweeping, sorting, and standardizing your workspace can make you more productive
- What businesses can do to tap into unused employee genius to improve their organization
- How Paul applies the lean thinking concept to relationships and love
- Why you should make a document that clearly defines what makes you happy and how to do it effectively
- The simple way to get up and running with the lean thinking method
Links
- PaulAkers.net
- FastCap video resources
- TripIt.com
- Work The System
- Sam Carpenter’s Work The System interview
- Getting Things Done
- David Allen Getting Things Done interview
- Freedom’s Forge
- The Everything Store
Book, tool, ritual
Book: Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
Tool: Lean PD app
Ritual: Reading a book per week, and listening to audio books every day.
Connect with Paul Akers
Sponsor
- Freshbooks.com/productivity
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