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Lean Made Simple: Transform Your Business & Life One Step At A Time! Lean Made Simple
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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, Northern Ireland. Eight years ago I came across this thing called lean and it transformed my life and now I want to share this message with as many people as possible.
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Why you're STRUGGLING with LEAN | Q&A Episode
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 answers your lean manufacturing questions.
Along the way, he and Producer Matt talk about:
- How much work goes into being a lean company
- How to get your people to buy into lean
- Ryan's lean recruitment process
- How to coach people to follow a standard
- Developing a morning meeting that works for your business
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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 -
How to BE THE CUSTOMER
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 unpacks what it means to “be the customer.”
Along the way, he and Producer Matt talk about:
Why Elon Musk drives a Tesla
The powerful alternative to customer surveys
A method for generating unlimited improvement ideas for your product
How becoming an undercover boss revealed his selfishness as a leader
And one action you can take right now to start eliminating blind spots from your business today
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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 -
A Manufacturing Guru ROASTS My Factory
Russell Watkins is a highly regarded manufacturing expert who has helped transform factories around the world.
In this episode, we talk about:
His brutally honest advice after touring Ryan’s factory
The 3-step process to eliminating motion waste
How he developed his supernatural ability to spot burden in others
Problems manufacturing businesses face as they scale
And the TWO things Ryan HAS TO change about the way his factory is run
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Links:
Russell on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/russellwatkinssempai/
Book a Lean Made Simple Tour: https://www.leanmadesimple.com/book-a-tour
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How To Create An Army Of Problem Solvers | Patrick Adams
Patrick Adams is a world-renowned Lean Consultant who has worked with some of the biggest businesses on the planet.
In this episode, Ryan and Matt caught up with him to talk about:
His time in the military
Why he fell in love with manufacturing
The most successful Lean Turnaround of his career
What most leaders get wrong
How to stop employees from asking so many questions
Why most bosses struggle with insanity
And what Toyota’s Impossible Goal means for your business
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Links:
Patrick’s website: https://www.findleansolutions.com/
Patrick’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickadamsii/
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 -
UNLEASH Your Business With The Power of FLOW
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 shares the powerful lean concept of "total flow.”
Along the way, he and Producer Matt talk about:
What Ryan's dentist taught him about manufacturing
Why your product should always be flowing to your customer
How to turn your factory into a river of value
One simple trick to identify blockages in your business
The secret behind Toyota's “sea of flow"
Why business owners can't make all the changes themselves
And the power of transforming specific members of your team into “water-spiders.
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https://www.leanmadesimple.com/podcast/the-power-of-flow
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 -
Stop Pushing So Hard, Try Pulling Instead!
In this episode, Ryan and Matthew explore the transformative shift from Push to Pull systems in business, revealing:
How shifting to Pull radically changed Ryan's company
Daniel Priestley's advice on "with or without you" energy
The secret to attracting customers and talent through pull
Everyday applications of push vs. pull concepts
How this podcast is a testament to the pull approach
Practical steps for businesses to adopt a pull system
Check it out!
https://www.leanmadesimple.com/podcast/push-pull
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