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GA 181 | How to Start Your Lean Journey with Steve Kane

Avatar photo By Jessica Bush Updated on September 21st, 2017

This week’s guest is our Director of Customer Success, Steve Kane. Steve and Ron discussed the best mindsets and approaches for beginning a lean journey. They also covered some of the problems that may arise. An MP3 version of this episode is available for download here.

In this episode you’ll learn:

  • Issues at the start of a lean journey (6:26)
  • The importance of the basics (11:25)
  • What to focus on after establishing your “Why?” (12:10)
  • The dangers of “boiling the ocean” (16:12)
  • Being prepared for the effort involved in a transformation (19:19)
  • The most common problems (23:14)
  • Steve’s final thoughts (27:57)

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