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GA 206 | How to Sustain Your Lean Success with Geoff Cox

Avatar photo By Jessica Bush Updated on March 15th, 2018

This week’s guest is Production Manager Geoff Cox. Geoff and Ron discussed the key role of culture, and why lean really is all about people. An MP3 version of this episode is available for download here.

In this episode you’ll learn:

  • Geoff’s background and what he’s up to (2:16)
  • An example of this success (3:32)
  • How Geoff would define lean (5:36)
  • Tools versus people (11:01)
  • About culture (13:45)
  • The difference lean has made (15:59)
  • The reason people struggle (18:15)
  • An area of lean Geoff has struggled with (24:40)
  • The waste that stands out to Geoff (26:16)
  • Some great advice Geoff has received (27:53)
  • What Geoff is most proud of (29:51)

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How has culture played a role in your lean journey?


  1. Paul Harbath

    March 15, 2018 - 11:58 am
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    What a great podcast.

    I just love the analogies Geoff uses on how to involve the people.

    Thank you for providing such great information.

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