GA 134 | How to Apply Lean to Finance with Tiago Salgado

Today’s guest is Tiago Salgado, a lean practitioner from Portugal. Ron and Tiago talked about the intersection of lean and finance, and about Tiago’s personal lean journey. An MP3 version of this episode is available for download here.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• Tiago’s background and how he first learned about continuous improvement (6:04)
• The quote that inspires Tiago (8:43)
• How Tiago applies lean to finance (12:36)
• Some success stories (18:56)
• About Tiago’s self-taught approach to lean (21:08)
• What “Respect for People” means to Tiago (24:39)
• The best advice Tiago has ever received (27:37)
• Tiago’s personal productivity habit (29:51)
• What has surprised Tiago in the last year (32:05)
• What Tiago does to recharge and refocus (34:28)
• The knowledge or skill area Tiago feels he needs to improve (26:46)

Podcast Resources

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• Tiago on LinkedIn
• Tiago’s Email
• Tiago on Quora
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How else could lean be applied to finance?

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