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GA 459 | Dealing with CAVE People with Adam Lawrence

Avatar photo By Jessica Bush Updated on March 8th, 2023

This week’s guest is Adam Lawrence. Ron and Adam discussed the Wheel of Sustainability, kaizen events, and how to handle “CAVE People.” An MP3 audio version of this episode is available for download here.

In this episode you’ll learn: 

  • The quote Adam likes (3:17)
  • Adam’s background (4:31)
  • The Wheel of Sustainability (5:15)
  • Why he wrote his book (6:41)
  • What Adam learned (8:29)
  • An example of when things were tough (11:09)
  • The plant manager role (16:47)
  • Advice for the practitioner who is lacking support (18:21)
  • Who gets nervous about committing (24:42)
  • How you handle a “CAVE person” (25:56)
  • The most powerful kaizen event (31:27)
  • What Adam does on Day 3 (39:12)

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What Do You Think?

How do you deal with CAVE people?


  1. Dan

    March 2, 2023 - 1:39 pm
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    Great episode! Loved the conversation with Adam!

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