Lean Blog Interviews — 414: Ryan Weiss on Purpose + People + Process = Performance; Modernizing TWI

President of Effective Performance Solutions

Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/414

My guest for Episode #414 of the Lean Blog Interviews podcast is Ryan Weiss. He is president of his firm Effective Performance Strategies, based out of the Chicago area.

Topics, questions, and links related to today’s episode include:

  • How did you get introduced to Lean?
  • Becoming a Certified Six Sigma Black Belt
  • How do you engage people? What was your epiphany on people?
  • Purpose + People + Process = Performance
  • Taxation without representation :: kaizen without participation
  • What is TWI?? How were you exposed to Training Within Industry?
  • What happens when you’re promoted as a leader?
  • Explaining WHY
  • It’s not just about manufacturing? 

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