Brad Cairns

A huge part of any Lean transformation is getting your team fired up about a mission, aligned on problem-solving, and hardest of all, actually working together.

I just finished spending three days with a man named Josh Springer, inventor of “Bottoms up” a draft beer dispensing system that fills the glass from the bottom. 

If you run any manufacturing operation, you already know your most significant expense is your people. And we have all heard that people are also our greatest asset. So why do almost all of us put so little effort into setting them up for success? Here are the top three reasons to stop putting off standard work until tomorrow.