#135 500% - with Julian Wilson

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ My guest this week is Julian Wilson, CEO of British engineering firm Matt Black Systems and author of "500%: How Two Pioneers Transformed Productivity". Along with his business partner, through a series of counter-intuitive steps, he experimented his way to a 500% gain in productivity. The change saw his staff triple their income, come alive as human beings, whilst delivering extraordinary returns for him and his co-investors. His is a story of returning to the original translations of Taiichi Ohno's pioneering work at Toyota to apply its essence to a creative, design-led operation. We talk: - Why Lean/Agile transformations fail - Why centralisation does not remove duplication - Business as a social institution - How business culture starts in our families - Self-leadership pushed to its limits Enjoy! To your humanity, Richard Links: 500%: How two pioneers transformed productivity - The Book Matt Black Systems