Philip Holt on Leading and Living Lean, With Simplicity

Episode page with video, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #460 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Philip Holt. He is currently Senior Vice President, Operational Excellence at GKN Aerospace, the world's leading multi-technology Tier 1 Aerospace supplier, and has over 30 years of business experience in leadership roles spanning the customer value chain, in industry-leading Companies also including Philips, Gillette, and Travelport. He is the author of three Lean Leadership books:  Leading with Lean: An Experience-based guide to Leading a Lean Transformation The Simplicity of Lean: Defeating Complexity; Delivering Excellence Leading Lean by Living Lean: Changing how you Lead, not who you are You can learn more at Philip's website. Today, we discuss topics and questions including: Your “Lean origin story?” “Thought I knew what Lean was” How did visiting Japan help? Kaikaku — breakthrough improvement vs. continuous improvement Systemic view of Lean / TPS – can't grab just pieces True North?? How to define that? What are some of the ways in which people overcomplicate Lean? Overcomplicating problem solving? Six Sigma… A3? Start at the most simple form of problem solving  How do you describe Lean simply? How do you define “transformation”? When it's fully aligned with the strategy of the company… What “transformational results” would you expect to see? Zero Accidents goal – the Heinrich Triangle Unlearning the old way so we can lead in a Lean way? The personal benefits of Lean at work and life?? What is a “life in balance”?? What does that mean to you? Using lean tools at home? Push vs. pull for information?? The podcast is sponsored by Stiles Associates, now in their 30th year of business. They are the go-to Lean recruiting firm serving the manufacturing, private equity, and healthcare industries. Learn more. This podcast is part of the #LeanCommunicators network.