Paul Akers is the Owner and President of FastCap, and the author of the best-selling book 2-Second Lean. FastCap is an international product manufacturer with distribution in over 40 countries, and is recognized as a Lean leader among American manufacturers. In this episode, we talked about productivity, mindset, operations…
Show notes
- Introducing Paul Akers. [00:30]
- How Paul discovered the Lean methodology. [01:22]
- The essence of the Lean methodology. [03:44]
- How Paul applies the lean method to his personal life. [05:22]
- Why Paul prefers recorded videos or audio over live calls. [06:30]
- How to get into the mindset of continuous improvement. [08:49]
- The best place to start implementing Lean. [11:16]
- Why quality is more important than the cost. [17:56]
- How the bathrooms in Paul’s company are kept speckless. [19:04]
- Why operational excellence is the best marketing. [21:02]
- The two things you need to do to make Lean work for your business. [24:49]
- What the home service industry could learn from Lean. [25:38]
- The mindset that you need to succeed in business and in life. [27:07]
- The easy first step to start implementing Lean. [36:44]
- How Paul stopped using email in his business. [37:24]
- Where to get more information about Paul. [40:29]
- Four books on Paul’s reading list. [47:25]
- Paul’s most important piece of advice to home service business owners. [48:22]
Resources And People Mentioned:
- Website: Paul Akers
- Voxer: PaulAkers
- Whatsapp: 3609413748
- 2 Second Lean on Youtube
- Lean Tour on Youtube
- The E-Myth by Michael E. Gerber
- Raving Fans by Ken Blanchard
- The Ultimate Sales Machine by Chet Holmes
- Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine by Mike Michalowicz
- Good to Great by Jim Collins
- How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie
- American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company by Bryce G. Hoffman
- Built to Last by Jim Collins
- The E-Myth by Michael E. Gerber
- Raving Fans by Ken Blanchard
- The Ultimate Sales Machine by Chet Holmes
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