Brad Jeavons on How to Remotely Deploy Lean and Agile (Outside of Manufacturing)
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Author of Agile Sales: Delivering Customer Journeys of Value and Delight
Show notes and links: https://www.leanblog.org/416
My guest for Episode #416, joining us from Brisbane, Australia, is Brad Jeavons, a principal consultant with SA Partners. His colleague Peter Hines was a guest in Episode #373.
Brad is the author of the book Agile Sales: Delivering Customer Journeys of Value and Delight.
Brad is also the host of The Enterprise Excellence podcast and I was his guest on Episode #20 of that series. You can also find the episode (and more) on YouTube.
Topics, questions, and links related to today's episode include:
- How did you get introduced to Lean? And to Agile?
- What does growing up on a small farm have to do with it?
- Connections between Toyota and farming
- What do you mean by the McDonalds-ization of Lean and what problems does that cause?
- What's the story behind your book?
- Key lessons about improvement work for remote workplaces? Lessons from the last year?
- Why is it so important to focus on purpose? To start with why?
- What are some of your key lessons related to People? Agile?
- What are some of your lessons about focusing on Process?
- Your perspective on Lean as a GM as opposed to being a “staff lean guy”?
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