Lean Built: Manufacturing Freedom
Two successful entrepreneurs talk about manufacturing, lean principles, and the freedom they are pursuing in life and business..
Henry Holsters and Pierson Workholding · Andrew Henry and Jay Pierson
Show overview
Lean Built: Manufacturing Freedom has been publishing since 2023, and across the 3 years since has built a catalogue of 160 episodes. That works out to roughly 130 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 43 min and 55 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Business show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 33 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Andrew Henry and Jay Pierson.
From the publisher
Two successful entrepreneurs talk about manufacturing, lean principles, and the freedom they are pursuing in life and business.
Latest Episodes
View all 160 episodesWhen Automation Creates More Work | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E160
Your Shop Doesn’t Have to Be Clean to Be Lean | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E159
Going to IMTS 2026? 7 Tips for Machine Shop Owners | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E158
When a Good Employee Isn’t the Right Employee | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E157
Why Simplicity Beats Complexity in Business | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E156
Your Team Doesn’t See You the Way You Think They Do | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E155
Don’t Let AI Do Your Thinking | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E154
Why Every Machine Shop Should Take More Shop Tours | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E153
Your Memory Is Not a Management System | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E152
The More You Optimize, The More Things Break | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E151
The Hidden Cost of Being the Easy Button (and 14 other lessons from Japan) | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E150
Why Great Companies Can’t Be Copied | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E149
Six Types of Working Genius (w/ John Grimsmo) | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E148
Is A Good Leader A Dictator? | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E147
The Dangerous Line Between Confidence and Delusion in Business | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E146
Why “Too Big to Fail” Is a Lie (and What Actually Keeps You Alive)| Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E145
When Your Shop Fix Doesn't Solve the Problem | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E144
What Actually Made The Machining Summit Worth It | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E143
The Factory Caught Fire—Here’s What Saved the Business (w/ Brian Meyers) | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E142
Ep 141When Selling Through a Dealer Backfires | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E141
Jay begins by talking about selling a machine, and when it's better to go direct versus using a dealer, with broader implications regarding alignment, control, and the hidden costs of outsourcing parts of your business. From there, the discussion shifts into shop operations: flow vs. batching, tool changes, and where efficiency actually comes from in real production environments. Jay and Andrew challenge common assumptions, showing how context matters: sometimes batching wins, sometimes ergonomics matter more than cycle time, and often the biggest gains come from reducing friction for the operator, not chasing theoretical efficiency. Plus: the perfect keyboard, how to get that most out of a conference or summit, and more.