Lee's guest in this episode is Phillip Holt, author, operational excellence guru and senior Vice Presidentat GKN Aerospace and a Board Member of the Operational Excellence Society. He studied Engineering at Manchester Metropolitan University and Management at the Wharton School of Pennsylvania and the University of Warwick, was an engineer at Gillette and led the Lean Deployment worldwide at Philips for over twelve years. He achieved Lean Master status and has now authored three books, Leading With Lean, The Simplicity of Lean and his latest Leading Lean By Living Lean.



KEY TAKEAWAYS
Lean Leader means someone who is focused on making their organisation have the biggest positive impact on its workers and customers.
A lean business model focuses on improving processes across the value stream in order to eliminate waste and deliver optimised value to the customer.
To change an organisation to a lean model you have to concentrate on change in the culture and behaviour within the value stream.
The pandemic has helped destroy the myth that if someone sits at a desk for 50 hours a week they are productive.
A lean model allows all employees involved to feel positive about the impact they are having.



BEST MOMENTS



‘We talk about work life balance a lot but for me I don’t like that term. For me it’s about having a life in balance.’ – Phillip

‘I started to realise that as I was there for those two weeks that we were changing some parameters, we were changing a process, characteristics. We weren’t changing the value stream behaviour.’ – Phillip

‘I think that people don’t look in the mirror first, they look out the window at other people’ – Lee

‘We want to make GKN aerospace and this industry far better from an operational excellence perspective.’ - Phillip

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Business Problems Solved Podcast

ABOUT THE HOST



For the last 15 years, I have been a multi-sector internal or external business improvement consultant, building the improved capability of individuals, teams and businesses.

In my spare time, I enjoy spending time with my two young children Jack & India. I also enjoy listening to and reading business & personal development material.

Lee Houghton is “THE Business Problem Solver”, a Management Consultant, CX Specialist and Keynote Speaker.



CONTACT METHOD



You can contact Lee Houghton on 07813342194

Lee@leehoughton.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lhoughton/

Lee's guest in this episode is Phillip Holt, author, operational excellence guru and senior Vice President at GKN Aerospace and a Board Member of the Operational Excellence Society. He studied Engineering at Manchester Metropolitan University and Management at the Wharton School of Pennsylvania and the University of Warwick, was an engineer at Gillette and led the Lean Deployment worldwide at Philips for over twelve years. He achieved Lean Master status and has now authored three books, Leading With Lean, The Simplicity of Lean and his latest Leading Lean By Living Lean.
 
KEY TAKEAWAYS
<ul>
<li>Lean Leader means someone who is focused on making their organisation have the biggest positive impact on its workers and customers.</li>
<li>A lean business model focuses on improving processes across the value stream in order to eliminate waste and deliver optimised value to the customer.</li>
<li>To change an organisation to a lean model you have to concentrate on change in the culture and behaviour within the value stream.</li>
<li>The pandemic has helped destroy the myth that if someone sits at a desk for 50 hours a week they are productive.</li>
<li>A lean model allows all employees involved to feel positive about the impact they are having.</li>
</ul>
 
BEST MOMENTS
 
‘We talk about work life balance a lot but for me I don’t like that term. For me it’s about having a life in balance.’ – Phillip
‘I started to realise that as I was there for those two weeks that we were changing some parameters, we were changing a process, characteristics. We weren’t changing the value stream behaviour.’ – Phillip
‘I think that people don’t look in the mirror first, they look out the window at other people’ – Lee
‘We want to make GKN aerospace and this industry far better from an operational excellence perspective.’ - Phillip
VALUABLE RESOURCES
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ABOUT THE HOST
 
For the last 15 years, I have been a multi-sector internal or external business improvement consultant, building the improved capability of individuals, teams and businesses.
In my spare time, I enjoy spending time with my two young children Jack &amp; India. I also enjoy listening to and reading business &amp; personal development material.
Lee Houghton is “THE Business Problem Solver”, a Management Consultant, CX Specialist and Keynote Speaker.
 
CONTACT METHOD
 
You can contact Lee Houghton on 07813342194
<a href="mailto:Lee@leehoughton.com">Lee@leehoughton.com</a>
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lhoughton/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/lhoughton/</a>

WARNING - This podcast WILL challenge your thinking.

Welcome to Business Problems Solved!

In this podcast we help you solve your business problems by providing real examples and practical approaches to make today better than yesterday. 

Introducing your host, the multi-sector, self-professed ‘most improved improvement person’ and qualified Business Problem Solver

Lee Houghton (pronounced Hawton)

You can contact Lee on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram or Twitter by searching for Lee Houghton THE Business Problem Solver or via visiting www.leehoughton.com for more content and to solve your business problems.

And remember – saying you know how to do it, is not doing it …

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