Lean Blog Interviews

http://www.leanblog.org/392Joining me for Episode #392 is Mike Leigh, the President of his firm OpX Solutions, LLC. Mike was one of the contributors, writing a chapter for our anthology book Practicing Lean.Some highlights from Mike's career, from his bio:Began his career as an officer in the US Navy in the late ‘80s, specializing in nuclear propulsion and surface warfareMike spent 13 years with General Electric and held various leadership and senior management positions at several different manufacturing sitesDuring his last five years with GE, Mike was an internal lean consultant and helped over 25 GE factories/suppliers and hundreds of work teams become more productive, reduce costs, and improve their bottom lineHad 45 weeks of training by mentors from Shingijutsu, considered by many as the best Lean consultants in the worldToday, we have a wide-ranging conversation, starting off by talking about the need for leaders to "break down barriers" (and to understand what those barriers really are). What lessons