Oh no, Paul! The hair dryer seems like a fire risk if you're leaving it on your bed running. Electric blankets will do a better job of giving you even heat as well. Love your videos. Thanks for the generosity!
Over the past year my employer has been working towards implementing a lean program....which I have carried home with me in my garage especially. My wife and I own a townhome with a single stall garage, no basement....so space is a premium. Using lean principles, I've been able to make the most of what little storage we have. I love your videos and a lot of the ideas presented. It's helped me look at the world differently and how I can more efficiently get through the day at home and at work:-)
A lean gardener always, always, always has pruning shears at his/her waist, you can always prune any thing that is in your way anywhere and you can cut your trimmer line on the spot! I always have mine at hand and at the end of the year it saves me so many trips to my truck or trailer and it keeps plants in there space and out of my way.
Great video - you really demonstrated how to apply the SS Lean principles to home life. From an engineer and organizer perspective, you are bringing two worlds together and it definitely makes life easier. Keep up the good work!
Hi everyone, i am 51 and having more fun then anyone should be allowed to have. The important thing is that you start and never stop. develop a routine for improvement, for me it is every weekend my wife and I 3 s some part of our house and it seams like there is always something. With things always improving it encourages me to keep going because my"Work" is getting easier.
Electric mattress pads. I discovered these 40 years ago when I met my wife's family back east. They are the best, put them on a timer and your bed will be toasty when bed time comes.
You are a rock star because you get it! Lean practical and fun and should improve the quality of your life both work and home. Keep up the great work and inspire other people!!!
hey paul! we'll be using this in our morning meeting tomorrow as part of our book club. the weed whacker cord is a great example of "the answer being where the question is..."!
For your drill bits, try adding a plastic tab above each slot in the corner with a hand made drilled hole of the correct size, so when you put it back you slide it through the hole
Thanks David! I need to update this video. FastCap now has a slick solution to this problem. It is called the KISS Drill Bit System. Check it out and let me know what you think! www.fastcap.com/estore/pc/viewprd.asp?idproduct=50453 Paul
I love the way you have embraced Lean and applied it everywhere you go. It's awesome. The best part of this video was the blow-drier , LOL Thank you so much for all your great ideas.
Paul Akers, love your work! You beautifully illustrate that organisation is a little work now for a lotta lazy later on. The drill bit organisation was one of my favourites (oh, and your house and garden are beautiful). Are you really 63 years old? Even your looks are lean!
The Pacific Northwest is hardly a cold climate in winter. I recommend avoiding travel to Minnesota and Wisconsin in winter. Lest you learn what cold really is. ;) I really like that lawn mower deck cleaning area you showed.
I felt sure you were going to show the KISS system. This video obviously predates the KISS. I like the indicator magnet idea. You must be the most organized human being to ever live! I love many of your LEAN applications. And the lawn mower bidet... that's both hilarious and awesome! I'm jealous of your beautiful yard and workshop.
Thanks Steve. You're right. This was before the KISS Drill Bit System (www.fastcap.com/estore/pc/viewprd.asp?idproduct=50453). That is the beauty of lean! We are always looking for ways to improve...and I have a long ways to go! Paul
Everyday I spend my thoughts inventing ways to improve and cut down on the time it takes to do whatever it is I am doing. I have yet to be able to implement them as precisely as you have. What I find wise about the way you have everything organized in a thought out practical way. You know that once you are organized with a place for everything it becomes completely useless and a mess if you do not have a secondary or sub system that allows you to identify the obstacles each one comes along with. Example how you used the red magnet to find the drill bit location because you know it is a bitch to waste time finding where it goes in a everything looks the same ocean of organization. Organization is a process whos success depends on the ability to identify the location of its fundamental purpose and return to that state of existence in a decisive motion that carries out the result. A repetitive process that requires identification without having to decide. Your achievement of this is mind blowing!
Hiroaki Kokudai Thanks!!! Feel free to use all our videos and materials. And check out 2secondlean.com/ for additional resources! And please, share your videos with me!!!
Hiroaki Kokudai We're probably four weeks away from having the Portuguese translation completed and will be available for free on our website in digital format. 2secondlean.com/get-2-second-lean-now
The drill bit idea is not my idea, that is the beauty of it, Everyone that works with me is always thinking how to i make everything easy, that is power!!!! we have a culture of people that see waste and continuously improve.
Hi Emily. Congratulation for getting started on the journey. We have a lot of help for you. I have both a book and a website (with a lot more videos). Check out the link to 2 Second Lean in the Video Description. Keep me posted on your progress. Paul
I loved the video, I've been trying to implement lean into my home for a year now. I've read the books but putting it into practice is hard without experience. I am so glad to have found this video. Do you have website or something?
This is so much fun and insane (for my DISORGANIZED world). I don't know where to start, I have a garden salad in my shop......and I need to START taking it apart and make it back into (tomatoes, lettuces, celery, olives, onions, etc) ...HELP! me get started???
I love your word imagery. I am here to help you get started. That is what over videos are all about. The key is to do one small improvement every day for the rest of your life. I make a video recently to address this issue. Here is the video id (O2ourF9LcHc). Hope it helps. Paul
Oh no, Paul! The hair dryer seems like a fire risk if you're leaving it on your bed running. Electric blankets will do a better job of giving you even heat as well.
Love your videos. Thanks for the generosity!
That bed hair dryer deal is the nuts!!!! Fabulous place, shop, garden, love the organization. Five stars.
Thanks so much! It's a lot of work! Paul
Over the past year my employer has been working towards implementing a lean program....which I have carried home with me in my garage especially. My wife and I own a townhome with a single stall garage, no basement....so space is a premium. Using lean principles, I've been able to make the most of what little storage we have. I love your videos and a lot of the ideas presented. It's helped me look at the world differently and how I can more efficiently get through the day at home and at work:-)
+StormLaker1975 That is super! I'd love to see some videos of your improvements!
8:11 Dave’s Killer Bread is legit the best bread
A lean gardener always, always, always has pruning shears at his/her waist, you can always prune any thing that is in your way anywhere and you can cut your trimmer line on the spot! I always have mine at hand and at the end of the year it saves me so many trips to my truck or trailer and it keeps plants in there space and out of my way.
Great video - you really demonstrated how to apply the SS Lean principles to home life. From an engineer and organizer perspective, you are bringing two worlds together and it definitely makes life easier. Keep up the good work!
Hi everyone, i am 51 and having more fun then anyone should be allowed to have. The important thing is that you start and never stop. develop a routine for improvement, for me it is every weekend my wife and I 3 s some part of our house and it seams like there is always something. With things always improving it encourages me to keep going because my"Work" is getting easier.
Beautiful home Paul!
Electric mattress pads. I discovered these 40 years ago when I met my wife's family back east. They are the best, put them on a timer and your bed will be toasty when bed time comes.
You are a rock star because you get it! Lean practical and fun and should improve the quality of your life both work and home. Keep up the great work and inspire other people!!!
Wish I had read your book and seen this a decade ago. Efn awesome job! Inspiring!
It's only for 30 seconds to warm up the sheets. No hazard at all. Thanks, Paul
hey paul! we'll be using this in our morning meeting tomorrow as part of our book club. the weed whacker cord is a great example of "the answer being where the question is..."!
I love this guy,got me motivated to start applying 5S and kaizen, inspiring stuff
For your drill bits, try adding a plastic tab above each slot in the corner with a hand made drilled hole of the correct size, so when you put it back you slide it through the hole
Thanks David! I need to update this video. FastCap now has a slick solution to this problem. It is called the KISS Drill Bit System. Check it out and let me know what you think! www.fastcap.com/estore/pc/viewprd.asp?idproduct=50453 Paul
I love the way you have embraced Lean and applied it everywhere you go. It's awesome. The best part of this video was the blow-drier , LOL Thank you so much for all your great ideas.
Paul Akers, love your work! You beautifully illustrate that organisation is a little work now for a lotta lazy later on. The drill bit organisation was one of my favourites (oh, and your house and garden are beautiful).
Are you really 63 years old? Even your looks are lean!
Good Job On Shoes Off And...That Hairblower Is Boss
Paul, not sure if I should start organizing the garage or get out to the gardens. Yours are beautiful. Thanks for sharing! Deb.
Thank you for sharing you inspire me to organize.
You're welcome!
The Pacific Northwest is hardly a cold climate in winter. I recommend avoiding travel to Minnesota and Wisconsin in winter. Lest you learn what cold really is. ;)
I really like that lawn mower deck cleaning area you showed.
bwillan Very true. Thanks!
Ha ha ha hair dryer under the bed "Don't tell a sole!" Priceless....Love it Paul!!!!
I felt sure you were going to show the KISS system. This video obviously predates the KISS. I like the indicator magnet idea. You must be the most organized human being to ever live! I love many of your LEAN applications. And the lawn mower bidet... that's both hilarious and awesome!
I'm jealous of your beautiful yard and workshop.
Thanks Steve. You're right. This was before the KISS Drill Bit System (www.fastcap.com/estore/pc/viewprd.asp?idproduct=50453). That is the beauty of lean! We are always looking for ways to improve...and I have a long ways to go! Paul
Thanks for lot's of inspiration! The hairdrier trick at bedtime sounds like a real fire hazard though..
Great video! Thanks for all this ideas on how to apply the 5S concepts...
Everyday I spend my thoughts inventing ways to improve and cut down on the time it takes to do whatever it is I am doing. I have yet to be able to implement them as precisely as you have. What I find wise about the way you have everything organized in a thought out practical way.
You know that once you are organized with a place for everything it becomes completely useless and a mess if you do not have a secondary or sub system that allows you to identify the obstacles each one comes along with. Example how you used the red magnet to find the drill bit location because you know it is a bitch to waste time finding where it goes in a everything looks the same ocean of organization. Organization is a process whos success depends on the ability to identify the location of its fundamental purpose and return to that state of existence in a decisive motion that carries out the result. A repetitive process that requires identification without having to decide. Your achievement of this is mind blowing!
Thanks, Fred!
What fun video! And for some reason funny, too ROTFL
I don't even have a bidet in my home, and can't imagine having one for my lawnmower!
Wow I would like to see the Garden.
Thanks!
Amazing sir. Thanks for sharing
Thanks Noel!
I'm not sure the hair dryer in bed is safe, but it's definitely original. Love the vids!
Thanks!
I like you Mr. Akers! I am a Lean brazilian, japanese origin, consultant, and I learn watching each of your videos! May I show them to my clients?
Hiroaki Kokudai Thanks!!! Feel free to use all our videos and materials. And check out 2secondlean.com/ for additional resources! And please, share your videos with me!!!
Hiroaki Kokudai We're probably four weeks away from having the Portuguese translation completed and will be available for free on our website in digital format. 2secondlean.com/get-2-second-lean-now
The drill bit idea is not my idea, that is the beauty of it, Everyone that works with me is always thinking how to i make everything easy, that is power!!!! we have a culture of people that see waste and continuously improve.
The purpose of Lean is to achieve simplicity AND flexibility.
Love it! Thank you.
You're welcome Zach!
RESPECT!!
Hi Emily. Congratulation for getting started on the journey. We have a lot of help for you. I have both a book and a website (with a lot more videos). Check out the link to 2 Second Lean in the Video Description. Keep me posted on your progress. Paul
I loved the video, I've been trying to implement lean into my home for a year now. I've read the books but putting it into practice is hard without experience. I am so glad to have found this video. Do you have website or something?
i first need space im a college student so little space :/
Brian: Glad we can make you laugh! Paul
This is so much fun and insane (for my DISORGANIZED world).
I don't know where to start, I have a garden salad in my shop......and I need to START taking it apart and make it back into (tomatoes, lettuces, celery, olives, onions, etc)
...HELP! me get started???
Make sure your phone chargers are magnetized so they just click on. Fast charging
Your insurance company must go crazy for the hair drier in your bed. Safety first ;-)
You're not the first to comment on this. I'll be more careful!
Thanks! I like lean better :) Paul
Don’t tell a soul! 😂
"Sharpen" is part of my LEAN routine :) Oh & you are a guy, you only need ONE coat.
I love your word imagery. I am here to help you get started. That is what over videos are all about. The key is to do one small improvement every day for the rest of your life. I make a video recently to address this issue. Here is the video id (O2ourF9LcHc). Hope it helps. Paul
My wife gives me about 1000 dollars a month. If I am nice to her I can usually negotiate a few hundred more……but I must be super nice!
Watching This gave me an ass ache
Your lips will ache if you watch Lean at Home 2 :) Paul
Everything is lean except your belly.
bob Last lol. This was a number of years ago. It is better now. Paul