Lean Doesn’t Work….in the office!

There is a misconception that lean can’t be applied in an office environment. I’m about to challenge this thinking, the fact is that lean can be applied anywhere! Hope you enjoy my latest video!

[@kdietz65]

If only other places were like that. One of my most recent jobs, every time I came up with an idea to streamline things, I was castigated for catering to lazy people. My director didn't want any lazy people on his team, so his approach was to make everything as difficult as possible.

[@Advancedtechnical]

Lean is hard work that makes work easy, if he has people using there head to make work easy, then they can do more work in the day for same effort that's more $$$ for the company.. it really is working smarter not harder.

[@theophano69]

I hope you will find a better place for yourself, or maybe you did already?

[@yourlocaltyrecentre9424]

This video was the reason why I now have a stream deck. Thanks for sharing. I have sent an email to you Ryan, hopefully you can share how the stream deck functions work.

[@t1hawkins]

Absolutely love this video. Really made me think differently about lean in an office & my home environment!

[@ishaamid]

Great repurpose and task automation of the stream deck. The stream deck is used quite often by video bloggers and social media content creators. Great video!

[@barnesweldinginc.3simprove105]

Ryan and team! I have shared this video numerous times with folks within my circle! This way of thinking has changed our lives and our company! After attending the 2 second Lean Summit and touring your company I can say that this team has found a cheat code and they are willing to share it with the world!

[@leanmadesimple]

Thankyou Josh, you and the Barnes Welding Inc. team are incredible 👌

[@Advancedtechnical]

Love it, fresh simple & down to earth. Thanks for taking the time to make and share.

[@joshuafurner7906]

Thanks for putting this together! Really needed this one!

[@cockingsawmill]

Gemma from Spark Improvement shared this with us today Ryan, and we are blown away. We're on our own Lean journey and this is really setting the bar high! We love it. And what an amazing team you have. Thanks so much for sharing your work. Looking forward to watching more Lean videos, The EWT gang

[@davefitz7555]

Good luck EWT gang. So much can be achieved with lean in admin areas.

[@brentloescher4646]

Brilliant! Really enjoy getting to see the journey.

[@JackBusseyUK]

You are definitely world class, great job!

[@leanmadesimple]

Thank you Jack!

[@AdamBeanIsometric]

Awesome video Ryan, so much for us to work on!

[@GembaDocs]

Love it Ryan! Work should be easy. 💯 Amazing job Annie and Team too!

[@leanmadesimple]

Thanks Tom!

[@davelelonek5598]

World class!

[@rickblack4270]

Wow! The best. 👍

[@nickenajs]

Really inspiring video. Great job!

[@pruechapman1256]

Yippeee! That's fantastic, thanks for sharing :-)

[@busylight]

Great video! Really cool seeing the kuando Busylight in action!😀

[@leanmadesimple]

Thankyou for making such a great product:)

[@andymadine4756]

This is amazing! Wow well done guys!

[@ianmcmurray5129]

Outstanding 👏

[@FaroukMejdoub]

amazing! I actually think that even by starting to automate some tasks, we can same a lot of time and make life simpler

[@victorubomvictor4245]

Amazing stuff.

[@GerardVillamora]

Just wow!!!

[@markepstein8460]

You've inspired a construction firm in Texas - great video y'all!

[@leanmadesimple]

Awesome! And thank you for watching, Lean can be applied in any industry :)

[@diyprojectchannel]

This is really cool 😎 love it 👍👍👍

[@RobertDinTulsa]

I concur. I've been doing LEAN OFFICE for a LONG, LONG time.

[@edellydon2410]

Oh my gosh Ryan this is unbelievable.

[@aceboogie959]

Really nice video once again

[@blueslee8352]

Very inspiring!

[@leanmadesimple]

Thank you!

[@declanmckeever6717]

Unbelievable lean company with a culture of making the work easy for everyone . 😀

[@arturosanji]

Amazing video!

[@leanmadesimple]

Thanks!

[@asdfghjkl12345382]

That stream deck is amazing! That’s my first time seeing it. Was it hard to program so it did that 25 step process? Love your videos they are very inspiring

[@leanmadesimple]

Hi David, it’s really easy to program. If you want to contact me at [e-mail] I can send you a video on how to do it 👍

[@yoniesharnessshopllc]

@@leanmadesimple mind if I send you an email? Thanks in advance!

[@leanmadesimple]

@@yoniesharnessshopllcYes certainly!

[@tidytrees427]

Hello Ryan, Great content as always. I see that you have offered a video to show programming of Stream Deck. Is it ok if I send you an e-mail (at your [e-mail] address)? Many Thanks

[@reisshollier93]

@@leanmadesimple Would you mind if I send you an email also? My Stream Deck arrived today and I cant wait to start using it

[@frikkied2638]

Paul Akers would be proud 👍

[@thinktank8286]

Amazing! I noticed many labels on physical items example in the file cabinet drawer "0.1.1" how does that system work? How was the windows desktop background created?

[@leanmadesimple]

Simply an image used as the desktop background

[@baassman]

Neat!

[@juarezr61274]

Great ideas. I borrowed a Stream Deck, and I'm already trying it out. How do you set up the email recipients you demonstrated in minute 1:32?

[@leanmadesimple]

Fantastic...Please email [e-mail], we can help you from there.

[@jefffinney6806]

Do you have any resources on how to custom program the screen deck. I ordered one and get it next week. My brain is about to explode with possibilities of what I can do with it.

[@leanmadesimple]

I see we have sent you some info via email Jeff, I hoped this helped :)

[@jefffinney6806]

@@leanmadesimple yea it did. Thanks for the resources. I’ve messed with super macro a bit and am looking forward to going deep in this. I’ve got plans to reduce button click by 75% in the office! I’ll report back with our wins.

[@joaopedrorocha5693]

OMG ... i was using lean thinking without realizing! I work with scientific computing, and configured an environment called i3wm together with automation scripts in the terminal to expedite common tasks ... it's like the caveman's version of that board 😆

[@complyfirstco]

Where did you get the board from on the wall with the tasks? Did you make it yourselves?

[@leanmadesimple]

Hi, yes we made it ourselves, really simply, birch ply and metal brackets to hold the cards. Let me know if you need any more info 👍

[@jackcusack7263]

Hi Ryan, where are the lights from for on top on the computers? And do they connect to any phone?

[@leanmadesimple]

Hi Jack, if you Google “jabra” you will see the ones we use. Thanks

[@theophano69]

is it VBA used for Outlook email creation?

[@leanmadesimple]

Hi, thanks for watching, no we have not used VBA for email creation, Stream Deck have an inbuilt function for this, or you could install the Super Macro Plugin, we find it very useful. Feel free to email us at [e-mail] if you'd like more detail.

[@SonnyAnderson101]

The office has no paper, no chair, no Ryan

[@walterbessega8300]

Which type of improvement did you get?

[@pauladams1915]

At 4:03. Which programme is used to organise the PC desktop like that ?. Very impressive.

[@leanmadesimple]

Hi Paul, its simply an image we designed and use as our desktop background!

[@pauladams1915]

@@leanmadesimple Thanks for getting back to me. I see what you mean now. A simple but brilliant idea and something I will be implementing. Your videos are very inspiring, not just for the workplace but for the home also.

[@fugixi]

How was that Stream Deck automation for invoicing created? Does the Stream Deck activate a macro on the computer, or is the entire automation performed by the Stream Deck?

[@leanmadesimple]

Hi, we can send you an email with some helpful tips, send your request to [e-mail]

[@JosephLoomis-fn1ej]

This is amazing. Where do I start?

[@leanmadesimple]

3s, I tell everyone this 😀 Also subscribe to our channel, listen to the podcasts, we keep it simple

[@JosephLoomis-fn1ej]

@@leanmadesimple Done! Would you mind sharing how you program your stream deck; I am very interested in how you all set it up to get so much done for yourselves!

[@JosephLoomis-fn1ej]

BTW, I have told my team I want them to take 5 - 10 mn / day with 3S and report out on one improvement per week; thanks for the inspiration!

[@JosephLoomis-fn1ej]

Question, at what point do you establish your value streams and start organizing the improvements and 5Sing around them?

[@duanebinkley9045]

What program are you using at 4:00 to organize desktop icons?

[@leanmadesimple]

Hi Duane, this is very simply an image we designed and set as the desktop wallpaper :)

[@BuckarooBanzaiMsm]

@@leanmadesimple That's a very simple elegent solution. The only downside, is you need to avoid the temptation so resort the icons on your desktop (OTH there is software for everything and there are third party solutions to address that issue, if its a problem) I've been exploring some of your other videos pm what you have done in a the shop. I think many fab shops on our side of the pond could benefit with what you show. It's very inspirational. Fwiw, this video was the the spark for a business startup idea I'm persuing with the streamdeck. I ran across this video while searching for Lean for the office environments. Up until watching this video, I didn't know about the streamdeck. I've subscribed and am looking forward to seeing more content. as well as going through your other videos. Everyone one of the videos I've watched so far as been like finding nugets of gold. Really good content.

[@Memee833]

What are the long term health implications if any, of standing in one place for hour's a day.......any research.....

[@chazhinkeldey2362]

How do yall handle office noises and distractions? Does everyone wear headphones?

[@leanmadesimple]

Thankyou for watching, Distraction is very much the 9th waste, a few Lean Leaders have recognised this. We have discussed this as a team and having the awareness that distraction is a waste can be a huge step in reducing it. Not everyone wears headphones, it varies per role.

[@bladesNstuff]

I love my stream deck

[@leanmadesimple]

It's amazing

[@MrJohnston123]

Patrick Bateman would be impressed......

[@AEOrtiz-qr2zl]

Very similar to working at McDonalds

[@Strider9655]

Some good points, but some of that is just solving problems that didn't exist, and as an engineer who solves real problems every single day, I have no time for people who waste company time creating fictional problems to solve and look "pro-active". There's a process to every decision I make and a part of that process is deciding whether change is going to cost more than the benefits, and it's not just cost, because every change has to go through a customer approval process. Do we need to replace a production jig at £10'000 when we're literally producing the final 1000 parts of that product series in the next 3 weeks? or do we do a temporary repair, keep production running and insert a manual inspection station for 3 weeks? The cost a alone of taking down production for 1 hour is astronomical, it's 200 people at shift allowance wages, £14.80, say £15 x 200, £3000 an hour, 2x 8 hour shifts, £48000 a day for however long it takes to get the new jig supplied and it's usually a 2 week lead time, plus fines from our customers when their production lines have no parts. BTW, filling up draw space with foam separators? utterly STUPID. I mean the time and money wasted created those??? JUST to waste storage space???? It absolutely defies all common sense and logic. I'm not trying to be mean, but if I caught someone cutting pen shaped holes in old packing foam, they'd be gone, you're not in the vegan isle of waitrose now Dorothy. These people need to spend a few years working at shop floor level, doing real work, to gain a perspective on reality. I worked 6 years in an office doing mostly data input with MSAcess, I could do the same job as 3 people in one day, because I knew all the shortcuts and I knew when pasting to the back end was going to yield greater efficiency, I was so much more productive that I was investigated on suspicion of outsourcing my job. I once put 1.5 million entries (same line of text) into a database in just 15 minutes using VBS scripting, a job that would have taken 1 person 2 years to do manually. In fact I upset a lot of people that day, because I did something they didn't understand and it wiped the floor with every "solution" they'd ever dreamed up. People don't real efficiency measures, they like pseudo efficiency measures that look great on paper. Anyway, as I said, some good points, "idiot labels" are always good for example, but some people aren't really geared towards things that don't simply involve following instructions. I bet the people working shop floor, doing the "bread and butter" work, don't get nice desks, air conditioning and creature comforts and most likely have to deal with inefficient rules and policies dreamed up by office staff, as is always the way.

[@todd1422]

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