#135 500% - with Julian Wilson

Being Human - A podcast by Richard Atherton - Fridays

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> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/My guest this week is Julian Wilson, CEO of British engineering firm Matt Black Systems and author of "500%: How Two Pioneers Transformed Productivity". Along with his business partner, through a series of counter-intuitive steps, he experimented his way to a 500% gain in productivity.The change saw his staff triple their income, come alive as human beings, whilst delivering extraordinary returns for him and his co-investors.His is a story of returning to the original translations of Taiichi Ohno's pioneering work at Toyota to apply its essence to a creative, design-led operation.We talk:- Why Lean/Agile transformations fail- Why centralisation does not remove duplication- Business as a social institution- How business culture starts in our families- Self-leadership pushed to its limitsEnjoy!To your humanity,RichardLinks:500%: How two pioneers transformed productivity - The BookMatt Black Systems