Real operators.
Real shop-floor lessons.
The Allied Advisors Podcast features in-depth conversations with lean manufacturing experts and top-performing executives who share proven strategies, hard-earned lessons, and real-world success stories — insights you can apply immediately to drive growth, improve efficiency, and lead your teams more effectively. Hosted by Justin Goethe.
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Butt Ugly by Friday: How the Kaizen Ninja Makes Improvements Stick
Most improvement projects die quietly after the consultant leaves. Adam Lawrence built a framework to stop that from happening. Known across the manufacturing world as the Kaizen Ninja, Adam has facilitated more than 400 Kaizen events driving over half a billion dollars in business impact — roughly $1.2 million in annual savings apiece, in a week or less. He walks Justin through how he actually runs a Kaizen week, the nine elements of his Wheel of Sustainability, why he recently blew up his own assessment and rebuilt it around five observable leadership behaviors, and how Armstrong World Industries drove its global OSHA recordable rate from 4.5 to 0.28.
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is a working session.
Behind the mic with Keith Gammill, Director of Arkansas Manufacturing Solutions, on how the MEP Network quietly helps mid-market manufacturers scale — one of the candid, operator-to-operator conversations that define the show.
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The best episodes come from operators in the thick of it. If you're a manufacturing leader, lean practitioner, or PE operating partner with a hard-won lesson to share, we'd love to have you on.