Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchYour Shop Doesn’t Have to Be Clean to Be Lean | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E159
Episode 159
What does a real lean shop look like when the cameras aren’t hiding the mess?
In this episode of Lean Built, Jay Pierson goes solo to break down a beh…
2 months, 1 week ago
Going to IMTS 2026? 7 Tips for Machine Shop Owners | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E158
Episode 158
If you’re heading to IMTS 2026, don’t spend three days wandering around looking at machines you could have watched on YouTube.
In this episode, Andrew…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
When a Good Employee Isn’t the Right Employee | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E157
Episode 157
Change is inevitable, but how do you get through it without losing your culture? From improving systems and giving honest feedback to hiring the righ…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Why Simplicity Beats Complexity in Business | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E156
Episode 156
This week, Andrew and Jay dive into one of the most overlooked competitive advantages in business: simplicity.
Inspired by Stuart Brand’s The Maintena…
3 months ago
Your Team Doesn’t See You the Way You Think They Do | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E155
Episode 155
This week, Andrew and Jay are back from vacation and comparing notes on what it takes to unplug without losing momentum. They talk about the transiti…
3 months, 1 week ago
Don’t Let AI Do Your Thinking | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E154
Episode 154
This week, Jay and Andrew treating vendors like partners, and why that pays off. They also dive into the evolution of their daily morning meetings, s…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Why Every Machine Shop Should Take More Shop Tours | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E153
Episode 153
What if one of the fastest ways to improve your machine shop is walking through someone else’s?
In this solo episode, Andrew shares lessons from recen…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Your Memory Is Not a Management System | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E152
Episode 152
Andrew shares how a simple magnetic tag meant to prevent a security mistake failed, not because the idea was bad, but because the process wasn’t comp…
4 months ago
The More You Optimize, The More Things Break | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E151
Episode 151
A single drop of coolant shut down an overnight production run that should have been making parts for hours. Nothing crashed or was broken, yet the m…
4 months, 1 week ago
The Hidden Cost of Being the Easy Button (and 14 other lessons from Japan) | Lean Built - Manufacturing Freedom E150
Episode 150
Andrew returns from Japan with 15 lessons that challenged the way he thinks about leadership, training, standards, and continuous improvement. These …
4 months, 2 weeks ago