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The Rest is Lean (#TRIL) Leadership Series of Podcasts brings you powerful conversations with professionals from across the globe, sharing real-world experiences in lean manufacturing and leadership

Each episode dives into the principles, challenges, and successes that shape modern organisations—told by those who live them every day

This episode welcomes Mark Hemming. Mark is a transformational business leader who has led major operations at Amazon, Eurocell, and HelloFresh, delivering large-scale growth, innovation and operational excellence. Having managed businesses of significant scale across multiple countries, he now advises organisations through Hemming Advisory, helping leaders navigate growth, complexity and change with a strong focus on people-centred leadership

Russel takes charge for this 2-part Podcast with part one covering a lot of ground.
Conversations include old school book-throwing, the importance of honesty and integrity with your employees, and how tiring leadership can be!

From industry veterans to innovative thinkers, our guests reveal practical insights, cultural shifts, and leadership strategies that drive transformation

Whether you’re a business leader, lean practitioner, or simply curious about what makes organisations thrive, #TRIL delivers stories and lessons that inspire action.
Tune in and discover why, when it comes to leadership and lean, the rest is just noise

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You can even email us at therestislean@gmail.com

The #TRIL Team are:
John Dee. DEE Enterprise Excellence Ltd. www.dee.uk.net
Alan Lothian. 3A Business Excellence Ltd. www.aaabel.co.uk
Russell Watkins. Sempai Ltd. www.sempai.co.uk

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Global Manufacturing Expertise & The take that Man. Our annual pilgrimage to the NEC for SUBCON 2026. One of 2 episodes recorded at the 2-day show which showcases some of the best products and companies that support global manufacturing

This episode involves a whistle-stop tour of both Subcon2026 and SmartManufacturingWeek where TeamTRIL meet some fantastic company owners and their employees, along with some fellow panel members including:

Sophie Hall - Warren Services
Ian Joliffe - SMMT (Society Motor Manufacturers & Traders) Industry Forum
Taye Reid - The Levyne Group
Mathieu Phejar - The Tailored Growth

Big thanks to Sam Wibrew & Phoebe Hendry of Mark Allen Group for allowing us to attend for another great show, and for allowing TeamTRIL to be part of it once again

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The #TRIL Team are:

John Dee. DEE Enterprise Excellence Ltd. www.dee.uk.net
Alan Lothian. 3A Business Excellence Ltd. www.aaabel.co.uk
Russell Watkins. Sempai Ltd. www.sempai.co.uk

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Back to our usual episodes and this one will really help you really get under the skin of a company in a relatively short space of time. So if you're new to a business, or a lean change agent then this episode is for you!

Russell shares his recent trip to the Northern Ireland Lean Cluster including some fantastic companies embracing the '2 Second Lean Movement'

John shares his problem solving exploits on his decking (or not!)

Team #TRIL also get to grips with those thinking they can 'Hack' Lean. Can you really??

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The #TRIL Team are:
John Dee. DEE Enterprise Excellence Ltd. www.dee.uk.net
Alan Lothian. 3A Business Excellence Ltd. www.aaabel.co.uk
Russell Watkins. Sempai Ltd. www.sempai.co.uk

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The Rest is Lean (#TRIL) Leadership Series of Podcasts brings you powerful conversations with professionals from across the globe, sharing real-world experiences in lean manufacturing and leadership

Each episode dives into the principles, challenges, and successes that shape modern organisations—told by those who live them every day

This episode welcomes Delphine Fillot, Group SVP Quality & Customer Excellence at Forvia

Forvia is a global automotive component manufacturer created by combining the expertise of 2 other automotive manufacturing powerhouses, Faurecia and HELLA

Delphine's experience as a lean leader in global industrial and technology groups spans almost 30 years. From days as a process engineer to awarding-winning leader, Delphine lives Lean - both tactically and strategically - every day. Her passion for excellence, and engagement of people, is truly energising

Having known each other for over 25 years since their time at Converteam (now GE Vernova) both Alan & Delphine share their experiences, and take a deep-dive into Delphine's career, her learning and development, and why Lean is so important to her and the teams she works with

A fireside chat well worth listening to!

From industry veterans to innovative thinkers, our guests reveal practical insights, cultural shifts, and leadership strategies that drive transformation

Whether you’re a business leader, lean practitioner, or simply curious about what makes organisations thrive, #TRIL delivers stories and lessons that inspire action.
Tune in and discover why, when it comes to leadership and lean, the rest is just noise

If you're enjoying what we do and want to keep up to speed with the latest episodes, then don't forget to subscribe, click the bell notification icon, and share with anyone else you know who may be interested

Remember that we are also available on all good (and some not so good) streaming platforms!

You can even email us at therestislean@gmail.com

The #TRIL Team are:
John Dee. DEE Enterprise Excellence Ltd. www.dee.uk.net
Alan Lothian. 3A Business Excellence Ltd. www.aaabel.co.uk
Russell Watkins. Sempai Ltd. www.sempai.co.uk

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Engaging people and gaining 'Buy-in' from employees. That's the main topic of this episode of The Rest Is Lean Podcast

Join John, Russell & Alan for our usual 30minute ramble as we discuss our Lean experiences. Discussions include:

• Are there really that many 'negative' employees when it comes to Lean Transformation?
• Pros/Cons of including the most negative people in your improvement efforts.
• Unionised environments - Always include the Shop Steward?
• Finding the 'Well meant intent'.
• Perseverance - How long do you spend?
• Who to have in your cross-functional Lean Dream Team......and much more

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The #TRIL Team are:
John Dee. DEE Enterprise Excellence Ltd. www.dee.uk.net
Alan Lothian. 3A Business Excellence Ltd. www.aaabel.co.uk
Russell Watkins. Sempai Ltd. www.sempai.co.uk

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The Rest is Lean (#TRIL) Leadership Series of Podcasts brings you powerful conversations with professionals from across the globe, sharing real-world experiences in lean manufacturing and leadership

Each episode dives into the principles, challenges, and successes that shape modern organisations—told by those who live them every day

This episode welcomes Ian Mountain, Managing Director of Leafield Marine based in Wiltshire

Leafield Marine is the World leader in the design, development and manufacture of valves and inflation systems for a wide range of inflatable structures including Life Rafts, Inflatable Boats, Marine Evacuation Systems and River Rafts

We discuss Ian's background and passion for Lean, we learn more about the products, the people and the history of this fascinating business. Most importantly, understanding where they are on their improvement journey, and what's to come. Ian also opens up on his ongoing personal development, and provides great insight into his challenges and success as a leader of change

From industry veterans to innovative thinkers, our guests reveal practical insights, cultural shifts, and leadership strategies that drive transformation

Whether you’re a business leader, lean practitioner, or simply curious about what makes organisations thrive, #TRIL delivers stories and lessons that inspire action.
Tune in and discover why, when it comes to leadership and lean, the rest is just noise

If you're enjoying what we do and want to keep up to speed with the latest episodes, then don't forget to subscribe, click the bell notification icon, and share with anyone else you know who may be interested

Remember that we are also available on all good (and some not so good) streaming platforms!

You can even email us at therestislean@gmail.com

The #TRIL Team are:
John Dee. DEE Enterprise Excellence Ltd. www.dee.uk.net
Alan Lothian. 3A Business Excellence Ltd. www.aaabel.co.uk
Russell Watkins. Sempai Ltd. www.sempai.co.uk

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This episode sees the #TRIL Team ramble and rummage through how lean tools and techniques, flow, and human behaviour are involved/applied to the experience of driving vehicles

Russell talks about his recent speeding exploits and how his A3 summary helped him improve his driving

John shares his Honda view on the Toyota approach to standards and 5S. Alan discusses flow and a recent post by Cambridge Mathematics Professor, Hannah Fry, on the topic of "Ghost Jams".

From 5S to Standard Work to Visual Management to Poka-Yoke, this episode takes a full U-Turn in a jam-packed 30 minutes.

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The #TRIL Team are:
John Dee. DEE Enterprise Excellence Ltd. www.dee.uk.net
Alan Lothian. 3A Business Excellence Ltd. www.aaabel.co.uk
Russell Watkins. Sempai Ltd. www.sempai.co.uk

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The #TRIL Team ramble through the 2nd podcast of series 4 where the trio of John, Russell and Alan share their recent exploits and experiences

The guys talk about their recent visit to Leafield Marine where MD (and good friend of the team) Ian Mountain, took the time out to walk us around his factory and even allowed us to record a future leadership episode with him! (Watch this space)

John also shares a fascinating visit to Toyota Deeside Engine Facility where he joined a number of construction industry delegates and a visit of learning and understanding, in particular, the attitude to stopping production by operatives when a problem is encountered. Also the effective problem solving process that follows by those on the line and the group leaders. You may well be surprised with what you hear so stay tuned

Alan also opens his 'Kimono' sharing his early leadership challenges when he embarked on trying to develop this 'attitude' in his plant manager role at Eaton

If you're enjoying what we do and want to keep up to speed with the latest episodes, then don't forget to subscribe, click the bell notification icon, and share with anyone else you know who may be interested

Remember also that we are now available on all good (and some not so good) streaming platforms!

The #TRIL Team are:
John Dee. DEE Enterprise Excellence Ltd. www.dee.uk.net
Alan Lothian. 3A Business Excellence Ltd. www.aaabel.co.uk
Russell Watkins. Sempai Ltd. www.sempai.co.uk