Most business owners think AI and new technology will fix what's broken in their company. Paul Akers disagrees — and he's been inside factories with 10,000 employees on every continent to back it up. In Part 2 of this conversation, Paul and Dwayne go deeper into the mechanics of Lean…
In this episode of The Dwayne Kerrigan Podcast, Paul Akers shares the moment Lean thinking stopped being a business philosophy and started being a personal breakthrough. When he discovered Lean, he didn't just see a better way to run a business. He saw a workaround for every problem he'd been…
The biggest obstacle in his business? He didn't have to look very far to find it. In this episode of The Dwayne Kerrigan Podcast, Paul Akers gets refreshingly honest about the early struggles of implementing Lean — and it had nothing to do with his team. It was his ego.…
The past is not a predictor of the future. Not anymore. In this episode of The Dwayne Kerrigan Podcast, Paul Akers delivers a message every business owner needs to hear right now. Technology is changing everything. The next two to five years will look nothing like the last ten. And…
In this episode of The Dwayne Kerrigan Podcast, Paul Akers breaks down what separates a powerful morning meeting from a wasted one — and it comes down to two words: Dialogue. Not monologue. When the leader dominates the room, nobody else is thinking. They're just waiting for it to end.…
If someone has to ask you the same question twice, something broke down in your communication. In this episode of The Dwayne Kerrigan Podcast, Paul Akers breaks down the eight wastes that Lean thinkers live by — and the one that hits hardest isn't overproduction or defects. It's wasting your…
Paul Akers started FastCap in his garage with no MBA, no funding, and one simple conviction: fix what bugs you. Today FastCap ships over 2,000 products to more than 40 countries, and runs on a philosophy so simple it fits in two words — eliminate waste. In Part 1 of…
In Part 2 of his keynote from the LeanScaper Operations Intensive, Dwayne Kerrigan breaks down the four economic seasons and the identity each one demands from a business owner. Spring — you're building. Summer — you're seeking profit while margins tighten. Fall — you're thinking like a strategist as weak…
In Part 2 of his keynote from the LeanScaper Operations Intensive, Dwayne Kerrigan delivers one of the most important reminders for any business owner leading a team. Caring about your people is a strength. But without strategy to back it up, standards slip. And when standards slip, structure goes. And…
The business can go. The cars can go. The house can go. In Part 2 of his keynote from the LeanScaper Operations Intensive, Dwayne Kerrigan shares the most personal part of his purpose — and it has nothing to do with revenue or success metrics. His personal purpose is simple:…
In Part 2 of his keynote from the LeanScaper Operations Intensive, Dwayne Kerrigan shares 40 years of lessons learned — raw, unfiltered, and hard won. He's been keeping a log for 15 years. He titled it: Mistakes Are Inevitable. But Learning Is Optional. From ego and greed disguised as growth,…
In Part 2 of his keynote from the LeanScaper Operations Intensive, Dwayne Kerrigan gets personal about the season in his life when everything looked like success from the outside — and felt like frustration from the inside. The shift that changed everything wasn't a new hire or a better system.…
For years, the warrior ran the show. Then the general took over. Neither one was sustainable. In Part 2 of his keynote from the LeanScaper Operations Intensive, Dwayne Kerrigan gets deeply personal — sharing the identity chart he built decades ago and the one he rebuilt through hard lessons, self-awareness,…
In Part 2 of his keynote from the LeanScaper Operations Intensive, Dwayne Kerrigan draws a line between the two worlds every business owner is navigating at the same time. The external world — you can influence it, but you can't control it. The internal world — that's yours. Your response.…
Business is a warrior sport. And it takes more than strategy to survive it. In Part 2 of his keynote from the LeanScaper Operations Intensive, Dwayne Kerrigan breaks down what actually carries you through the hardest seasons in business and in life. It takes will. The kind that pushes you…
In Part 2 of his keynote from the LeanScaper Operations Intensive, Dwayne Kerrigan gets brutally honest about the lessons that only come from looking inward. Every bad idea started as a good one. Every argument began and ended with ego. And the things we resist most in others? Usually the…
The world isn't changing. It's already changed. In Part 2 of his keynote from the LeanScaper Operations Intensive, Dwayne Kerrigan delivers a message that's equal parts challenge and invitation. Technology and robotics are reshaping every industry. The people who understand how to proactively influence their own growth will adapt. Those…
Most entrepreneurs think the next stage of their business requires a better strategy. Dwayne Kerrigan disagrees. In Part 2 of his live keynote at the LeanScaper Operations Intensive in Cape Coral, Florida, he makes the case that what's actually required is a different identity — and that without that shift,…
Working hard but not getting the result your want? The problem might not be your strategy. In this episode of The Dwayne Kerrigan Podcast, Dwayne points to what's actually running in the background — fear, shame, feeling less than, feeling stupid. Those emotional states drive your actions. And your actions…
Nothing in life has meaning except the meaning you give it. In this episode of The Dwayne Kerrigan Podcast, Dwayne makes it simple: A $200,000 car and a $10,000 car both get you to work. The difference? The label you put on it. That's it. Focus equals feeling. And feeling…
Your body is either working for you or against you — and most people don't even notice. In this keynote from the LeanScaper Operations Intensive, Dwayne Kerrigan breaks down why the way you physically show up — to your team, your business, your life — matters more than you think.…
He failed college. Built 32 businesses anyway. In this episode of The Dwayne Kerrigan Podcast, Dwayne gets honest about how he learns — and why the thing that held him back in school became one of his greatest advantages in business. Every upside has a downside. Every downside has an…
Most business owners say they want to think like an owner. But they spend their days acting like an operator. In this keynote from the Lean Landscaper Operations Intensive, Dwayne Kerrigan gets honest about why so many owners stay stuck in the weeds — and what it actually takes to…
Started his first business at 16. Blew it up. And learned more from that than most people learn in a decade. In this episode of The Dwayne Kerrigan Podcast, Dwayne cuts through the noise and traces most business problems back to three things: • The psychology of the owner and…