On MiddleGround’s fifth episode of Executive Sessions, Clayton Gullett leads discussions with MiddleGround Founding Partner John Stewart and his brother, Co-Partner of Banner Industries, David Stewart. This episode covers:

1. Building a Bootcamp
2. Creating and Maintaining Cooperative Change
3. Lean Manufacturing Requires Standardization
4. The Impact of Bootcamps

Check out our company blog recapping the episode: https://bit.ly/3Ptj6NE

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Find Banner Management Consulting on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/banner-management-consulting/

Chapters:
(00:00:00 ) Podcast and guest introduction
(00:06:52 ) Bootcamp 101
(00:10:40 ) Gaining buy-in
(00:18:15 ) Building a Bootcamp 
(00:27:22 ) The importance of manufacturers
(00:36:58 ) Impact on the portfolio
(00:43:49 ) The value of teaching lean manufacturing basics
(00:48:47 ) Simple, cheap solutions yield results 
(00:53:54 ) Standardization in manufacturing