Scaling Up Business Podcast

Optimizing Operations & Processes with Derrick Mains

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Synopsis

How can we get frontline employees more involved? How can we challenge the conventional wisdom of hustle and grind, instead empowering our employees to do great things? In this episode, Bill and his guest, Derrick Mains, discuss ways to systematize businesses to facilitate innovation and growth. Derrick Mains is a rockstar in optimization and process engineering. With 20+ years of experience transforming 150+ companies, he's a master at turning chaos into efficiency and value. Mains and his team at The Process Fixer jazz up the workplace by automating the boring stuff. Key topics that Bill and Derrick explore in this episode: - Derrick’s journey from being a process geek to hosting a podcast about process improvement, “The Process Fixer.” - Why process mapping should be done by frontline employees as they’re the ones creating value in the organization. Executives often miss the mark in process improvement due to lack of empathy for frontline employees.- Derrick criticizes hustle cultu