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February 14, 2025 41 mins

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Transform your struggling business with Derrick Mains, CEO of Process Triage. With 15 years of experience, Derrick addresses operational challenges directly, collaborating with employees to drive real change and impactful results.


He stresses the importance of listening to frontline workers, who know the pain points. By highlighting how one company lost half its meeting time due to distrust, Derrick advocates for modern management practices over outdated philosophies that hinder progress.


Derrick provides fresh insights on enhancing productivity and empowering employees while drawing inspiration from Japan's innovative practices. Process Mapping for Success: Derrick Mains Shares His Proven Strategies. Tune in for a game-changing approach to solving your business problems!


What's in this episode?

01:04 Who is our guest for today and what does he do

02:51 How does he identify problems fast

06:03 What wastes the most employee time

06:41 Why don’t companies trust their processes

09:32 Where is the real management failure

10:43 How did WWII change American management

14:18 What happened to these management ideas after the war

14:41 Where did Japan succeed where the U.S. failed

15:41 How has workplace authority changed since then

15:53 What’s broken in today’s system

16:14 Why don’t we see new ideas in business today

17:04 What’s outdated about Drucker’s management philosophy

19:41 How do to fix modern management

19:53 What role does in-person interaction play in remote work

23:19 How does he take control of the system

23:53 What are the top challenges CEOs face

24:34 What did W. Edwards Deming discover about system problems

27:27 How do processes reduce people problems

28:54 What did Japanese companies do differently with employment

31:46 How do employees make themselves indispensable

31:49 What is Parkinson’s Law in business


Ways to connect with Derrick Mains:

🔗 Website: https://www.processtriage.com/

🔗 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theprocessfixer

🔗 Personal Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theprocessfixer

🔗 Personal LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/derrickmains/

🔗 Company LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/theprocessfixer/


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