Brian Swain (1947)
Brian Swain is an organizational development consultant with twenty years experience working in manufacturing, service and construction companies throughout the UK and Western Europe. He often typifies his approach as individual, organizational and corporate coaching. His work is focused on the Lean Transformation of companies through team building and personal development within the context of process management, continuous improvement and organizational design. He works at all levels in large and small organizations but with a primary focus on Value Stream Development in regards to strategic and operational performance. Typically he works and consults on long-term (1-3 years) change processes within his client companies. Some of his current work is with clients, which include Corus Steel, Marshalls Plc., Pilkingtons Tile, GlaxsoSmithKline, Vertex, General Electric (GE) and Hertz. Additionally, he has project managed and co-authored textbooks and manuals for work-based management development. He is a founding Director of Rubicon Associates and TAKT. He is a vice president of the Lean Construction Institute and founding Director of Rubicon Associates and TAKT.
“Lean is about being elegant, simple and useful. If I look at the thermo bottle, it is beautiful and elegant and it provides the customer with hot coffee when the customer wants it, in exactly the amount that the customer wants it.”