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Lean Focus: Funny Friday 😏 Lean is a mindset. If there’s a kickoff… At least there are bagels. 🥯

LEAN HAIKU:   A real Lean expert can communicate Lean in the simplest form, even in the form of a Japanese haiku. A haiku uses simple lines of a certain number of syllables to communicate great truth, much like Lean uses simple principles for complex problems.   👉Check out how to make one: First line made of five Now seven for this next one Again back to five   Do YOU have what it takes to write your own HAIKU? Let’s see it in the comments.👇

Lean Focus is a proud sponsor of DealMAX 2026, and two members of our senior staff are presenting a Pavilion Session for PE operators serious about top-line growth: Beyond the Deal: Predictable Growth from Disciplined Commercial Execution ✅ Monday, April 27 | 2:15 PM 📍 ARIA Resort & Casino, Las Vegas @Edward Smithwick and @David Allen—who have decades of experience driving above-market revenue growth across portfolio companies, within organizations such as Danaher, Fortive, Veralto, GlaxoSmithKline, Waterpik Technologies, and beyond—will break down: 📈 How Lean principles drive revenue outcomes, not just cost savings 🚀 Proven strategies to accelerate and sustain top-line growth 🏆 Why commercial Standard Work outperforms individual sales heroics 🎯 Systems-level approaches to improving forecast accuracy and retention If accelerating value creation is on your 100-day plan, this session is for you. Here's what we see across portfolio companies: bloated pipelines, inconsistent conversion, and commercial teams operating without a shared system. Revenue targets get set. Disciplined execution doesn't follow. Lean changes that. Not Lean for the factory—Lean for growth. Applied to demand generation, funnel management, and go-to-market strategy, it creates the accountability and rigor that turns commercial effort into commercial results. 👉 See you at our Pavilion Session in Vegas. https://lnkd.in/gXQSQV2N #DealMAX2026 #PrivateEquity #ValueCreation #LeanGrowth #DealPipeline #LeanFocus  #MergersAcquisitions #CommercialGrowth #Innovation #Leadership #BusinessSystems #EBITDA #MarginExpansion #CommercialAcceleration Association for Corporate Growth (ACG)

If you’re in Private Equity, and you don’t have access to a repeatable, value creation engine…it’s time to get one. https://t2m.io/DgeLBHtc The world’s most effective and efficient value creation engines are built on the principles of Lean thinking. And although Lean is most often associated with manufacturing, Lean Focus successfully applies the principles that underpin the Lean philosophy to: mergers & acquisitions, new business growth, innovation, supply chain, mergers and acquisitions, human resources, and beyond. For PE firms, the gold-standard for repeatable, value creation engines is the Lean Focus Business System™ (LBS™). This proprietary system rivals the most respected business systems in the world, providing a holistic solution that addresses every aspect of a business—regardless of the industry or the country it operates in. Staying true to the spirit of Lean, the tools that comprise the Lean Focus Business System™ are continuously improved which ensures they remain relevant and effective in ever-changing business environments. The specific set of tools that the Private Equity Practice Area of Lean Focus employ are designed to address the entire lifecycle, from smart acquisition to operational excellence to premium exit. These tools are not only proven and reliable—they are also repeatable. Lean Focus Metrics… Countries Worked In: 50+ Industries Specialized In: 48+ Companies Worked For: 400+ Productivity Gains: 20-40% Average Growth ROI: 12:1 Capex Reduction: 50%   Contact us today to speak to a seasoned, senior-level practitioner from the Private Equity Practice Area of Lean Focus. https://t2m.io/DgeLBHtc

Lean Focus will be at Booth #225 at DealMAX 2026, and it’s an event we’re proud to sponsor. DealMAX is where operating partners, deal teams, and portfolio company leaders come to talk about what happens after the close. The hold period is where value is won or lost. Strategy decks don't move EBITDA. Execution systems do. Lean Focus is the execution power behind your value creation plan, providing hands-on capability to improve operations, supply chain, growth, innovation, and leadership—with measurable P&L impact. Our senior-level practitioners have deployed inside PE-backed companies across every stage of the investment lifecycle: 🔍 Pre-acquisition diligence and underwriting pressure-testing ⚓️ Day 1–100 stabilization and execution cadence 🎯 Hold period value creation and add-on integration 🏁 Pre-exit cash conversion and leadership readiness We don't advise from the sidelines. We work shoulder-to-shoulder with management teams to build systems that make performance predictable and repeatable across the entire portfolio. Join 900+ PE professionals, 800+ investment bankers, and 3,200+ dealmakers at DealMAX. Then stop by Booth #225 to discuss how Lean Focus can build a repeatable value creation engine for Private Equity. 👉Learn about our Private Equity Practice: https://lnkd.in/gTG7pUR4 #DealMAX2026 #PrivateEquity #MergersAcquisitions #CommercialGrowth #PressureTesting #Leadership #BusinessSystems #ValueCreation #EBITDA #MarginExpansion #CommercialAcceleration Association for Corporate Growth (ACG)

Every company has a frontier it’s afraid to cross: a bold investment, a tough restructure, a broken system no one wants to touch. Fear is a tax on growth. Lean lowers the risk by giving leaders a system to test, learn, and adjust quickly. But it doesn’t remove the need for courage. What growth opportunity is your organization still avoiding out of fear?

We're excited to announce that Lean Focus is sponsoring DealMAX 2026 in Las Vegas, April 27–29. With 19,000+ scheduled 1-on-1 meetings and 3,200+ middle-market professionals in attendance, DealMAX is where serious dealmakers come to build pipeline and deepen relationships. Too many portfolio companies depend on heroic efforts and fragmented initiatives to hit targets. That approach doesn't scale. It doesn't compound. And it won't survive an ownership transition. Lean Focus takes a different approach. We embed proven execution systems inside PE-owned companies through our Lean Focus Business System™ (LBS™), delivering: 📈 EBITDA expansion and working capital release driven by improved flow 💼 Leadership alignment that reduces reliance on heroics 🤝 Operating model integration for carve-outs and add-on acquisitions 🎯 Commercial acceleration through pricing discipline and GTM alignment The outcome is a value creation engine that operating partners can deploy across companies, stages, and hold periods—regardless of industry. Attending DealMAX? Come see us at Booth #225. Let's discuss how Lean Focus can build a repeatable value creation engine for your portfolio companies. 👉 Learn about our Private Equity Practice: https://lnkd.in/gF7KfZud #DealMAX2026 #PrivateEquity #MergersAcquisitions #ValueCreation #EBITDA #CommercialAcceleration Association for Corporate Growth (ACG)

At DealMAX 2026, Lean Focus is taking the stage to show how Lean principles transform commercial execution into a scalable growth engine: Beyond the Deal: Predictable Growth from Disciplined Commercial Execution ✅ Monday, April 27 | 2:15 PM 📍 ARIA Resort & Casino, Las Vegas Speakers @Edward Smithwick and @David Allen—with decades of experience driving above-market revenue growth across portfolio companies, within organizations such as Danaher, Fortive, Veralto, GlaxoSmithKline, Waterpik Technologies, and beyond—will share how portfolio companies can: 🔄 Eliminate handoff failures between marketing and sales 🏆 Increase pipeline velocity and win rates through Standard Work ⚙️ Build repeatable revenue systems that scale across hold periods 📈 Drive measurable EBITDA growth from disciplined commercial strategy Private equity firms invest heavily in operational efficiency post-close. But the biggest lever for value creation—top-line growth—often runs on gut instinct and individual heroics. That's a risk, not a strategy. When marketing, sales, pricing, and channel strategy operate as one disciplined system, revenue stops being episodic and starts being predictable. That's what Lean applied to growth delivers. With 3,200+ middle-market M&A professionals and 19,000+ scheduled 1-on-1 meetings, DealMAX is where deals get done. Stop by and talk value creation with us. 👉 Get the Pavilion Session details: https://lnkd.in/gXQSQV2N #DealMAX2026 #PrivateEquity #ValueCreation #LeanGrowth #DealPipeline #LeanFocus #MergersAcquisitions #CommercialGrowth #Innovation #Leadership #BusinessSystems #EBITDA #MarginExpansion #CommercialAcceleration Association for Corporate Growth (ACG)

Lean Focus: Funny Friday 😏 “We don’t have time for Kaizen.” Also us: Opening TikTok for one video A luxury morning routine Cats knocking things off counters A 43 min pressure-washing video Learning the Renegade Now it’s dark outside.