Are You ready to
Solve real problems?

Hello! I am Jesse, a lean leadership and transformation coach with a passion for helping leaders and their teams do their work better.

Grow and Learn.

Improve systems in order to flow greater value to the customer.

Fully Realize Organizational Purpose.

My friends and partners in improvement

Solutions

Creating A Framework For Ongoing Performance Improvement

STRATEGIC PLANNING & DEPLOYMENT

facilitating executive leadership team strategy development – to get clarity and alignment

LEAN PRODUCT & PROCESS DESIGN

coaching teams in using LPPD best practices for managing new product development and process innovation – to create new value

VALUE STREAM MAPPING

facilitating and coaching teams in the use of Value Stream Mapping and analysis – to optimize the value creating system

PROCESS DESIGN & IMPROVEMENT

designing, clarifying, and improving business processes – to get standardized

CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAMWORK

strengthening and growing team performance, and squashing silo dysfunction – to get healthy

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP COACHING

1:1 coaching and consulting, and executive leadership team development and growth – to strengthen trust and unity

who am i?

I have a passion for lean leadership, problem solving, and process improvement. I have over 30 years of leadership experience in manufacturing and service industries, holding a variety of roles including Continuous Improvement, General Management, Sales and Business Development, Operations, Product Management, and Engineering / Product Development. I am a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, hold a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering, a Master of Science in Operations Management, an MBA, and I served in the US Army for eight years as an commissioned officer and helicopter pilot.

My purpose and passion is to help leaders and their teams do their work, better – with Serious Joy

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Stream Podcasts

StateofReadinessPodcast-with-Jesse-DePriest

State of Readiness with Joseph Paris

Insiders of Omaha - Leadership and How it Effects Every Area of Life

The Heartland Franchise Guy - 'Helping Leaders and Their Teams Achieve Better Outcomes"

Clients I Serve Proudly

Manufacturing

Government

Banking

Public Organizations

Private Organizations

Service Industries

Are You Ready To Solve Some
Serious Problems In A Joyful Way?

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