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We hiked through the clouds. Mt. Kilimanjaro is 19,341 feet tall. It is the largest free standing mountain in the world. It has its own weather system. The clouds are at 8,000 ft in the cool of the evening. As the sun comes out the clouds begin their upward journey to the top. On days three and four we would spend hours hiking through the clouds. Our summit climb began at midnight of day five, so that we could see the sunrise from the top of the mountain.
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Improvement is much like hiking a mountain. It requires preparation and determination. It also requires skill and knowledge. Brent Allen would like to be a guide in your improvement journey.
Brent is a licensed Shingo Institute Affiliate. Brent can teach the Shingo Model to your institution. Please select the button below to connect to the Shingo Institute. 
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About Brent
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Brent Allen has been the improvement guide at Lifetime Products for 38 years. He recently retired. Lifetime is a leading manufacture in outdoor basketball equipment, folding tables and chairs, outdoor storage, playground equipment, kayaks and coolers. When Lifetime Products started with 11 employees in 1981 Brent was the general manager of American Playworld, a sister company to Lifetime. After working in many different positions at Lifetime Products, including Chief Operating Officer, Brent retired at the end of 2018 from a company that had grown to 3,000 employees. Mr. Allen has extensive experience in supply chain management, overseas sourcing, and business support of software implementations Before working at Lifetime and American Playworld, Brent was a special education teacher and coach for seven years before his career at Lifetime. Brent received a degree in psychology and education at Weber State University. He has been happily married for 45 years. The Allens have 5 children and 15 grandchildren. Brent likes all forms of outdoor activity such as hiking, kayaking and riding ATVs. Brent recently started up Clear Aim Systems in order to share his knowledge and passion about business improvement. Clear Aim Systems is a consulting firm based in Pleasant View, Utah. Brent Allen is the principal consultant and committed to a balanced approach to implementing the Shingo Model™. W. Edwards Deming taught, “A system is a network of interdependent components that work together to try to accomplish the aim of the system. The aim of the system must be clear to everyone in the system.” In order for organizations to sustain improvement, leaders must have a clear understanding of principles, systems, tools, and results and how they need to work together. . |