Raivis Menesis: From the Amazon Juggernaut to Latvia's small businesses

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode Raivis Menesis talks with us about working at Amazon driving Lean initiatives and then working to implement Lean in small businesses in his home country of Latvia. He introduces us to Amazon's evolving improvement culture of testing and implementation and the challenges of Latvia's view of Lean and the status quo. </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://theleaneffectpodcast.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://theleaneffectpodcast.com/</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://www.facebook.com/TheLeanEffectPodcast"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://www.facebook.com/TheLeanEffectPodcast</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://www.facebook.com/groups/272448766629082/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://www.facebook.com/groups/272448766629082/</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-lean-effect-podcast/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-lean-effect-podcast/</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Insta: @theleaneffectpodcast</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">T</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">witter @TheLeanEffect</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Guest:</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;"> Raivis Menesis</span></p> <p><strong>raivis.menesis@gmail.com</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/raivis-menesis/"><strong>https://www.linkedin.com/in/raivis-menesis/</strong></a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>host: Mark Dejong can be reached at:</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-de-jong-investor-lean-advisor-0288695/"> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-de-jong-investor-lean-advisor-0288695/</span></a></p> <p><a href="mailto:Mark@4ppartners.ca"><span style= "