there are three main focus areas. One is business, research, getting work done. Another is controlling - see where money comes from and ensure everybody gets paid.

The third one is Processes - what some dumba** involved in it once praised to me as the Real Value of Any Company.

Guess what? These guys and gals are a kick in the * for anyone. It's not about getting the job done, it's about getting the processes compliance.

You just got a check from a customer for, say 150k of services, for a three months project. Good, but you just had an offer printed for 100k over two months. Your moral duty in the company is go back to customer, hand back the check and say that within a month or two (the time needed for process compliance) you'll be back with the proper paperwork - and tell them that you are a very dynamic company looking forward to doing real business FAST.

I wouldn't care less if Processes people got LEANed.

Guess what? You got it wrong. It's the engineers, research and you-name-it departments that will be hit most - with the help of the new processes drawn by the Processes division. Oh I forgot to mention - we just hired 100's consultants to help us with Project LEAN.