Lean Quote: The Power Of 1% Better
- Lean Basics, Lean Quote
- May 29, 2026

On Fridays I will post a Lean related Quote. Throughout our lifetimes many people touch our lives and leave us with words of wisdom. These can both be a source of new learning and also a point to pause and reflect upon lessons we have learned. Within Lean active learning is an important aspect on
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A selection of highlighted blog posts from Lean bloggers from the month of May 2026. You can also view the previous monthly Lean Roundups here. Levelling Up the Centre of Excellence – Pascal Dennis explains protecting the core business with Lean/OpEx and igniting new Growth with Digital is hard because each entails different mindsets & skillsets.
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Memorial Day is not a leadership lesson by design—but it offers some of the clearest insights we have about responsibility, service, and legacy. It is a day of remembrance, a day to honor those who gave their lives in service to others, and a day that challenges leaders to reflect on what it truly means
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On Fridays I will post a Lean related Quote. Throughout our lifetimes many people touch our lives and leave us with words of wisdom. These can both be a source of new learning and also a point to pause and reflect upon lessons we have learned. Within Lean active learning is an important aspect on
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Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People helped generations of leaders focus on personal effectiveness. Lean leadership builds on that foundation—but deliberately shifts the focus outward. Lean asks a different question: How do our daily habits improve the system and develop the people within it? Highly effective Lean practitioners don’t succeed because they know more tools. They succeed
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If Gemba walks are the action, Gemba thinking is the transformation. Many organizations try to fix Gemba walks by improving technique—better questions, better schedules, better behavior. While those changes matter, they only address the surface. The deeper issue is not how often leaders walk the Gemba, but how they think before, during, and after they do. Without a shift in mindset, even well-run Gemba walks remain isolated events.
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