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Lean Tips Edition #336 (#4066- #4080)0
- Lean Tips
- August 5, 2026
For my Facebook fans you already know about this great feature. But for those of you that are not connected to A Lean Journey on Facebook or Twitter I post daily a feature I call Lean Tips. It is meant to be advice, things I learned from experience, and some knowledge tidbits about Lean to help you along your journey.
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Book Review: Essential Leadership – The Missing Dimension of Lean Leadership?0
- Book Review
- August 3, 2026
What the Book Is About Leadership has never been easy, but today’s leaders face a unique combination of complexity, uncertainty, and relentless pressure. As organizations strive for better results, most leadership books focus on strategy, execution, communication, and organizational systems. Marc Inzelstein’s Essential Leadership: Practicing L.O.V.E. in Turbulent Times takes a different approach. Rather
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Lean Quote: Learn-It-All Leadership – Building a Continuous Improvement Culture 0
- Leadership, Lean Quote
- July 31, 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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Lean Roundup #206 – July 2026 0
- Lean Roundup
- July 29, 2026
A selection of highlighted blog posts from Lean bloggers from the month of July 2026. You can also view the previous monthly Lean Roundups here. A Kaizen Board in Japan, and a Manager Who Answered Every Sheet – Mark Graban shares an example from a Japanese kaizen board where every employee improvement received a written
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Alchemy of Adversity: A Leadership Book That Starts Where Most Don’t 0
- Book Review
- July 27, 2026
Most leadership books begin with frameworks, models, and tools. Alchemy of Adversity by Sarah Staley takes a very different path—it begins with a deeply personal story of loss, trauma, and survival, then builds toward what leadership looks like on the other side of it. This is not a typical leadership playbook. It’s a raw, human
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Lean Quote: Adapt or Fall Behind – Why Continuous Evolution Matters in Lean 0
- Lean Basics, Lean Quote
- July 24, 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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