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Guest Post: 5 Reasons for 5S 0
- Guest Post
- August 16, 2010
Today’s guest blogger is Christian Paulsen, who authors Life’s Lessons in the 21st Century Blog. Christian is a food manufacturing manager with 20 years of manufacturing leadership and Lean Manufacturing expertise. He adds value to an organization by driving continuous process improvements and bottom line cost savings. Christian attended Purdue University on a Navy ROTC scholarship and
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Lean Quote: Disney on Leadership 0
- Lean Quote
- August 13, 2010
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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Guest Post: Missing Element of Change = Bad Formula 0
- Guest Post
- August 12, 2010
Mark Hamel, author of Kaizen Event Fieldbook and blogger at Gemba Tales, recently extended an offer for me to guest post on his site. I took the opportunity to talk about what is needed for change in a Lean environment. For many people change means hard work, risk, and the need to learn new ways for
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Strategic Listening 0
- Lean in Practice
- August 11, 2010
According to Tom, “the single most significant strategic strength that an organization can have is not a good strategic plan, but a commitment to strategic listening on the part of every member of the organization: strategic listening to frontline employees, strategic listening to vendors, to customers.” Tom has created a great interlude about why strategic listening
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Book Review: On the Mend 0
- Book Review
- August 9, 2010
While I am not a Lean Healthcare professional per say I am a Lean professional that has worked in various aspects of healthcare. My experience varies from the patient floor, to the ER and OR, to long term care, to psychiatric ward and a few things in between. Most of my family are healthcare professionals
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Lean Quote: Get it Right or Can’t Get it Wrong 0
- Lean Quote
- August 6, 2010
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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