2010 - Page 6 of 17 - aleanjourney

Exhilarating Learning – “Northeast” Shingo Style 0
- Sharing Best Practices
- October 25, 2010
Last week I spent a couple days at The Sixth Annual Northeast Shingo Prize Conference in Providence, RI. The conference was an exhilarating learning experience for me so I thought I would share some of those nuggets with you. It is probably makes the most sense to start with some thoughts from Ritsuo Shingo, son of Shigeo Shingo
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Lean Quote: The Two Dimensions of Leadership 0
- Lean Quote
- October 22, 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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A Lean Environment is One Where They Present You With Solutions 0
- In the News, Other
- October 19, 2010
I saw this comic at ONEFTE.com that made me pause a little. I know this comic is poking fun at the corporate lifestyle that many experience. But as I reflected on this comic I thought to myself there are places in which this situation is true. In a Lean Thinking organization it is the goal to have empowered
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Lean Gone Lego – There must be a better way 0
- Lean Basics, Lean Fun
- October 18, 2010
I came across this short stop-animation film from Australia which delivers an insight into a better way of working in manufacturing called Lean gone Lego. This video was developed by The Gordon, an online training company, supported by the Australian Flexible Learning Framework’s E-learning Innovations business activity. This project aims to empower workers to continuously come up with
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Lean Quote: Effective Listening 0
- Lean Quote
- October 15, 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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The Value Of Time 0
- In the News, Sharing Best Practices
- October 14, 2010
I use the scheduling application Tungle.me which syncs with my existing calendars for easy scheduling and efficiency. The folks at Tungle.me are trying to understand the needs of the calendar of the future. As part of this they took a look at illustrating what the value of time is: The Calendar of the Future got us
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