• Lean Quote: Listen, Listen, Listen

    Lean Quote: Listen, Listen, Listen0

    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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  • 10 Ways to Show Respect for People Through Empowerment

    10 Ways to Show Respect for People Through Empowerment0

    Respect for People is one of the most overlooked principles of Lean.  Demonstrating respect for people goes beyond just being nice to them. Showing respect in the workplace is all about the relationship we develop with other people and how we value them. Respect for people means developing employees latent skills in both on the

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  • Five Guidelines For Effectively Using Excellence Award Programs To Your Benefit

    Five Guidelines For Effectively Using Excellence Award Programs To Your Benefit0

    ASQ has introduced their new CEO, Bill Troy, who will continue to blog like Paul Borawski. In Bill’s first post he announced that ASQ has been awarded the Excellence level of achievement for the 2014 Wisconsin Forward Award. The Wisconsin Forward Award is essentially the state-level equivalent of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in

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  • Lean Quote: Information is a Key Ingredient for Empowerment

    Lean Quote: Information is a Key Ingredient for Empowerment0

    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, It’s All About The Customer

    Lean, It’s All About The Customer0

    At the center of a Lean culture and key to success is customer focus. Many companies do Lean for internal cost reasons rather than external and customer-focused reasons. The focus of Lean is on providing the customer with more value sooner. Without customer focus, Lean management techniques are difficult to employ. For any business the

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