• Lean Quote: Start Your Lean Journey, Do What You Can

    Lean Quote: Start Your Lean Journey, Do What You Can0

    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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  • Daily Lean Tips Edition #69 (1026-1050)

    Daily Lean Tips Edition #69 (1026-1050)0

    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

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  • The Importance of Discovery

    The Importance of Discovery0

    In the US we are celebrating Columbus Day which recognizes Christopher Columbus who discovered America. This is a good time to talk about the importance of discovery to Lean thinking.  Fundamentally, discovery is the act of detecting something new, or something “old” that had been unknown. Discoveries are often made due to questioning. Thinking is

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  • Lean Quote: Get Your Hands Dirty

    Lean Quote: Get Your Hands Dirty0

    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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  • Getting Up Again: Lessons from Skateboarding

    Getting Up Again: Lessons from Skateboarding0

    Rodney Mullen is widely considered to be the most influential skateboarder in skateboarding history. He shares with humility and passion how the constant search for improvement has led to outstanding innovations and how we can all learn from lessons of great skateboarders. You may not think that skateboarding and success have much in common, but

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  • Lean Lessons from Elementary School

    Lean Lessons from Elementary School0

    This past week I had the opportunity to attend an open house at my kid’s elementary school. I am not sure how many of you have elementary age kids but I have 2 lovely kids that age (and 1 in middle school). Every time I visit their classrooms I notice all the visuals. They use

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