A selection of highlighted blog posts from Lean
bloggers from the month of January 2022. 
You can also view the previous monthly Lean Roundups here.

Lean Lessonsfrom COVID – Bruce Hamilton shares is thoughts on the lessons learned from
the past couple of years dealing with COVID.

Lean and
the Martial Arts – Pascal Dennis explains the single most important quality
in Lean (and the martial arts) is tenacity, which great senseis, and great
organizations have in spades.

Encourage
Management Collaboration to Integrate Leading and Serving Others – Johanna Rothman
says when you focus on management collaboration, you integrate leadership and
serving and you can reduce management decision time.

“Do” or
“Responsible”? – Joe Ely change your view of your job by answering not what
you do but what you are responsible for.

Crafting
Your Continuous Improvement Strategy – John Knotts shares a general
framework he recommends you follow to build a culture of continuous
improvement.

Building
A Culture Of Continuous Improvement Part Two – Steve Kane says without the
proper organizational structure, you will constantly be fighting an uphill
battle to build this type of culture.

Continuously
Lubricating Processes – Kevin Meyer explains there are processes that need
to be maintained daily to be most effective.

Howto Let Small Things Bother You – Jon Miller says you can raise awareness of
near-misses from hiyari hatto, seeing or feeling
something unsafe almost happened.

Telling
People to Be Courageous vs. Making it Safe to Speak Up – Mark Graban shares
that instead of focusing on those who are speaking up (such as labeling them as
“uncourageous”), leaders need to think about their role in shaping a culture of
psychological safety.

Ask
Art: Why Are the Four Lean Fundamentals So Important for Making a Conversion to
Lean? – Art Byrne reviews the core lean elements reveals how — and why —
lean management leads to higher enterprise performance.