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Lean Quote: If You Want to Be Interesting, You Have to Be Interested0
- Lean Quote
- September 26, 2025
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 Keys for Lean Daily Management0
- Lean Management
- September 24, 2025
10 Keys for Lean Daily Management: Driving Continuous Improvement Organizations often start their lean journey with Kaizen workshops, aiming for quick wins. However, many see improvements fade over time because lean depends on people consistently applying the tools. Tools like standard work succeed only when individuals understand, care, and use them daily. Lean daily management
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Embrace a Lean Mindset vs Hero Mentality0
- Lean Basics, Problem Solving
- September 24, 2025
At first glance, the “hero” mentality might seem like a workplace virtue. It’s the employee who takes charge in every crisis and seemingly save the day when systems fail. The organization’s heroes put in the long hours to get the job done – because, and often ostensibly, because others in the organization do not have
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Don’t Judge Too Quickly0
- Respect For People
- September 22, 2025
Why do people judge too quickly before knowing them? This is probably an artifact of the history of our species. It’s part of our hardwiring and a survival strategy. Our brains make snap judgments about people because it’s in our best interest to do so from a survival perspective. Not only does it help us
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Lean Quote: Act the Way You’d Like to Be and Soon You’ll be the Way You Act0
- Lean Quote
- September 19, 2025
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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How to Get Started with Improvement in Your Organization0
- Lean Basics
- September 17, 2025
Discovering ways to improve a company provides the opportunity to increase productivity and raise profitability. As a manager, decision-maker or team leader, identifying areas for improvement within your organization is an effective way to make it more successful. Improvements can cover a range of benefits, including increased efficiency, decreased spending and higher customer satisfaction levels.
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The Stages of High Performance Teams0
- Teamwork
- September 16, 2025
The Stages of High Performance Teams: Understanding Tuckman’s Model Teams are an essential part of organizational success, but as you may know from experience, a newly formed team rarely performs at its best immediately. Team development is a process that takes time and typically follows recognizable stages, transforming a group of strangers into a cohesive,
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The Pros and Cons of Cellular Manufacturing0
- Lean Basics
- September 15, 2025
The other day I was asked about the benefit of cellular manufacturing so I thought I would share some of my thoughts with you. Cellular manufacturing is a manufacturing process that produces families of parts within a single line or cell of machines operated by machinists who work only within the line or cell. A
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The REST Strategy for Enhanced Well-Being0
- Respect For People
- September 15, 2025
Have you noticed yourself often saying things in the heat of the moment that did not mean? Or perhaps you frequently make decisions that you later regret. Maybe sometimes your emotions overwhelm you like a tidal wave, and you feel helpless against them. If any of the above resonated with you, perhaps it’s time to
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