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Process vs People Improvement0
- Respect For People
- April 8, 2015
In most companies, Lean Thinking quickly becomes focused on process improvement. This type of improvement is easier, more obvious, measurable, and seemingly more profitable and transferable than people improvement. That’s why most places make the mistake of reporting only process improvement metrics. People get taken for granted. This occurs because (so called) Lean experts don’t
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Coaching Is Critical to Develop a Lean Thinking Mentality0
- Leadership
- April 6, 2015
Coaching is a difficult skill for many leaders to acquire. It’s vague and slow. Leaders tend to want to move quickly toward defined goals, reach those goals, and immediately move on to the next set of goals. Coaching is frustratingly elusive to understand and seemingly convoluted in the doing; it is much easier to direct
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Lean Quote: Blaming Means Failing0
- Lean Quote
- April 3, 2015
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 Leaders Focus on Development0
- Leadership, Lean Management
- March 30, 2015
Successful leaders understand the difference between things and people in an organization. They know that it’s important to manage things, but that it’s even more important to lead people. Leaders don’t just mouth empty phrases like “people are our greatest resource;” they demonstrate by their actions that people – not strategy, products, plans, processes, or
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Lean Quote: Listening is Key to All Effective Communication0
- Lean Quote
- March 27, 2015
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 #76 (1141 -1155)0
- Lean Tips
- March 25, 2015
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 Lean Journey is a Climb not a Stroll0
- Lean Basics, Lean Definition, Lean Management
- March 23, 2015
Photo Source: http://www.chriscastaldo.com/2010/12/28/the-way-to-godliness/ Lean Thinking is often described as a “journey, not a destination”. In many regards this is true since the best Lean companies have found that their improvement efforts never end. Each set of improvements result in improved bottom-line results but also exposes more opportunity. This journey toward dramatically improved business performance shares three
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Lean Quote: Comfort Zone Doesn’t Promote Growth0
- Lean Quote
- March 20, 2015
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 Do We Promote STEM Careers?0
- ASQ's Influential Voices
- March 18, 2015
In Bill Troy’s post this month on ASQ’s blog he highlights the importance of STEM careers in business. STEM represents the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. STEM education encourages a curriculum that is driven by problem solving, discovery, exploratory learning, and student-centered development of ideas and solutions. The saturation of technology in most
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