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Stop Trying to Motivate Your Team — Fix the System Instead0
- Leadership
- August 17, 2026
When performance dips after a disruption—whether it’s a holiday break, organizational change, or shifting priorities—many leaders instinctively reach for motivation. Pep talks, incentives, and renewed pressure often follow. But what if motivation isn’t the problem? As leadership expert Anne Grady suggests, high-performing teams don’t need to be “motivated” back into action. They need clarity, alignment,
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Lean Quote: Benchmarking for Excellence – Raising the Bar in Lean Manufacturing0
- Leadership, Lean Quote
- August 14, 2026
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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The Leader Who Asks Better Questions0
- Leadership
- August 12, 2026
Today, let’s focus on one of the most underutilized leadership skills in Lean: questioning. To explore it, we’ll go back over 2,500 years to a man who never ran a company, never held a title, and never wrote a book—yet transformed how the world thinks. Socrates. What does an ancient philosopher have to do with
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Book Review: Who Leads When AI Thinks? — Leadership, Judgment, and the Art of Problem Framing0
- Book Review
- August 10, 2026
Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming part of everyday business decision-making. From data analysis and forecasting to content creation and problem solving, leaders are increasingly being asked to determine how AI should fit into their organizations. While many books focus on the capabilities of AI, Adrian Wolfberg’s Who Leads When AI Thinks? takes a different
READ MORELean Quote: Continuous Improvement Mindset – Why Nothing Is Ever Finished0
- Lean Basics, Lean Quote
- August 7, 2026
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 Tips Edition #336 (#4066- #4080)0
- Lean Tips
- August 5, 2026
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 help you along your journey.
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Book Review: Essential Leadership – The Missing Dimension of Lean Leadership?0
- Book Review
- August 3, 2026
What the Book Is About Leadership has never been easy, but today’s leaders face a unique combination of complexity, uncertainty, and relentless pressure. As organizations strive for better results, most leadership books focus on strategy, execution, communication, and organizational systems. Marc Inzelstein’s Essential Leadership: Practicing L.O.V.E. in Turbulent Times takes a different approach. Rather
READ MORELean Quote: Learn-It-All Leadership – Building a Continuous Improvement Culture0
- Leadership, Lean Quote
- July 31, 2026
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 Roundup #206 – July 20260
- Lean Roundup
- July 29, 2026
A selection of highlighted blog posts from Lean bloggers from the month of July 2026. You can also view the previous monthly Lean Roundups here. A Kaizen Board in Japan, and a Manager Who Answered Every Sheet – Mark Graban shares an example from a Japanese kaizen board where every employee improvement received a written
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