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Lean Quote: Small Efforts, Big Results: The Power of Daily Kaizen 0
- kaizen, Lean Quote
- March 13, 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 #329 (#3961- #3975)0
- Lean Tips
- March 11, 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. Another
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Lean Accounting: Aligning Finance with Continuous Improvement 1
- Lean in Practice, Lean Management
- March 9, 2026
For many organizations on a lean journey, the biggest friction doesn’t come from the shop floor—it comes from the financial reports. Teams are improving flow, reducing lead time, and eliminating waste, yet the numbers still tell a very different story. This disconnect is exactly why lean accounting exists. Lean accounting is not about breaking
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Lean Quote: Extraordinary Things Are Always Hiding in Places People Never Think to Look 0
- Change Management, Lean Quote
- March 6, 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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One Tape Dispenser at a Time: Lean Lessons from GE Aerospace’s CEO Letter 0
- In the News, Leadership
- March 4, 2026
In his 2025 letter to shareholders, the CEO of GE Aerospace tells a story about a tape dispenser. Yes — a tape dispenser. It wasn’t a billion-dollar contract or a breakthrough engine design. It was a simple improvement spotted on the shop floor. A frontline team member saw waste. Leadership empowered action. The fix
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Standardized Work Isn’t the Problem — Our Thinking About It Is 0
- Lean Basics, Quality Magazine
- March 2, 2026
Say “standardized work” in a room full of professionals and you’ll see it immediately: crossed arms, skeptical looks, maybe even a quiet eye roll. Too rigid. Too controlling. The enemy of creativity. At least, that’s the reputation. And yet—standardized work remains one of the most powerful foundations of Lean, quality, and continuous improvement. So
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Lean Quote: Building Bridges to Global Leadership 0
- Change Management, Lean Quote
- February 27, 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 #201 – February 2026 0
- Lean Roundup
- February 25, 2026
A selection of highlighted blog posts from Lean bloggers from the month of February 2026. You can also view the previous monthly Lean Roundups here. Good Trouble – Bruce Hamilton describes how “good trouble” in a Lean context refers to employees who challenge the status quo of a Theory X management system—those so-called troublemakers
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Book Review: Go for Third – Leadership Lessons from the Softball Field to the Workplace by Derek Volk 0
- Book Review
- February 23, 2026
In Go for Third, Derek Volk brings together two worlds that might at first seem unrelated—girls’ softball and running a successful manufacturing business—to offer leadership insights that are both accessible and actionable. According to the book’s description, the lessons Volk learned coaching softball and leading his company, Volk Packaging Corporation, translate into something much
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