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Book Review: Reflections of A Business Nomad0
- Book Review
- November 6, 2012
On Friday, I received in the mail Pascal Dennis’s new book Reflections of a Business Nomad. As a longtime fan of Pascal’s work over the years I sat down Saturday to learn his newest lessons. Reflections of a Business Nomad is not like Pascal’s other awarding winning books (Lean Production Simplified, Andy & Me, Getting
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A Ted talk about the Laws of Subtraction by the Author Matthew E. May0
- Sharing Best Practices
- November 5, 2012
We live in an age of excess everything–an era of overwhelming choice, crippling complexity, and feature overload. Standing out in the age of excess everything demands a singular skill: Subtraction. The world’s most original innovators all know this: less is best. They know that by removing just the right things in just the right way,
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Lean Quote: Don’t Think You Know Everything0
- Lean Quote
- November 2, 2012
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 Secrets of Success in Eight Words, in Three Minutes0
- Sharing Best Practices
- October 31, 2012
Why do people succeed? Is it because they’re smart, or are they just lucky? Analyst Richard St. John condenses 7 years of research and 500 interviews from TEDTalks into an unmissable 3-minute presentation on the real secrets of success. If the video leaves you wanting more, St. John has written a book on these eight
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Daily Lean Tips Edition #380
- Lean Tips
- October 29, 2012
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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Lean Quote: Be Willing to Fail In Order To Achieve Your Goal0
- Lean Quote
- October 26, 2012
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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Meet-up: The Lean Turnaround’s Art Byrne0
- Meet-up
- October 24, 2012
Today’s meet-up guest is Art Byrne. Art is a well know figure in the Lean Community and has been featured in numerous books. He now has published his own book The Lean Turnaround. I recently reviewed his new book which I recommend you read. I have been fortunate to see Art’s handy work at Wiremold of the years since
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Going Beyond Quality Brings Value to Customers0
- ASQ's Influential Voices
- October 23, 2012
This month Paul Borawski raises the question about going beyond the traditional quality function. My question is, how well understood and embraced are the contributions of the quality professional beyond what is traditionally thought of as the quality function? Quality should be part of the culture of the company. Employing quality methods and practices in
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Guest Post: Lean, Mean Safety Machine0
- Guest Post, Safety
- October 22, 2012
Company safety policies generally have two important objectives. First, safety policies aim to ensure a company’s compliance with federal, state, and local laws and, therefore, to avoid fines and other forms of punishment for violations. Second, and more importantly, these policies strive to prevent accidents and injuries in the workplace so that employees remain healthy.
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