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Lean Quote: Encouraging Those to Succeed0
- Lean Quote
- June 22, 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: My Flexible Pencil’s David Kasprzak0
- Meet-up
- June 20, 2012
Today, I would like to introduce David Kasprzak of My Flexible Pencil. David and I have been friends ever since we started blogging a few years ago. We have carried on a dialogue online over the years that has been thought provoking. He has contributed to this site many times which you can find here. The
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Resistance to Change is Futile, You Will Be Assimilated0
- Change Management
- June 19, 2012
Change is inevitable. Adaptation to change is a necessary and critical component to survival. But mostly, change is a constant in business. And business seems to be where the adaptation to change — or lack thereof — seems to have some of the most significant impact. Former US president John F. Kennedy said, “Change is
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Moving Quality Beyond The Product0
- ASQ's Influential Voices
- June 18, 2012
In June’s post on ASQ’s A View from the Q Blog Paul Borawski asks how you are moving quality beyond product. … the Quality Council report provides great insights on how the quality community is responding and what it can do better. And therein lies the seed for my question of the day. The opening
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Lean Quote: Reduce Fire Fighting By Not Participating0
- Lean Quote
- June 15, 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: Lean Leadership’s Christian Paulsen0
- Meet-up
- June 13, 2012
Today, we’ll meet-up with Christian Paulsen, who blogs at Lean Leadership. Christian has contributed several guest posts here. He started blogging shortly after me so we have grown through the process together. It has been nice to have someone to trade insights with and learn with. The goal of Meet-up is provide you an opportunity to
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Checking Your Lean Progress Discussion on Metrics0
- Webinar
- June 12, 2012
After the webinar Jeff Hajek and I gave we posted the video and slides from our talk on “Checking Your Lean Progress”. This started a conversation on metrics that I wanted to share with you and get your thoughts on. Don Fitchett from Business Industrial Network asks: Do you think if the metrics you mention
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Guest Post: Benefits and Value of Continued Learning and Training0
- Guest Post
- June 11, 2012
Today’s post is written by Tim Hoff from American Trainco, who specializes in maintenance training. Tim shares 11 benefits of continued learning and training in our workforce that I think we all will find valuable. Offering continuing education opportunities for employees has several benefits for employers. One of them is that a workforce that is well-trained
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Lean Quote: Quality Defined, More Than Standards0
- Lean Quote
- June 8, 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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