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Guest Post: Lean Tools Exercises0
- Guest Post
- August 14, 2012
About the author: Andy Trainer works for Silicon Beach Training, leading providers of resources and courses in business skills including Six Sigma, Lean and project management techniques like PRINCE2. ——————————————————————————- Here at Silicon Beach Training we regularly run Six Sigma courses for all levels as well as a range of Lean courses. Over the years
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Guest Post: Lean Software Development Priniciples0
- Guest Post
- August 13, 2012
Today, I am proud to present a guest post by Jimena Calfa. Jimena is a System Engineer with Software Quality Assurance background and the founder of On Quality blog, an information source dedicated to sharing knowledge, lessons, experiences, opinions and actuality about the interesting world of Quality. Jimena is one of the contributors of the
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Lean Quote: Coordinating Talent Toward Achieving Success Is Vital0
- Lean Quote
- August 10, 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: TimeBack’s Dan Markovitz0
- Meet-up
- August 8, 2012
Dan Markovitz, from TimeBack Management is our guest on the Meet-up this week. Dan and I have been conversing for years on personal productivity, visual scheduling methods, and respect for people for years. He always has practical sense to problem solving that is refreshing and frankly challenges your thinking. Dan will also be awarded the
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Lean and Green from the Connecticut DEEP0
- Lean and Green
- August 7, 2012
Lean and Green has been a topic here a number of times because of its importance and synergy. Lean manufacturing practices and sustainability are conceptually similar in that both seek to maximize organizational efficiency. Where they differ is in where the boundaries are drawn, and in how waste is defined. Sustainability expands the definition of waste
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Lean Leadership Lessons From The Olympics0
- Leadership, Lean Management
- August 6, 2012
Like millions of others from around the globe I have been glued to the TV watching the Olympics. Once again the eyes of the world are on its best and brightest athletes as they attempt to push the human body to new limits, and remind us that our best human qualities — determination, perseverance, innovation,
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Lean Quote: Change is Not a Flash, It is Built Brick by Brick0
- Lean Quote
- August 3, 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 Six Sigma Academy’s Ron Pereira0
- Meet-up
- August 1, 2012
Today’s Meet-up guest is Ron Pereira, blogger at Lean Six Sigma Academy and Managing Partner of Gemba Academy. I have never physically met Ron but we have chatted online for years. Ron’s face is probably familiar from all videos you may have seen on YouTube or Gemba Academy. Over the last couple of years their
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Daily Lean Tips Edition #340
- Lean Tips
- July 30, 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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