A Lean Journey Blog
- Home
- Blog
Steve Jobs: How to Live Before You Die.0
- In the News
- October 6, 2011
Yesterday, we lost a great innovator and visionary. Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, died at age 56 after battling cancer for several years. In memory of Steve and his innovations that have changed our lives I wanted to share this video: Drawing from some of the most pivotal points in his life, Steve Jobs, chief
READ MORE5 Tips for Making the Most Out of Your Conference Experience0
- Sharing Best Practices
- October 4, 2011
In a few days, I will be attending one of the best Lean Thinking conferences in New England, The Northeast Shingo Prize Conference. As I prepare for the conference this year I thought I would share some tips on making the most out of your conference experience. 1. Before the conference. As Dr. Stephen R.
READ MORE
Daily Lean Tips Edition #200
- Lean Tips
- October 3, 2011
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
READ MORE
Lean Quote: Persistence is the Twin Sister of Excellence0
- Lean Quote
- September 30, 2011
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
READ MORE
10 Random Tips to Help Supercharge You on Your Lean Journey Webinar Replayed0
- Webinar
- September 27, 2011
Jeff Hajek of the Gotta Go Lean blog and I got together recently to offer several Lean tips to help speed up progress on your Lean Journey. Put these simple Lean strategies to use, and supercharge your continuous improvement efforts. Here are the slides from the webinar 10 Random Tips To Supercharge Your Lean Journey View
READ MORE
Final Inspection isn’t so Final0
- Quality
- September 26, 2011
A recent edition at my newest favorite corporate life comic, ONEFTE.com, hit a common point that traditional companies use when there is an issue. Many traditional companies use a final inspection department to 100% check the product just before it is shipped to make sure that any errors that occurred in-process are caught before the
READ MORE
Lean Quote: Lean Transformation Needs Talent, Focus, and Endurance0
- Lean Quote
- September 23, 2011
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
READ MORELean at Home: Examples to Learn From0
- Sharing Best Practices
- September 21, 2011
Paul Akers answers the popular question, “Do you apply Lean thinking at home?” In this new video Paul brings us into his own and shows a number of great ideas where he has applied lean thinking. His approach to life is about making simple improvements to make life easier. Every second he saves is a
READ MOREThe Seven Basic Tools of Quality0
- Quality
- September 20, 2011
The Seven Basic Tools of Quality is a designation given to a fixed set of graphical techniques identified as being most helpful in troubleshooting issues related to quality. They are called basic because they are suitable for people with little formal training in statistics and because they can be used to solve the vast majority
READ MORE