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Top 10 Rules of Time Management0
- Lean Basics, Sharing Best Practices
- August 23, 2011
Time management truly is critical to becoming productive, doing everything you want to, and achieving ultimate success. “Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.” – Jim Rohn Therefore it is imperative we learn to manage the finite amount of time we do have to make
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Time is Golden: 7 Rules of Time Management0
- Lean Basics, Sharing Best Practices
- August 22, 2011
by ~Walkington Time is one of the most important commodities that we have. But we are often bombarded with more tasks than we can keep up with. This can result in our most important things being shifted to second place just out of necessity. In order to counter act this you must fully understand time.
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Lean Quote: Respecting Each Other0
- Lean Quote
- August 19, 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
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Pascal Dennis is his Own Words on The Remedy0
- Book Review
- August 18, 2011
In yesterday’s post I reviewed Pascal Dennis’ Shingo Prize winning book The Remedy. I thought that it would be appropriate to hear directly from Pascal about his thoughts on The Remedy. In this video Pascal explains the premise of The Remedy, what big company disease is, the remedy to big company disease, and why to
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Book Review: The Remedy by Pascal Dennis0
- Book Review
- August 17, 2011
I recently finished reading The Remedy – Bringing Lean Thinking out of the Factory to Transform the Entire Organization and wanted to share my review. The story, a sequel to Pascal Dennis’s business novel, Andy & Me, depicts the adventures of Lean-thinking protagonist Tom Papas and his mentor, Andy Saito, a retired, reclusive Toyota executive.
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Daily Lean Tips Edition #180
- Lean Tips
- August 16, 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
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You can’t motivate people, but you can help them.0
- Leadership
- August 15, 2011
Just as you can’t motivate a seed to grow (you can only provide an appropriate environment that will allow it to grow), you can’t motivate people. They motivate themselves. They have it in their blood, or they don’t. Some people will kick it up a notch to earn a promotion, or a reward, or for
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Lean Quote: The Responsibility of a Lean Leader0
- Lean Quote
- August 12, 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
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Just Stand – Tools for Planning Your Workspace0
- Sharing Best Practices
- August 11, 2011
In a recent post I talked about the health benefits of the stand-up desk. This info graph from JustStand.org really puts sitting in perspective. Here is a simple online calculator to help you set-up your work space properly. There are also a number of ergonomic tips you can consider when optimizing your workspace: • Rest
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