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Lean Quote: Leadership Requires Persistence0
- Lean Quote
- June 24, 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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Lean. There’s an App for That.0
- Lean Resources
- June 22, 2011
In this new age of hand held technology you frequently hear “There’s an app for that” in reference to some task you are trying to do. Well, I suppose Lean thinking shouldn’t be any different. The Lean Enterprise Institute introduced an app as another way to stay connected with them. With this free app, you
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Toyota Kata: Managing People for Improvement, Adaptiveness, and Superior Results0
- Book Review
- June 21, 2011
I usually have quite a list of books to read. This is compounded by all those who would like me to review their book. I enjoy learning and reading so this isn’t a bad situation it just means that it can take a while to get to some books. I finally got to Mike Rother‘s
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Pull Systems: An Essential Lean Element0
- In the News, Sharing Best Practices
- June 20, 2011
The Association For Manufacturing Excellence (AME) is committed to enterprise excellence through shared learning and access to best practices. As a proud member and leader in the Northeast Region I had the opportunity to share a best practice last fall on pull systems. I have talked about this pull system before but AME recently published
READ MORELean Quote: Inspiration0
- Lean Quote
- June 17, 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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Lean Lessons From The Stanley Cup Winning Boston Bruins0
Many of you know of my enthusiasm for Ice Hockey as a player and a coach. In the last few weeks hockey fans from all over the world have been captivated by the Stanley Cup Championship Playoff between The Boston Bruins (my team) and The Vancouver Canucks. This is the pinnacle of the hockey season
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8 Things to Avoid to Make Your Kaizen More Successful Replayed0
- Webinar
- June 15, 2011
If you missed the webinar, 8 Things to Avoid to Make Your Kaizen More Successful, that Jeff Hajek and I did on Friday, June 3, 2011 you can view the replay now. In this webinar we talk about the use of kaizens in your organization and share 8 mistakes to avoid to make your kaizen
READ MOREDaily Lean Tips Edition #150
- Lean Tips
- June 14, 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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A Tribute to Eli Goldratt0
- In the News
- June 13, 2011
This weekend a true pioneer in process and business improvement passed away. From the Goldratt-TOC website: It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Dr. Eli Goldratt the founder of TOC. Eli passed away on 11 June 2011. “I smile and start to count on my fingers: One, people are good. Two, every conflict
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