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Lean Quote: Lean Requires Patience, Practice, Sharing0
- Lean Quote
- June 10, 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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Who Wants To Be A Lean Millionaire0
- Lean Fun
- June 8, 2011
A couple weeks ago at EASTEC my friends at GBMP held a unique learning opportunity. The idea was to combine the format of the Millionaire game show with Lean thinking. This trivia game was complete with the help of 50:50, phone a friend, and the poll. They had several levels from beginner to advanced so
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Lessons For Turning Crisis Into Opportunity0
- Book Review
- June 7, 2011
Toyota Under Fire takes you beyond the headlines and into the offices and factories of Toyota to reveal the truth behind the company’s highly publicized and controversial recall of nine million vehicles last year. Jeffery Liker, the author of Toyota Way, and Timothy Ogden co-author this historic case study providing new insight into Toyota’s culture.
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Lean Practiced at Your Home Away From Home0
- Lean in Practice, Visual Factory
- June 6, 2011
Many Lean practitioner remark about the examples of Lean thinking they find in their travels. I recently had a trip away from home for training (USA hockey Coaches training) where I found some examples worth sharing. Here is a good example of a simple poka yoke and standard work posted at point of use. So
READ MORELean Quote: Cure the Fear with Learning0
- Lean Quote
- June 3, 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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Teaching Kids Standard Work in Our Schools0
- Lean in Practice, Visual Factory
- June 2, 2011
I am not sure how many of you have elementary age kids but I have 3 lovely kids that age. Every time I visit their classrooms I notice all the visuals. They use visuals throughout their learning process. Whether it is learning the alphabet, weather, time, dates, reading or whatever else the topic it is
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Lean Simulation: Your Source for Lean Games and Training Tools0
- Lean Resources
- June 1, 2011
There is a new blog within the Lean community called Lean Simulations. This is the creation of Martin Boersema, a Lean practitioner from the Toronto area. The goal of this site is to create a resource or repository for training simulations, videos, and other tools for sharing and learning. Martin explains this in his own words:
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Remembering Service0
- Other
- May 30, 2011
Memorial Day is a time to remember former and present service members. I want to wish everybody out there a wonderful Memorial Day. Hopefully, everybody can spend some quality time with their families and the people they love and remember what this holiday is about. “If you will not fight for right when you can easily
READ MORELean Quote: When You See a Job To Do, Just Do It0
- Lean Quote
- May 27, 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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