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Lean Quote: Freedom, A Chance To Be Better 0
- Lean Quote
- July 1, 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 Thinking and Its Application to Safety 0
- Book Review
- June 29, 2011
My friend and fellow blogger Dragan Bosnjak, an Italian Lean Practitioner, has published a new work in English. It is called Lean & Safety and it is a translation of his Italian ebook Security Lean. This ebook talks about lean thinking and its application to work related safety. Entrepreneurs think that injuries happen, that they
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Improvement Kata Handbook 0
- Lean Resources
- June 28, 2011
Recently, I reviewed Mike Rother’s Toyota Kata book. In doing so I came across the Toyota Kata website. The site is dedicate to the practice of mastering the improvement kata as explained in his book. This website has a number of great resources at your disposal but probably the most notable is the Improvement
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The Role of a Lean Leader 0
- Lean Management
- June 27, 2011
My Friend Matt Wrye recently wrote about his role as an internal Lean consultant. He talked about the struggle some management places on Lean leaders between just doing it and influencing change. This got me thinking about my own experience, why this struggle occurs, and what the true role of a Lean leader should be.
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Lean Quote: Leadership Requires Persistence 0
- 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 Results 0
- 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 Element 0
- 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
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Lean Quote: Inspiration 0
- 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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