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Cultivating Empowered Employees0
- Lean Management
- March 28, 2011
To “empower” means “to allow or enable.” Successful leaders conduct themselves in such a way that employees feel good about working with them. How do they do this? By enabling and allowing employees to succeed. Empowered employees feel ownership for their work, a critical element to creating a motivated workplace. The ten steps that follow
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Lean Quote: Carrots and Sticks0
- Lean Quote
- March 25, 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 and Metrics The FastCap Way0
- Lean Definition
- March 24, 2011
Paul Akers from FastCap answers the question from a follower on what Lean is and what metrics you measure in a Lean environment. Paul’s response is a great one and worth repeating. The following key points summarize Lean and Lean Metrics: 1) Make Lean so simple anyone can understand it. 2) Fix what bugs you
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TPS: The Source of Human Progress0
- Lean Basics
- March 23, 2011
While on the internet the other day I came across these videos explaining the history of the Toyota Production System. They appear to be from an older video that has been edited and then subtitled in Portuguese (I believe). I think I had seen the original video before on the Art of Lean provided by Art Smalley. Still
READ MOREDaily Lean Tips Editions #110
- Lean Tips
- March 22, 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 MOREPlatinum is Worth More Than Gold When Comes to Treatment of Others0
- Leadership, Lean Management
- March 21, 2011
You may have heard of the Golden Rule before. Many people aspire to live by it but the Golden Rule is not a panacea. Think about it: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” The Golden Rule implies the basic assumption that other people would like to be treated the way
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Lean Quote: Quality Improvement is About Management Improvement0
- Lean Quote
- March 18, 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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Respect for People – Support Japan0
- In the News
- March 16, 2011
Source of Photo : AP The last several days has been consumed with news from Japan after a magnitude 8.9 earthquake and devastating tsunami. My company OFS is owned by FEC, a Japanese manufacturer, so I have been in touch with a number of colleagues since this disaster. We have been fortunate that no employees
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12 Ways to Start Building a Continuous Improvement Culture0
- Webinar
- March 15, 2011
Last week, Jeff Hajek from Gotta Go Lean Blog and myself gave a webinar on building a continuous improvement culture. We highlighted 12 areas of focus based on our experience implementing and teaching Lean thinking. Here are the slides from this webinar: 12 Ways To Start Building a Continuous Improvement Culture View more presentations from
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