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Lean Quote: The Secret is “Together-Work”0
- Lean Quote
- January 7, 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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Got Milk? Got Lean! Replayed0
- Webinar
- January 5, 2011
Jeff Hajek, author of Gotta Go Lean Blog and The Continuous Improvement Companion, and I recently shared our expertise in a brand new format. By combining a radio-show format with a webinar platform, and you get a brand new tool for learning about Lean. In our second live show, we discuss Lean with another everyday example so
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Top 10 Posts for 2010 on A Lean Journey0
- A Lean Journey
- December 31, 2010
As 2010 goes into the history books I want to take a moment to reflect on this past year. Nearly 41,000 people have visted the site this year. I posted 185 articles on the site in 2010. It has truly been a very positive full calendar year. Here is a collection of the Top 10 posts for 2010
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Lean Tips Edition #70
- Lean Tips
- December 23, 2010
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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Got Milk? Got Lean! Presentation0
- Webinar
- December 22, 2010
Jeff Hajek, author of Gotta Go Lean Blog and The Continuous Improvement Companion, and I recently shared our expertise in a brand new format. By combining a radio-show format with a webinar platform, and you get a brand new tool for learning about Lean. In our second live show, we discuss Lean with another everyday example so
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Team Selection: Best and Brightest or Not0
- In the News
- December 21, 2010
I came across this comic the other day and paused. It is really about a stereotype of continuous improvement teams that I don’t agree with. While it shouldn’t matter who we pick from organization for an improvement team or initiative in the begining it does. During the early stages of a transformation the selection of the team
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How to Hit Your Goals0
- Sharing Best Practices
- December 20, 2010
Last week I had several posts on performance measurement systems since this is the time of year when many organization are planning for the next calendar. While this isn’t necessarily the Lean way it provides a good opportunity to talk about these subjects. This annual organization goal setting process is usually followed closely by the annual individual review and goal setting process.
READ MORELean Quote: Measurement Gets0
- Lean Quote
- December 17, 2010
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
READ MORE7 Deadly Sins of Lean Performance Measurement0
- Lean Basics, Lean in Practice
- December 16, 2010
Michael Hammer wrote a great piece a couple years ago on the 7 sins of performance measurement and how to avoid them. I thought I would review the list in terms of a Lean measurement system. Vanity: Using measures that make a particular organization look good. Measures that are aimed at making the manager look
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