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Book Review: Building Culture the NASA Way0
- Book Review
- June 17, 2026
What NASA’s Mission Framework Can Teach Leaders About Building Better Organizations As a kid, I dreamed of becoming an astronaut. I attended Space Camp in Huntsville three different times, fascinated by rockets, space exploration, and the incredible accomplishments of NASA. While my career ultimately took a different path—engineering, manufacturing, and continuous improvement—that interest in
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What It Takes to Win: Building a Continuous Improvement Culture in Business0
- Culture, Leadership
- June 15, 2026
Winning in business isn’t just about talent—it’s about effort, discipline, and an unrelenting commitment to excellence. It’s about embracing a mindset of consistent, incremental growth and putting customer value at the center of everything you do. As leaders, we often look for the magic formula that separates high performers from the rest. But time and
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Lean Quote: Learn, Unlearn, Relearn0
- Change Management, Lean Quote
- June 12, 2026
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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The Red Bead Experiment Still Matters — and Now It’s Online0
- Exercises/Games, Lean in Practice
- June 10, 2026
One of the most memorable lessons in Lean and continuous improvement doesn’t come from a spreadsheet, a KPI dashboard, or a PowerPoint presentation. It comes from a bucket of beads. Dr. W. Edwards Deming’s famous “Red Bead Experiment” has been teaching leaders about systems thinking, variation, and management mistakes for decades. Today, thanks to Mark
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What the FIFA World Cup Can Teach Us About Lean Thinking0
- In the News, Lean in Practice
- June 8, 2026
The world’s attention will turn to North America in 2026 as the FIFA World Cup comes to the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The largest World Cup in history will feature 48 teams, 16 host cities, and more than 100 matches spread across the continent. While billions of fans will focus on goals, stars, and
READ MORELean Quote: Value Pays The Wages0
- Lean Basics, Lean Quote
- June 5, 2026
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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Book Review: Rewriting Leadership for a More Human Workplace0
- Book Review
- June 3, 2026
A Review of Rewriting the Rules by Ron Sosa Leadership books often promise better productivity, stronger teams, or sharper execution. What makes Rewriting the Rules: A Leadership Model for a Neuroinclusive, Human-Centered Workplace different is that Ron Sosa starts with a different question entirely: What if the problem is not the people, but the systems
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Lean Tips Edition #333 (#4021- #4035)0
- Lean Tips
- June 1, 2026
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 help you along your journey.
READ MORELean Quote: The Power Of 1% Better0
- Lean Basics, Lean Quote
- May 29, 2026
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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