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Lean Quote: April Showers Bring May Flowers0
- Lean Quote
- April 8, 2022
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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Employee Reflection: A Method to Increase Employee Happiness0
- Engagement, Guest Post
- April 6, 2022
In today’s business world, successful companies don’t earn their reputation just by building a good general corporate brand or value proposition to customers. A big part of proving their competence is good employer branding which describes an employer’s reputation as a place to work and their employee value proposition. The crux is that if your
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The Six Steps of Value Engineering0
- Innovation
- April 4, 2022
Value engineering refers to the systematic method of improving the value of a product that a project produces. It is used to analyze a service, system, or product to determine the best way to manage the important functions while reducing the cost. Value is calculated as a ratio of function to cost. A business can
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Lean Quote: April Fool’s Day0
- Lean Quote
- April 1, 2022
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 Roundup #154 – March 20220
- Lean Roundup
- March 30, 2022
A selection of highlighted blog posts from Lean bloggers from the month of March 2022. You can also view the previous monthly Lean Roundups here. Do Your Job – Bruce Hamilton shares a story regarding CNC set-up reduction involving the need for a repeatable lathe process. Strategy and the Worlds of Thought & Experience –
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Lean Tips Edition #185 (#2986-#3000)0
- Lean Tips
- March 28, 2022
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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Lean Quote: Live Like It’s Spring0
- Lean Quote
- March 25, 2022
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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7 Traits of a Good Facilitator0
- Facilitation
- March 23, 2022
Some people believe that facilitating a workshop/team is easy. It is not. When you have a group of people in a room, anything can happen. Some people will dominate the meeting, while others won’t say a word; a few will stick to the issues at hand, many more will go off tangent. Experienced facilitators know
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Teamwork Requires Open-Mindedness0
- Teamwork
- March 21, 2022
Open-mindedness is one of the most sought-after employee traits because it helps increase the chances employees will look for new solutions when current processes don’t work. Being open-minded means you have a willingness to listen to other ideas and opinions and consider the possibility that you are wrong or may change your own perspective. When
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