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Insights from GE CEO Larry Culp’s Annual Report 0
- In the News, Leadership, Lean Management
- March 18, 2024
Larry Culp, CEO of GE, their first outside CEO in 125 years has been leading their transformation using a Lean mindset. Many Lean practitioners and business leaders have been following GE’s performance. Recently Larry released the annual report and I really appreciate the lessons I found within. You can read the full report here. 1.
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Speaking at the Northeast Lean Conference 0
- Conference, In the News
- August 3, 2022
If you are looking for a conference this fall in the northeast consider the Northeast Lean Conference. Join us this September when together, we will learn from organizations and thought leaders how to avoid the traps that inhibit collaboration. While most organizations who aspire to enterprise excellence are thwarted at every turn by constraints, there are
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Lean 101: An Introduction to Lean Manufacturing 0
- In the News, Lean Basics, Lean Definition, Quality, Quality Magazine
- September 27, 2021
Source: Smederevac / iStock / Getty Images Plus via Getty Images I recently authored the below article on Lean 101: An Introduction to Lean Manufacturing for Quality Magazine and wanted to share with A Lean Journey audience. Creating a good foundation of Lean starts with learning the fundamentals. The core idea of lean is to
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Real Leaders: Chobani’s CEO Boosts Employee Happiness 0
- In the News, Leadership, Sharing Best Practices
- July 8, 2019
In an appeal to corporate leaders worldwide, Chobani founder Hamdi Ulukaya calls for an end to the business playbook of the past — and shares his vision for a new, “anti-CEO playbook” that prioritizes people over profits. “This is the difference between profit and true wealth,” he says. Given that there is no such thing
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An Approach to Becoming Agile in a Dynamic World 0
- In the News, Sharing Best Practices
- August 13, 2018
Mike Rother wrote an article this summer in AME’s Target magazine. The article, “An Approach to Becoming Agile in a Dynamic World,” focuses on helping employees develop scientific thinking that helps them to better solve problems and make decisions. What he proposes is that developing a scientific way of thinking among the members of a
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Lean Leaders Meeting at Legrand Wiremold 0
- In the News
- July 16, 2018
I wanted to share with everyone a recent article written by Joe Rizzo. Director of the New England Lean Consortium, who visited my place of work recently. The New England Lean Consortium is a dynamic, member-driven organization dedicated to advancing Lean in all sectors of our economy. Driven by members needs, the NELC can provide
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