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Five Leadership Lessons We Can Learn from Memorial Day
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- May 25, 2026
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Five Leadership Lessons We Can Learn from Memorial Day0
- Leadership
- May 25, 2026
Memorial Day is not a leadership lesson by design—but it offers some of the clearest insights we have about responsibility, service, and legacy. It is a day of remembrance, a day to honor those who gave their lives in service to others, and a day that challenges leaders to reflect on what it truly means
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Lean Quote: Memorial Day and the Responsibility of Unfinished Work0
- Leadership, Lean Quote
- May 22, 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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7 Habits of Highly Effective Lean Practitioners0
- Leadership, Lean Management
- May 20, 2026
Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People helped generations of leaders focus on personal effectiveness. Lean leadership builds on that foundation—but deliberately shifts the focus outward. Lean asks a different question: How do our daily habits improve the system and develop the people within it? Highly effective Lean practitioners don’t succeed because they know more tools. They succeed
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From Gemba Walks to Gemba Thinking0
- Leadership
- May 18, 2026
If Gemba walks are the action, Gemba thinking is the transformation. Many organizations try to fix Gemba walks by improving technique—better questions, better schedules, better behavior. While those changes matter, they only address the surface. The deeper issue is not how often leaders walk the Gemba, but how they think before, during, and after they do. Without a shift in mindset, even well-run Gemba walks remain isolated events.
READ MORELean Quote: Digging To The Root, Not The Leaves0
- Lean Quote, Problem Solving
- May 15, 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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Why Most Gemba Walks Fail0
- Leadership
- May 13, 2026
Gemba walks are one of the most powerful—and most poorly executed—practices in Lean leadership. Many organizations “do” Gemba walks. Leaders put them on calendars, create checklists, and walk the floor. Yet little changes. Problems persist. Trust erodes. People become guarded. The issue isn’t the concept of Gemba. It’s how leaders show up. Here are the most common reasons Gemba walks fail. They Start
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