Book Review: Go for Third - Leadership Lessons from the Softball Field to the Workplace by Derek Volk
- Book Review
- February 23, 2026

A selection of highlighted blog posts from Lean bloggers from the month of March 2021. You can also view the previous monthly Lean Roundups here. Better Lean Leadership through Novice Learning – Jon Miller explains that we can be better leaders by gaining empathy and learning insight into the common struggles of novice learners in
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What Is Lean Thinking in Manufacturing? A Practical Guide to Principles, Tools, and Benefits Lean thinking is a philosophy that empowers organizations to create more value with fewer resources. It focuses on optimizing processes, eliminating waste, and continuously improving systems—all while keeping the customer at the center. Though there’s no single definition of Lean thinking,
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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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Image Source: Unsplash As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s safe to assume at this point that “how we work” will never be the same. Even after the pandemic passes, its effect on the workplace will linger. On the professional front, the biggest legacy of COVID-19 is the way in which it pushed more
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There are three important factors that come together when determining the success of a project. These are, of course, quality, budget, and time. In this post, I am going to discuss the latter. Time management is one of the most difficult things for any project manager, especially when scope creep kicks in and things go
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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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