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4 Ways to Improve Your Idea System 0
- Lean Basics, Sharing Best Practices
- March 6, 2019
An effective employee suggestion system is one of the simplest ways to unlock continuous improvement ideas at work. Yet many organizations struggle because their systems are poorly designed, hard to use, or fail to follow through on employee input. When implemented correctly, employee ideas drive measurable results—improving processes, increasing engagement, and strengthening a culture of
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5 Ways to Improve Your Kaizens 0
- kaizen
- March 4, 2019
The goals of continuous improvement are simple: 1) make things easier 2) better 3) faster and 4) cheaper. Kaizen is the ongoing, systematic, incremental improvement in the way things are done. It is a relentless attempt to eliminate the unnecessary activities, delay, waste, and variation of business processes that add cost without adding value. Kaizen
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Lean Quote: Art of Communication is the Language of Leadership 0
- Lean Quote
- March 1, 2019
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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Guest Post: 6 Key Traits of a Lean Successful Leader 0
- Guest Post, Leadership
- February 25, 2019
In many organizations, the leader is nothing more than a job position… it’s actually the business owner or manager. In practice, however, the manager is not necessarily a leader of that organization. They may handle more paperwork than others, make hiring decisions, and attend more meetings. A leader, however, is much more than that. This
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Lean Quote: The Secret of Your Organization Success is Determined by Your Team Daily Management 0
- Lean Quote
- February 22, 2019
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 Tips Edition #136 (2235-2250)0
- Lean Tips
- February 20, 2019
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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