A Lean Journey Book Review: Go for Third - Leadership Lessons from the Softball Field to the Workplace by Derek Volk
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- February 23, 2026
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Guest Post: The PDCA Cycle and Lean Manufacturing0
- Guest Post
- May 21, 2018
Lean manufacturing is all about continuously improving work processes by identifying and eliminating waste, and the PDCA cycle is one of the most valuable tools in the Lean toolbox. The PDCA cycle, also commonly referred to as the Deming circle, is a four-step system with the same principles as all Lean methodologies: improve work processes
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Lean Quote: 10 Leadership Lessons From Jack Welch0
- Lean Quote
- May 18, 2018
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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9 Team Roles for High Performance Teams0
- Teamwork
- May 16, 2018
Composing a good team is a complex text. After (40) years of study, Dr. Raymond Meredith Belbin designed a nearly ideal team composition. Belbin suggests that, by understanding your role within a particular team, you can develop your strengths and manage your weaknesses as a team member, and so improve how you contribute to the
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Leaders Build Teams Not Groups0
- Teamwork
- May 14, 2018
Any collection of people can form a group – a group of tourists, a group of spectators, a management group. Management groups usually call themselves management teams. Often they are only groups. But it’s a basketball team that wins a medal; a surgical team that performs an operation. You don’t hear of basketball or soccer
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Lean Quote: Mothers are Wise and Always Right0
- Lean Quote
- May 11, 2018
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 #124 (#1861-1875)0
- Lean Tips
- May 9, 2018
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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