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  • 9th Year Blogging – Happy Anniversary!

    9th Year Blogging – Happy Anniversary!0

    Nine years ago told I started a journey that has become this blog. Today, marks the 9th anniversary of A Lean Journey Blog. I had no idea then what I was getting into or that I’d still be doing this nine years later.  Frankly, I wasn’t sure anyone would read what I wrote never mind find value

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  • Guest Post: The PDCA Cycle and Lean Manufacturing

    Guest Post: The PDCA Cycle and Lean Manufacturing0

    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 Welch

    Lean Quote: 10 Leadership Lessons From Jack Welch0

    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 in High-Performance Teams

    9 Team Roles in High-Performance Teams0

    Building an effective team is both an art and a science. One of the most respected frameworks for understanding Team Roles and Responsibilities in the Workplace is the Meredith Belbin framework, known as the Belbin Team Roles Model. After years of research into team behavior, Belbin identified patterns that influence performance. His work explains how

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  • Leaders Build Teams Not Groups

    Leaders Build Teams Not Groups0

    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 Right

    Lean Quote: Mothers are Wise and Always Right0

    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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