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Managing your Management System 0
- Guest Post
- August 7, 2017
Today’s post is from our sponsor, The Lean Office, on effectively managing your management system. In my experience, the typical Lean goes something like this: a company takes a stab at “doing this whole Lean thing” and gets started with a tool like 5S or value stream mapping. Pretty soon, kaizen events are scheduled, and
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Lean Quote: Awareness Precedes Choice. Choice Precedes Change.0
- Lean Quote
- August 4, 2017
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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How to Start a Movement 0
- Sharing Best Practices
- August 2, 2017
In his TED Talk, Derek Sivers explains that, contrary to popular belief, the leader of a movement isn’t as important to making change as the first follower. The first follower is what transforms a “lone-nut” into a leader. Using footage of a half-naked dancing man at a music festival to illustrate his point, he emphasizes
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Lean Quote: Fun at the Workplace Drives Employee Engagement 0
- Lean Quote
- July 28, 2017
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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5 Ways to Encourage Collaboration within the Team 0
- Guest Post, Teamwork
- July 26, 2017
An efficient workplace and a strong working environment are the keys to business success. Getting the right people is one thing, but if they aren’t able to work together, the entire team is likely to suffer. This means that goals won’t be met and targets won’t be achieved, leading to knock-on effects throughout the business.
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Be FAIR with Your Strategic Initiatives 0
- Goals, Leadership
- July 24, 2017
One of the most persistent challenges that managers face these days is “initiative overload” – having too many projects on the plate and not enough time to get them done. If too many projects are launched, too many improvements strived for or too many goals targeted, chances are that despite great efforts and spending, the
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