Lean Roundup #201 – February 2026
- Lean Roundup
- February 25, 2026
Many organizations suffer from meeting-itis: poorly-run and inefficient meetings that go on too long, happen too often and include more attendees than need to be there. No one likes long meetings or too many meetings for that matter. Not every meeting needs to be a meeting. Business blog Harvard Business Review knows a thing or
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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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Technically the calendar says summer doesn’t start until June, but Memorial Day weekend is an unofficial start to a summer of barbecues, parades, and all-around fun. But let’s not forget what the holiday is really all about: a patriotic tribute to our fallen, the men and women who gave their lives so we might be
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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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Today marks the 6th anniversary of A Lean Journey Blog and as tradition here each year I take the opportunity to reflect. The act of “self-reflection” is called Hansei is Japanese. It is the practice of continuous improvement that consists of looking back and thinking about how a process can be improved. I’d like to
READ MOREToday I am pleased to be able share a guest post sponsored by one of our sponsors 9001 Academy. This post compares two product recalls in terms of a quality management system. Product recalls are something we have become used to in our society. As I argued in my article Does a QMS ensure 100%
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