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  • Book Review: Strength-Based Lean Six Sigma

    Book Review: Strength-Based Lean Six Sigma0

    One of the aspects of being a vocal Lean practitioner I enjoy is the frequent request for editorial/book reviews. I find great value in continuously learning.  I want to share a recent review with you. Strength-Based Lean Six Sigma: Building Positive and Engaging Business Improvement is a valuable and insightful book written by David Shaked.

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  • Getting the Most Out of Your Conference Experience

    Getting the Most Out of Your Conference Experience0

    ASQ’s annual World Conference for Quality and Improvement (WCQI) will be held in Dallas, May 5-7. In preparation for the conference this year I thought I would share some tips on making the most out of your conference experience. 1. Before the conference. As Dr. Stephen R. Covey (author of the international bestseller The 7 Habits

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  • Lean Quote: Go to the Gemba

    Lean Quote: Go to the Gemba0

    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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  • Book Review: Jim Womack’s Gemba Walks Expanded 2nd Edition

    Book Review: Jim Womack’s Gemba Walks Expanded 2nd Edition0

    My good friends at the Lean Enterprise Institute sent me Jim Womack’s newest book Gemba Walks Expanded 2nd Edition. In a significantly expanded second edition of his popular Gemba Walks book Jim Womack illustrates the power of rooting improvement efforts in deliberate visits to the “gemba,” a Japanese word for the place where value is

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  • Daily Lean Tips Edition #62 (916-930)

    Daily Lean Tips Edition #62 (916-930)0

    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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  • Lean Quote: Find and Eliminate the Hidden Factory

    Lean Quote: Find and Eliminate the Hidden Factory0

    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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