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Lean Quote: If You’re Not Making Mistakes, You’re Not Improving 0
- Lean Quote
- February 7, 2014
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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7 Steps Successful Lean Leaders Take Support Improvement 0
- Lean Management
- February 5, 2014
Leadership commitment and support is critical for successful process improvement initiatives. Fortunately, it is not particularly complicated to make a difference. Here are seven steps that leaders can take to support Lean process improvement efforts. 1. Set Goals Create a vision of the future state and determine where to focus your efforts. Lean is often
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Daily Lean Tips Edition #59 (871-885)0
- Lean Tips
- February 3, 2014
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: Make Employees Feel Appreciated 0
- Lean Quote
- January 31, 2014
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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Steps to the Crucial World Class “No Blame” Environment 0
- Leadership, Lean Management
- January 27, 2014
People want to do a good job. They really do! And doing a good job today means working in a safe-from-ridicule environment where we can learn from mistakes and look at them as opportunities to learn more about our processes in order to make them more trouble-free. It’s this kind of thinking that gets us
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Lean Quote: Tenacity is the Strength that Leads to Success 0
- Lean Quote
- January 24, 2014
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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