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10 Things Your Lean Leader Can Do Now To Make a Difference Culturally 0
- Lean Management
- July 24, 2013
The best leaders understand the present is nothing more than a platform for the envisioning of, and positioning for, the future. If you want to lead more effectively, shorten the distance between the future and present. Inspiring innovation and leading change call for more than process– they require the adoption of a cultural mindset. Implementing
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Guest Post: Encouraging Your Employees To Recycle More 0
- Guest Post, Lean and Green
- July 23, 2013
I am pleased to introduce this guest post Lee Newell, who has experience in recycling programs. He has some advise for engaging employees in a recycling program that you can use in your workplace. This advice is applicable for most new initiatives as you will see. ———————————————————————————- Recycling isn’t just a way of saving money,
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Networking and Social Media for Lean and Quality Professionals 0
- ASQ's Influential Voices
- July 22, 2013
On ASQ’s blog this month Paul Borawski shared the news of ASQ’s updated online communities which led to the question of online communities: The overhaul of ASQ’s Communities got me wondering about which online communities you take part in for professional networking with others in quality. Networking is the single most powerful approach to accelerate
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Lean Quote: The 3 Goals of Change 0
- Lean Quote
- July 19, 2013
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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Talking Lean Episode #2 (7-1-2013)0
- Podcast
- July 17, 2013
Welcome to episode 2 of “Talking Lean” with Tim McMahon and Jeff Hajek. We had a lot of fun doing the first one, and this second go around is no different. I always come away from discussions with Jeff reinvigorated about continuous improvement. Hopefully, you end up feeling the same way when listening to us.
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Daily Lean Tips Edition #50 0
- Lean Tips
- July 16, 2013
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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