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Lean Quote: Success Requires Passion in the Face of Failure 0
- Lean Quote
- May 3, 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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Small Teams vs Keeping Everyone Informed 0
- Teamwork
- May 1, 2013
In response to the post “Collaboration Techniques for Moving Ideas & Decisions Forward” a reader on our Facebook page recently asked “How do you reconcile between keeping everyone involved and keeping the team small?” Highly empowered and effective teams are the key to compete in today’s world of high technology processes, six sigma quality and
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Simple Steps to a Lean Email 0
- Guest Post
- April 29, 2013
Today I am pleased to present a guest post by Tony Ferraro of Creative Safety Supply (one of our sponsors). Tony talks about email best practices and provides some tips on productivity. This a topic I am sure we can all use some help improving. ——————————————————————————— If you are like the majority of people, your
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Lean Quote: True Success Of A Leader Can Not Be Measured Without Considering The Results Of The Succession Plan 0
- Lean Quote
- April 26, 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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Book Review: The Lean Practitioner’s Handbook 0
- Book Review
- April 24, 2013
Any time you are trying to learn something new or you need to jog your memory your will find a reference guide helpful. Mark Eaton, as consultant, author and lean practitioner himself, authored a practical reference guide that will be useful on a day-to-day basis. TheLean Practitioner’s Handbook bridges the gap between the tools and the
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Daily Lean Tips Edition #46 0
- Lean Tips
- April 23, 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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