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Accelerate Lean Adoption WIth These Ten Key Steps 0
- Culture, Lean Management
- January 7, 2013
Lean philosophy creates an opportunity to look at specific tasks within a production system and improve that system. The adoption of Lean as a discontinuous practice requires a change to behavior, relationships, and business models. In essence, it requires a new business paradigm that supports Lean Thinking as applied to the entire delivery system and
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Lean Quote: Simple Rules for Holding Lean Meetings 0
- Lean Quote
- January 4, 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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Ten New Year’s Changes for Lean Leaders Transforming Culture 0
- Lean Management, Sharing Best Practices
- January 2, 2013
It’s that time of year again when many are making personal resolutions for change. But as I said yesterday I recommend forgetting the whole concept of resolutions and concentrating on setting goals instead. For most managers the beginning of New Year means establishing a new set of objectives. This is a good time to reflect
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Forget about Resolutions, Focus on the Process 0
- Sharing Best Practices
- January 1, 2013
With the hustle of the holidays over we turn to the New Year, where many individuals are honing in on their New Year’s resolution. For many, it may be an opportunity to assess their struggles of the previous year or to wallow in their triumphs. Unfortunately, many fail to keep those resolutions. Personally I recommend
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Lean Quote: Resolutions Start With Self Improvement 0
- Lean Quote
- December 28, 2012
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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The Top 10 Posts of 2012 0
- A Lean Journey
- December 27, 2012
As 2012 goes into the history books I want to take a moment to reflect on this past year. Nearly 159,000 people have visited the site this year which is more than double 2011. I posted some 230 articles on the site this year. It has truly been a very positive and full year. Here is a collection of
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