Turning Goals into Action in the New Year
- Goals
- January 5, 2026

The Association of Manufacturing Excellence (AME), has an initiative called the“Revitalization of Manufacturing”. As part of this initiative, they are writing a whitepaper addressing three aspects of the industry: challenges facing manufacturing and North America; examples of what organizations are currently doing to ensure a better future; and how we can all prepare for and
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Many of you know this time a year I spend a lot of time at an ice rink coaching hockey. It is a sport I have played all my life and coaching provides an opportunity for my kids and others to have the same experience (hopefully). As a coach you can’t help but feel a
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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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Change is hard; even if you want to change. If you don’t think so try changing the way you fold your arms. Many times, the actual change is not the real problem; instead, we feel frustrated when we can’t find meaning in our new situation. Impatience and a longing for certainty also get in the
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Facebook will soon start requiring people to switch to a new profile format known as Timeline. Timeline is essentially a scrapbook of your whole life on Facebook. It’s the most radical change in the history of the site. This news has been greeted with intense emotion in the blogosphere. Changing the place we call home
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In ASQ President, Paul Borawski’s blog post this month he asks how do you sell quality. My first thought is why must we sell quality. If you define quality as satisfying your customer and taking pride in what you do can we not expect this as a given. What does this say about the culture
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