Lean Quote: The Power of Reflection in Leadership
- Leadership, Lean Quote
- January 2, 2026

Jerry Bussell, chairman of the Board of Governors of the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence, gave a great presentation at the Northeast Shingo Prize Conference on Lean Leadership. Jerry a former vice president of a Fortune 200 company has done extensive research on leadership and is sought after for his insights. Are you looking for a
READ MOREAfter over 13 years of work at a fiber optic manufacturing company I am making a change. Today, I start a new role in quality for an innovative technology company. I guess you could say my enthusiasm for continuous learning and my desire to make a difference go the best of me. It was finally
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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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At the Northeast Shingo Prize Conference last week my friend Jamie Flinchbaugh gave the closing keynote presentation. Jamie’s talk was about the role of the manager in problem solving. The role of the manager is not to solve all the problems but to build the systems capable of solving problems at every level. One of
READ MOREAt the Northeast Shingo Prize Conference I had the pleasure to meet Mike Rother, author of Toyota Kata. If you haven’t read his book or reviewed his material online you are missing some valuable learning. During Mike’s presentation he talked about Lean as a practice of continuous learning through discovery and experimentation. This is what
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Last week I had the pleasure to attend the Northeast Shingo Prize Conference hosted by my friends at GBMP. The conference was conveniently located in my backyard of Springfield, MA. The theme of this years conference was “Made in America” and as Bruce Hamilton put it “Lean is the means by which we can stay
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