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Bring Value to Your Value Stream Map with These Ten Tips 0
- Lean Basics
- November 3, 2011
Value stream mapping is a tremendously valuable tool for improving a process. Well suited for a broad range of industries and processes. A value stream map (VSM) illustrates the flow of materials and information as a product or service moves through a process. In short, it helps eliminate waste. But like any tool, VSM must
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Lean Quote: True Power is Worth Having 0
- Lean Quote
- October 28, 2011
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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Fabulous Formula to Speak Strong 0
- Leadership
- October 26, 2011
Good communication skills are essential for successful leadership. Recently, I have been reading a book on learning to communicate clearly by Meryl Runion called SpeakStrong. In her book Meryl shares her favorite formula for effective communication: “Say what you mean and mean what you say without being mean when you say it.” Meryl also shares
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Seven Strategies to Bridge the Communication Style Gap 0
- Guest Post
- October 25, 2011
While at the Northeast Shingo Prize Conference in Springfield, MA at the beginning of October I had the opportunity to meet Meryl Runion. Meryl gave a presentation on powerful communication. She calls herself the Kata Qween of Communication. The key she says is continuous communication improvement. Katas are practices to make that improvement a way of life.
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Does Your Company Measure Up? Using Metrics to Improve Performance Webinar Replayed 0
- Webinar
- October 24, 2011
It is hard to talk about making improvements without the conversation, at some point, turning to metrics. Used right, measuring processes in an organization can propel it forward. Used wrong, measurements can be disruptive and wasteful, and can crush morale. In this presentation from Tim McMahon and Jeff Hajek’s webinar series, you will learn some
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Lean Quote: Praise the Behavior Not the Person 0
- Lean Quote
- October 21, 2011
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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