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Lean Quote: Promoting Respect in the Workplace 0
- Lean Quote
- August 5, 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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Guest Post: Using Single Point Lessons as a Teaching Aide 0
- Guest Post
- August 3, 2011
Today I am happy to be guest blogging on Christian Paulsen’s Lean Leadership Blog. Chris recently did a couple guest posts while I was on vacation and now I get to return the favor. I decided that I would talk about the benefits of using a single point lesson as a teaching aide. It is
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Lean Leadership: Getting Executive Buy-in 0
- Leadership, Lean Management, Sharing Best Practices
- August 2, 2011
Last month I was at an AME networking session in our Connecticut region. These sessions provide an opportunity for our members to get together for a couple of hours in the morning at a host company discuss a specific Lean topic. The topics change at every session and are decided ahead of time. Typically the
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Lean Quote: Appreciation – It’s Free and Worth a Fortune 0
- Lean Quote
- July 29, 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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Personal Continuous Improvement – A Lesson in Feedback 0
- Sharing Best Practices
- July 28, 2011
If you want to continuously improve your skills you need to close the learning loop with feedback. James Ottaway, a passionate software developer for ThoughtWorks, has a strong desire to continuously improve his skills. In the following video he shares his personal continuous improvement process and experience. This is a good lesson for all those who
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Daily Lean Tips Edition #17 0
- Lean Tips
- July 27, 2011
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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