Moving from an Operational Manager to a Strategic Leader
- Leadership
- February 2, 2026

My Friend Matt Wrye recently wrote about his role as an internal Lean consultant. He talked about the struggle some management places on Lean leaders between just doing it and influencing change. This got me thinking about my own experience, why this struggle occurs, and what the true role of a Lean leader should be.
READ MOREOn 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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In this new age of hand held technology you frequently hear “There’s an app for that” in reference to some task you are trying to do. Well, I suppose Lean thinking shouldn’t be any different. The Lean Enterprise Institute introduced an app as another way to stay connected with them. With this free app, you
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I usually have quite a list of books to read. This is compounded by all those who would like me to review their book. I enjoy learning and reading so this isn’t a bad situation it just means that it can take a while to get to some books. I finally got to Mike Rother‘s
READ MOREThe Association For Manufacturing Excellence (AME) is committed to enterprise excellence through shared learning and access to best practices. As a proud member and leader in the Northeast Region I had the opportunity to share a best practice last fall on pull systems. I have talked about this pull system before but AME recently published
READ MOREOn 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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