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  • The Role of a Lean Leader

    The Role of a Lean Leader0

    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.

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  • Lean Quote: Leadership Requires Persistence0

    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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  • Lean. There’s an App for That.

    Lean. There’s an App for That.0

    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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  • Toyota Kata: Managing People for Improvement, Adaptiveness, and Superior Results

    Toyota Kata: Managing People for Improvement, Adaptiveness, and Superior Results0

    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

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  • Pull Systems: An Essential Lean Element0

    The 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

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  • Lean Quote: Inspiration0

    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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