A Fresh Start: Lean Thinking for the New Year
- Goals
- January 1, 2026

I am often asked if I practice Lean at home. In my experience true Lean practitioners don’t separate home and work. They can’t shut it off. They are trained to find waste and put countermeasures in place to improve the situation. I am continually teaching my family about Lean so we can make things easier and better. I
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
READ MOREJeff Hajek and Tim McMahon latest installment of our montly live Lean conversations. In this episode from March of 2011, we discuss how you can go about building up a continuous improvement culture in your organziation.
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I just finished reading Gemba Walks, Jim Womack’s newest book from LEI. In Gemba Walks, Jim Womack a pioneer in bringing Lean to the world, shares a decade of learning that will have a deep resonance for both the Lean community and for anyone seriously engaged in improving any value-creating activity. The life of lean
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A recent trip to the grocery store caused some pain at home. Jeff Hajek and I recently held a webinar on learning lean concepts from home where we used milk as the example. In this presentation we discussed visual standards which are help you identify the right type of milk. Below is an example of
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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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