Lean Quote: The Power of Reflection in Leadership
- Leadership, Lean Quote
- January 2, 2026
Jeff Hajek and I recently hosted a webinar on how to develop wining teams in your organization. A group is defined as two or more people who interact with each other. A team is a group with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose defined by a set of performance goals and hold
READ MOREThe Life of an Idea Presented by Toyota Every idea has a life. A moment of inception. A period of growth. Struggle. Realization. It can be big or small, simple or complex and evolve to change the course of human history. And the beauty is that anyone can have a great one. Meet the Ideas
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A couple of months ago I mentioned Toyota’s new challenge called Ideas for Good. The idea was to take Toyota’s technology to solve a problem to make our world a better place like this idea to help during natural disasters. They have picked the 25 finalist, 5 from each technology category, from all the
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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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Continuing this weeks discussion a Lean and Green has brought me to another resources for reducing energy at the work place. Energy Star has created an environmental challenge for organizations across the country. The ENERGY STAR Challenge is a national call-to-action to improve the energy efficiency of America’s commercial and industrial buildings by 10 percent or
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This Friday (April 22, 2011) is Earth Day so I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the synergy of Lean and Green efforts and techniques to mutually eliminate waste. This combination of thinking can help you make everyday Earth day in your organization. Here is a portion of a popular article I wrote about a year
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