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Radio Lean – Your Lean Implementation Information Station 0
- Lean Resources
- April 6, 2011
I recently came across a good resource online for learning about Lean. RadioLean is an internet broadcast website. The mission of RadioLean is to promote operational excellence in all types and sizes of organizations by providing Lean content, education, resources, and networking opportunities for our listeners. Mike Wall, started and hosts RadioLean is a Lean Practitioner, Educator,
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Keep The Rope Tight 0
- Sharing Best Practices
- April 5, 2011
Sustaining Lean in my mind requires constant gentle pressure. Something Paul Akers calls “keeping the rope tight.” In this video Paul analyzes a failure to sustain an area at FastCap. There is no blaming just more Kaizen. Paul says there are 3 elements to sustaining a Lean culture he refers to as EIR: Expectation –
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Dealing with Change 0
- Lean Management
- April 4, 2011
Photo: http://jumpthecurve.net Change is difficult. People commonly resist change for a variety of reasons. Although you intend for the change to result in a positive outcome, change is often viewed as negative. For your plan to be accepted, you must anticipate and overcome any negativity, anxiety and/or resistance. First, it’s important to remember the simple but
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Lean Quote: Combating De-Motivation in the Workplace 0
- Lean Quote
- April 1, 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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The Speed of Improvement 0
- Lean in Practice
- March 29, 2011
In an earlier post I talked about “The Lean Way to Tie Your Shoes” which illustrates the fastest method to tie your shoe. This post highlighted a number of lean lessons for everyone. A similar cleaver video also demonstrates a number of lean lessons. Before you look at the video let’s examine those lessons: 1. Recognition of time
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Cultivating Empowered Employees 0
- Lean Management
- March 28, 2011
To “empower” means “to allow or enable.” Successful leaders conduct themselves in such a way that employees feel good about working with them. How do they do this? By enabling and allowing employees to succeed. Empowered employees feel ownership for their work, a critical element to creating a motivated workplace. The ten steps that follow
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A Lean Journey