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Keep The Rope Tight0
- 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 Change0
- 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
READ MORELean Quote: Combating De-Motivation in the Workplace0
- 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 Improvement0
- 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
READ MORECultivating Empowered Employees0
- 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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Lean Quote: Carrots and Sticks0
- Lean Quote
- March 25, 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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