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Daily Lean Tips Editions #11 0
- Lean Tips
- March 22, 2011
For my Facebook fans you already know about this great feature. But for those of you that are not connected to A Lean Journey on Facebook or Twitter I post daily a feature I call Lean Tips. It is meant to be advice, things I learned from experience, and some knowledge tidbits about Lean to
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Platinum is Worth More Than Gold When Comes to Treatment of Others 0
- Leadership, Lean Management
- March 21, 2011
You may have heard of the Golden Rule before. Many people aspire to live by it but the Golden Rule is not a panacea. Think about it: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” The Golden Rule implies the basic assumption that other people would like to be treated the way
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Lean Quote: Quality Improvement is About Management Improvement 0
- Lean Quote
- March 18, 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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Respect for People – Support Japan 0
- In the News
- March 16, 2011
Source of Photo : AP The last several days has been consumed with news from Japan after a magnitude 8.9 earthquake and devastating tsunami. My company OFS is owned by FEC, a Japanese manufacturer, so I have been in touch with a number of colleagues since this disaster. We have been fortunate that no employees
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12 Ways to Start Building a Continuous Improvement Culture 0
- Webinar
- March 15, 2011
Last week, Jeff Hajek from Gotta Go Lean Blog and myself gave a webinar on building a continuous improvement culture. We highlighted 12 areas of focus based on our experience implementing and teaching Lean thinking. Here are the slides from this webinar: 12 Ways To Start Building a Continuous Improvement Culture View more presentations from
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Personal Kanban Kaizen – It’s all Digital 0
- A Lean Journey, Sharing Best Practices, Visual Factory
- March 14, 2011
In two earlier posts I wrote about the benefits of a personal kanban and showed my first kanban system. One of the weaknesses of this board was the lack of portability of the system with the amount time I spend out of the office. So I have created digital personal kanban system. LeanKit Kanban allows you to create a
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