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  • Got Milk? Got Lean! Presentation

    Got Milk? Got Lean! Presentation0

    Jeff Hajek, author of Gotta Go Lean Blog and The Continuous Improvement Companion, and I recently shared our expertise in a brand new format. By combining a radio-show format with a webinar platform, and you get a brand new tool for learning about Lean. In our second live show, we discuss Lean with another everyday example so

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  • Team Selection: Best and Brightest or Not

    Team Selection: Best and Brightest or Not0

    I came across this comic the other day and paused.  It is really about a stereotype of continuous improvement teams that I don’t agree with.  While it shouldn’t matter who we pick from organization for an improvement team or initiative in the begining it does.  During the early stages of a transformation the selection of the team

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  • How to Hit Your Goals

    How to Hit Your Goals0

    Last week I had several posts on performance measurement systems since this is the time of year when many organization are planning for the next calendar.  While this isn’t necessarily the Lean way it provides a good opportunity to talk about these subjects.  This annual organization goal setting process is usually followed closely by the annual individual review and goal setting process.

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  • Lean Quote: Measurement Gets0

    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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  • 7 Deadly Sins of Lean Performance Measurement0

    Michael Hammer wrote a great piece a couple years ago on the 7 sins of performance measurement and how to avoid them.  I thought I would review the list in terms of a Lean measurement system. Vanity: Using measures that make a particular organization look good.  Measures that are aimed at making the manager look

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  • Checking Out Measures0

    In continuation with performance measures I want to talk a little about how to review your measures.  Any discussion on Lean measurement should begin by recognizing that measurement is waste. It should be limited and minimized. It has been said “You can’t fatten a calf by weighing it.” At the same time, you must recognize that an effective measurement

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Tim McMahon is a Lean implementation leader, author, and blogger. As a Lean practitioner, Tim brings more 25 years of leadership experience implementing Lean manufacturing. Trained by disciples of the Toyota Production System, he worked in a Shingo Prize winning facility.

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