A Fresh Start: Lean Thinking for the New Year
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- January 1, 2026

According to Stanford professor Clifford Nass, the more you multi-task, the worse you get at it, and it adversely impacts your ability to do all kinds of things a brain should do (like, you know, think). Nass, author of The Man Who Lied to His Laptop: What Machines Teach Us About Human Relationships, offers
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This year I am coaching my oldest sons’ mite hockey team (6-8 year olds). While at a recent training session for coaches an interesting statistic caught my attention: Consider this: Two-thirds of Canada’s pro hockey players were born in January or February. The same holds true in college and high-school all-star teams. You may ask
READ MOREOn 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
READ MOREContinuous improvement is about small changes on a daily basis to make your job easier. Many organization start with more formal kaizen events to create energy around changing the culture and making dramatic changes. While there is always a place for these types of events Kaizen means change for the better. which implies continuous. Kaizen calls for never-ending
READ MOREIt’s no secret that collaboration helps in the formation of good ideas, but this charming little video from writer Steven Johnson explains why it works. Here are some key points from the video: ■To identify the spaces that have historically led to unusual rates of creativity and innovation, we can observe and analyze recurring patterns
READ MOREOn 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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