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Lean Fulfillment Stream Webinar 0
- Lean Resources
- October 6, 2010
In a recent post I reviewed the most recent publication from Lean Enterprise Institute entitled Building a Lean Fulfillment Stream by Robert Martichenko and Kevin von Grabe. My summary of the book included: Building a Lean Fulfillment Stream is a much needed and very complementary addition to the LEI workbook series. The workbook is easy to read
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Stop Multi-tasking Before You Can’t Anymore!0
- In the News, Sharing Best Practices
- October 5, 2010
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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It’s Simply Practice, 10,000 hours of it.0
- Leadership, Sharing Best Practices
- October 4, 2010
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
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Lean Quote: Leadership Can’t Be Claimed Like Luggage at the Airport 0
- Lean Quote
- October 1, 2010
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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Continuous Improvement is about Small Daily Changes 0
- Lean Basics, Sharing Best Practices
- September 28, 2010
Continuous 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
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Where Do Good Ideas Come From?0
- Sharing Best Practices
- September 27, 2010
It’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
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