Lean Quote: The Power of Reflection in Leadership
- Leadership, Lean Quote
- January 2, 2026
Kevin Meyer and Bill Waddell from the blog Evolving Excellence have a series called 5 Questions. This is where you can learn more information on some of the lean manufacturing and business transformation thought leaders. The 5 questions are: 1. Who are you, what organization are you with, and what are some of your current
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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This is a guest post by Tony Manos a 5S champion at 5S Supply. Tony is a business advisor with Profero, Inc., Inc., where he provides professional consulting services, implementation, coaching and training to a wide variety of organizations, large and small, private and public, in many industries focusing on Lean Enterprise and Lean Healthcare.
READ MOREToday I have a guest post on the 5S Supply Blog entitled Sustaining with Layered Audits. The Layered Audit approach is especially effective in sustaining process improvements and institutionalizing key process steps because all levels of the organization participate. Layered Audits are tied directly into the fifth S – Sustain – and they are the means
READ MORELeadership is about power. A leader needs to lead and is only a leader with followers. Getting people to follow you in a direction they are going anyway is not leading. The challenge is to get people to follow in a direction they might not otherwise go. Leaders must have a sense of direction, often
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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