10 Leadership Lessons from Coaching Ice Hockey for the Workplace
- Leadership
- February 18, 2026
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
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 MOREIn Lean we strive for a culture in which everyone in the company makes small improvements to their work environment everyday. Many organizations start with large activities with titles like Kaizen or improvement events. This is necessary in the beginning to create the conditions for change. You need to teach people how and why to
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One year ago today I started A Lean Journey and I thought some hansei was in order. Hansei is Japanese for “self-reflection”. It is the practice of continuous improvement that consists of looking back and thinking about how a process can be improved. Without hansei you stop learning. It is important to go back and
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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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About a month ago I came across a great concept called the Personal Kanban that I wanted to share. Taiichi Ohno created the first kanban to communicate with workers how much work needed to get done and how much got done. Kanban is a Japanese term meaning “sign” or “signboard”. A kanban does three main
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