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Leadership: The Power of Influence 0
- Leadership
- May 3, 2010
Leadership 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
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Lean Quote of the Day, April 30, 2010 0
- Lean Quote
- April 30, 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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Lean Blamed for Perils at John Deere 0
- In the News, L.A.M.E.
- April 28, 2010
An article at Bloomberg Businessweek entitled low inventory angers John Deere customer caught my eye this week. The article’s author writes of the perils of running lean, claiming that lean is the cause of John Deere’s customer service problem. This strikes me as another unfortunate example of L.A.M.E. not Lean. Mark Graban coined the term
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10 Tips for Good Listening 0
- Sharing Best Practices
- April 26, 2010
The first step in becoming a good communicator is to learn how to listen. You think that you already know how to listen, but many people have more trouble with this seemingly simple activity than you realize. They may hear the words, but that isn’t the same as listening. Here are ten useful tips that
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Lean Quote of the Day, April 23, 2010 0
- Lean Quote
- April 23, 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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Laws of Manufacturing 0
- Lean Basics
- April 21, 2010
Manufacturing operations are governed by a series of laws. Wallace J. Hopp and Mark L. Spearman, developed and mathematically proved a series of fundamental relationships in manufacturing. These were captured in their book Factory Physics. The “laws” of Factory Physics describe the underlying logistical behavior of manufacturing systems, including the fundamental relationships between basic performance
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