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Lean Quote: Don’t Say You Can’t…Trystorm It 0
- Lean Quote
- March 22, 2024
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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You Get What You Reward: Lessons from Boeing on Safety, Culture, and Employee Incentives 0
- In the News, Quality, Safety
- March 20, 2024
Organizations often follow a simple rule: what gets measured gets done, and what gets rewarded gets done faster. Businesses shape employee behavior through recognition, incentives, and performance metrics. This concept highlights the impact of employee rewards on performance and how reward systems influence organizational priorities. In large global companies, reward systems do more than motivate
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Insights from GE CEO Larry Culp’s Annual Report 0
- In the News, Leadership, Lean Management
- March 18, 2024
Larry Culp, CEO of GE, their first outside CEO in 125 years has been leading their transformation using a Lean mindset. Many Lean practitioners and business leaders have been following GE’s performance. Recently Larry released the annual report and I really appreciate the lessons I found within. You can read the full report here. 1.
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Lean Quote: The Harder I Work the Luckier I Get 0
- Lean Quote
- March 15, 2024
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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The 3 Things That Keep People Feeling Motivated At Work 0
- Empowerment, Engagement
- March 13, 2024
As part of TED’s ‘How to be a Better Human’ series, two researchers, Richard Ryan and Edward Deci, developed an idea called ‘self-determination theory’. Self-determination theory essentially argued that people are motivated when they can determine for themselves what to work on and how to work on it. Below, I’ll outline the three main drivers
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Lean Tips Edition #296 (#3466 – #3480)0
- Lean Tips
- March 11, 2024
For my Facebook fans you already know about this great feature. But for those of you that are not connected to A Lean Journey on Facebook or Twitter I post daily a feature I call Lean Tips. It is meant to be advice, things I learned from experience, and some knowledge tidbits about Lean to
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