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1.Lean Tips Edition #336 (#4066- #4080)
- Lean Tips
- August 5, 2026
2.Book Review: Essential Leadership – The Missing Dimension of Lean Leadership?
- Book Review
- August 3, 2026
3.Lean Quote: Learn-It-All Leadership - Building a Continuous Improvement Culture
- Leadership, Lean Quote
- July 31, 2026
4.Lean Roundup #206 – July 2026
- Lean Roundup
- July 29, 2026

1.The Modern Leader’s Playbook: Practical Habits That Strengthen Teams
- Leadership, Lean Management
- July 22, 2026
2.Lean Tips Edition #327 (#3931 - #3945)
- Lean Tips
- January 21, 2026
3.Book Review – Creating Value by John Rizzo
- Book Review
- January 26, 2026
4.Lean Accounting: Aligning Finance with Continuous Improvement
- Lean in Practice, Lean Management
- March 9, 2026

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Lean Tips Edition #336 (#4066- #4080)0
- Lean Tips
- August 5, 2026
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 help you along your journey.
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Book Review: Essential Leadership – The Missing Dimension of Lean Leadership?0
- Book Review
- August 3, 2026
What the Book Is About Leadership has never been easy, but today’s leaders face a unique combination of complexity, uncertainty, and relentless pressure. As organizations strive for better results, most leadership books focus on strategy, execution, communication, and organizational systems. Marc Inzelstein’s Essential Leadership: Practicing L.O.V.E. in Turbulent Times takes a different approach. Rather
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Lean Quote: Learn-It-All Leadership – Building a Continuous Improvement Culture 0
- Leadership, Lean Quote
- July 31, 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
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Lean Roundup #206 – July 2026 0
- Lean Roundup
- July 29, 2026
A selection of highlighted blog posts from Lean bloggers from the month of July 2026. You can also view the previous monthly Lean Roundups here. A Kaizen Board in Japan, and a Manager Who Answered Every Sheet – Mark Graban shares an example from a Japanese kaizen board where every employee improvement received a written
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Alchemy of Adversity: A Leadership Book That Starts Where Most Don’t 0
- Book Review
- July 27, 2026
Most leadership books begin with frameworks, models, and tools. Alchemy of Adversity by Sarah Staley takes a very different path—it begins with a deeply personal story of loss, trauma, and survival, then builds toward what leadership looks like on the other side of it. This is not a typical leadership playbook. It’s a raw, human
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Lean Quote: Adapt or Fall Behind – Why Continuous Evolution Matters in Lean 0
- Lean Basics, Lean Quote
- July 24, 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
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The Modern Leader’s Playbook: Practical Habits That Strengthen Teams 2
- Leadership, Lean Management
- July 22, 2026
Leadership advice is everywhere these days—books, podcasts, seminars, frameworks. Yet many leaders still struggle with the same fundamental challenges: communication breakdowns, lack of accountability, disengaged teams, and slow progress on improvement initiatives. That’s why I appreciate resources that cut through the noise and focus on practical leadership behaviors. One example is the “Modern Leader’s Playbook”
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Lean Tips Edition #335 (#4051- #4065)0
- Lean Tips
- July 20, 2026
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 help you along your journey.
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Lean Quote: Data-Driven Improvement – Why Facts Matter in Lean Leadership 0
- KPIs, Lean Quote
- July 17, 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
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The Biggest Barrier to AI Isn’t Technology—It’s Leadership 0
- AI, Leadership
- July 15, 2026
What Lean leaders understand about turning artificial intelligence into real business results Every July, National AI Appreciation Day celebrates one of the most transformative technologies of our time. Artificial intelligence has rapidly moved from research labs into our daily lives, helping us write, analyze, communicate, and automate work in ways that seemed unimaginable only a
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