Lean Quote: Closing the Knowing–Doing Gap
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- October 17, 2025

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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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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Change can be a difficult thing. People commonly resist change and I am no different however change is inevitable. It can be stressful especially when it is unknown and uncertain. However, change is necessary for growth. While it may be very comfortable to stay in a place of familiarity, we will never grow into the
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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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Yesterday I shared a couple highlights from Day 1 of the 11th Annual Northeast Lean Conference. Today we’ll continue with a recap of learnings from day 2. The morning kicked off with a presentation from Norman Bodek who discovered and published many of the original Toyota works and an initiator of the Shingo Prize in
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Last week I spent a couple days at The 11th Annual Northeast Shingo Prize Conference in Springfield, MA. The wonderful conference hosted by GBMP was an exhilarating learning experience for me so I thought I would share some of those nuggets with you. The first presentation was from my friend Dan Markovitz about his new
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