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10 Ways to Adopt a Lean Culture Today0
- Culture, Leadership, Lean Management
- March 19, 2025
Building a Lean culture is not an easy task. A Lean culture starts with managers who understand and believe the implications of the system’s view and know the necessity of serving customers in order to succeed. The result of that understanding is a culture where a positive internal environment and the creation of delighted customers
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5 Business Lessons from St. Patrick0
- Other
- March 17, 2025
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Lost in the midst of parades, green beer, and Irish music, there is a story of a remarkable leader. That millions of people still celebrate a holiday honoring St. Patrick, 1500 years after his death, attests to his success as a leader. The life of this fifth-century Christian missionary in Ireland
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Lean Quote: Why Conflict is Necessary for Leadership0
- Lean Quote
- March 14, 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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5 Elements of an Effective Problem Solving Method, PDCA0
- Problem Solving
- March 12, 2025
Every day we face challenges and problems in life, both big and small, and so it’s very important to be good at tackling them. Finding the best solutions to problems is a necessary skill for navigating the changes that are continuously affecting our company. Organizations that take a proactive and structured approach to problem solving
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4 Ways to Build Trust in the Workplace0
- Empowerment
- March 10, 2025
Your ability to build trust in your team is essential if you are to empower them and achieve the results that will make you build confidence in yours and their abilities. Trust is needed in every aspect of performance in an organization and affects many aspects ranging from increased productivity, efficient management, job satisfaction, employee
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Lean Quote: It’s Where You’re Going That Counts0
- Lean Quote
- March 7, 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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Lean Tips Edition #312 (#3706 – #3720)0
- Lean Tips
- March 5, 2025
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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Five Factors for Managing Productive Change0
- Change Management
- March 3, 2025
For virtually everyone change means hard work, risk, and the need to learn new ways for unproven benefits. Change is one of the most difficult things for humans to readily accept. Charles Darwin said, “It is not the strongest species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones who are most responsive to change”
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Lean Quote: Appreciation Can Make a Day, Just Remember to Thank You0
- Lean Quote
- February 28, 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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