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Where Do Good Ideas Come From?0
- Sharing Best Practices
- September 27, 2010
It’s no secret that collaboration helps in the formation of good ideas, but this charming little video from writer Steven Johnson explains why it works. Here are some key points from the video: ■To identify the spaces that have historically led to unusual rates of creativity and innovation, we can observe and analyze recurring patterns
READ MORELean Quote: Perception0
- Lean Quote
- September 24, 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
READ MOREDaily Lean Tips From Facebook Edition 30
- Lean Tips
- September 23, 2010
For my Facebook fans you have probably already read these Daily Lean Tips. But for those of you that are not connected to A Lean Journey on Facebook or Twitter I started a new feature which I call Daily Lean Tips. It is meant to be advice, things I learned from experience, and some knowledge
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Guest Post: How would you explain Lean to an executive for the first time?0
- Culture, Guest Post
- September 22, 2010
I recently posted this question on A Lean Journey LinkedIn Group: If you had 2-3 hours to give an overview of what lean means for an executive where would you start and what would you say? A friend and fellow Lean blogger David Kasprzak answered this question which is displayed here as a guest post:
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Unhook the Old0
- Culture, Lean Management
- September 20, 2010
Culture can be defined as the sum of individuals’ work habits within an organization. Culture is often invisible to the members within the group because it is “the way we do things around here.” One implication of culture as a collection of habits and practices is that it has incredible inertia and momentum. Cultural inertia
READ MORELean Quote: The Winner0
- Lean Quote
- September 17, 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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Learning from Geese0
- Leadership
- September 15, 2010
Living in New England you become accustom to seeing the migration of Geese. As the leaves start turning colors the Geese head south for the winter. I came across the “Lesson from Geese” from a colleague this week. The story was written in 1972 by Dr. Robert McNeish, a science teacher from Baltimore, Maryland for
READ MOREThe Lean Way to Tie Your Shoes0
- Lean in Practice
- September 14, 2010
Visual instructions on how to tie a “Ian knot” show six simple steps. This is the world’s fastest shoelace knot because there are fewer sequential steps and it all happens in a single, fluid movement. It has been said that the reduction in time could add up to 4 days per lifetime. Tying your shoes
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A Colorful Way of Solving Problems0
- Sharing Best Practices
- September 13, 2010
Problem solving is a systematic thinking process to bring about change. In ordinary thinking, the thinker leaps from critical thinking to neutrality to optimism and so on without structure or strategy. Many successful people think from a very rational, positive viewpoint, and this is part of the reason that they are successful. Often, though, they
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