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Kanban for Personal Management0
- Lean Resources, Visual Factory
- May 19, 2010
About a month ago I came across a great concept called the Personal Kanban that I wanted to share. Taiichi Ohno created the first kanban to communicate with workers how much work needed to get done and how much got done. Kanban is a Japanese term meaning “sign” or “signboard”. A kanban does three main
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Inefficiency Through Default Meeting Times0
- Sharing Best Practices
- May 17, 2010
This past week there has been a lot of discussion about the 45 minute 45 minute meeting from TimeBridge. TimeBridge, an online scheduling site, has set their default meeting time to 45 minutes instead of 60 minutes. They suggest these “5 Rules of the 45 Minute Meeting” to help you get started: •Plan ahead: Develop
READ MORELean Quote of the Day, May 14, 20100
- Lean Quote
- May 14, 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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The Lean Farmer: Desirable Attributes of a Lean Coach0
- Lean Management
- May 12, 2010
Leadership is regularly discussed whenever the subject is organizational change. Lean conversions and leading the ongoing lean operation require determined leaders and effective leadership. Successful leaders behave in a particular way with certain desirable attributes. This leadership role has many names. Whether you call them a sensei, champion, coach, or leader; the role is no
READ MORE5 Questions Answered by Tim McMahon0
- A Lean Journey, Guest Post
- May 10, 2010
Kevin Meyer and Bill Waddell from the blog Evolving Excellence have a series called 5 Questions. This is where you can learn more information on some of the lean manufacturing and business transformation thought leaders. The 5 questions are: 1. Who are you, what organization are you with, and what are some of your current
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Lean Quote of the Day, May 7, 20100
- Lean Quote
- May 7, 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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Removing Resistance to Change0
- Guest Post
- May 5, 2010
This is a guest post by Tony Manos a 5S champion at 5S Supply. Tony is a business advisor with Profero, Inc., Inc., where he provides professional consulting services, implementation, coaching and training to a wide variety of organizations, large and small, private and public, in many industries focusing on Lean Enterprise and Lean Healthcare.
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- Guest Post
- May 5, 2010
Today I have a guest post on the 5S Supply Blog entitled Sustaining with Layered Audits. The Layered Audit approach is especially effective in sustaining process improvements and institutionalizing key process steps because all levels of the organization participate. Layered Audits are tied directly into the fifth S – Sustain – and they are the means
READ MORELeadership: The Power of Influence0
- Leadership
- May 3, 2010
Leadership is about power. A leader needs to lead and is only a leader with followers. Getting people to follow you in a direction they are going anyway is not leading. The challenge is to get people to follow in a direction they might not otherwise go. Leaders must have a sense of direction, often
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