Search results

Search Results For ''

  • Guest Post: How would you explain Lean to an executive for the first time?

    Guest Post: How would you explain Lean to an executive for the first time?0

    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:

    READ MORE
  • Unhook the Old

    Unhook the Old0

    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 MORE

  • Lean Quote: The Winner0

    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 MORE
  • Learning from Geese

    Learning from Geese0

    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 MORE

  • The Lean Way to Tie Your Shoes0

    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

    READ MORE
  • A Colorful Way of Solving Problems

    A Colorful Way of Solving Problems0

    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

    READ MORE

Latest Posts

Archives

Categories

Categories Cloud

About Tim McMahon

Tim McMahon is a Lean implementation leader, author, and blogger. As a Lean practitioner, Tim brings more 25 years of leadership experience implementing Lean manufacturing. Trained by disciples of the Toyota Production System, he worked in a Shingo Prize winning facility.

LinkedIn Profile

Contact

Tim@aleanjourney.com

Top
A Lean Journey Blog - Copyright © 2009-2025 Tim McMahon - All Rights Reserved. No unauthorized use or republication is permitted.